Hello Outdoor Play Party!
We are filled with the Holiday spirit at this house and decided we needed to do something nice. I am trying to teach my girls that there is more to the season than giving presents and lots of beautiful decorations.
So, I told the girls that we were going to play Santa for the day. Since he does something nice for us we should "be like Santa" and do something nice for other people. Sam responded by saying "Then Santa will see me being nice and put me on the nice list!". Not exactly the lesson I was going for but I guess it is a start!
Anyway, we got our Santa hats on, grabbed some trash bags and headed to one of our favorite parks.
The girls (and our friends Petyon and Taylor) got very into finding trash! I loved seeing them so committed to getting every piece of trash.
It was a pretty good clean up for only being about 30 degrees! And everybody had a good time.
Great way to combine outdoor play, exploring and a helpful clean up project for our community.
Now on to the feature of the week! Happy Little Messes had a great idea this week to save some big seeds and let her kids "plant" a autumn garden. I love the idea of kids getting seed planting practice, digging in the dirt and using gardening tools just like they see their parent's using.
Great outdoor play Happy Little Messes! Thanks so much for sharing.
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What a lovely idea Abbie, and I think the santa hats probably made it all the more fun - think I may do this to get rid of all the soggy leaves that are lying about the playground!
Posted by: Kierna | 12/09/2011 at 10:56 AM
This is great! I can't believe I've never thought of doing this with Miss Possum! Watch out trash bags, here I come!
Posted by: penny @ Wildlife Fun 4 Kids | 12/09/2011 at 07:43 PM
Great idea. I like your best activity. I am so excite for that. Every thing looking awesome. I really want to make it.
Posted by: vob file player | 12/12/2011 at 09:55 PM