It's Spring Break!
And so all the boys' routine activities, like school and swim are taking a vacation, but that means no vacation for this mama!
Keeping 5 and (almost) 4 year old children's minds and bodies occupied all day is a challenge, to say the least.
While finishing up one of many daily Pokemon games with Rowan, Cid started grabbing at my massive Bag-O-Stickers (does every mom have one of these? They should) and a light bulb went off.
Rather than just have the kids randomly put stickers on a piece of paper, which I think would literally bore Rowan to death, I asked them to give me TWO minutes to put together a surprise activity for them.
They followed me around while I gathered my materials, cut a piece of printer paper in two pieces,2 and began to draw shapes on each piece with a good ol' ball point pen.
The result?
A Sticker Hunt & Stick Activity!
The goal: Find and place stickers that match the shapes on the paper.
Simple. Fun.
I am pretty familiar with my bag of stickers (I've had most of them since I was a kid. It's amazing they still stick....Hoarder Alert!). So I drew shapes on the paper that I knew they could find stickers to match.
While our highlighted activity today may only provide a few glorious moments of peace, it was a major hit and so impromptu I could hardly believe my pregnant mind was able to come up with it.
My sticker hunt & stick template could be printed out for this, but honestly, this is a very individualized activity and depends very much on what stickers you have at your disposal. So bust out that pen and paper and draw your heart out!
