25 Play Group Ideas!

1. Make peanut butter pinecone bird feeders
2. Splash Pad
3. Washable body paint and kiddie swimming pool
4. Decorate boxes and sit in them while watching a movie
5. Play dough (or use edible play dough from previous post)
6. Paint on bubble wrap
7. Story time at the library
8. Go to a park
9. Go for a ride on the city bus
10. Take a tour of a grocery store
11. Ice cream sundae bar
12. Play with bubbles
13. Chalk up the sidewalk
14. Pot luck lunch
15. Bicycle Parade (decorate bikes with streamers and have a parade)
16. Car wash
17. Coloring books and stickers
18. Finger paint with pudding
19. Plant some seeds to take home and watch grow
20. Make baby food glitter jars (put glitter, beads, sequence, or whatever you can think of in a baby food jar, fill it with water (add food coloring if desired) and seal the lid with duct tape)
21. Make paper towel roll rain makers
22. Play at the soft play in the mall
23. Draw pictures/write letters and deliver to a nursing home
24. Play dress up
25. Have a tea party

Peanut Butter Play-doh

This is a fun recipe for edible Play-doh! (It's pretty tasty too. :) )

1 c. creamy peanut butter
1 c. corn syrup
1 1/4 c. powdered milk
1 1/4 c. powdered sugar.

Knead together and play! (Or just eat it. :) )

Happiness

A good friend of mine just posted this on her blog and I love it!

It got me thinking about whether or not I'm happy, and that I choose whether to be happy or not.

What makes you happy? How do you go about choosing to be happy? Do you think it's an attitude or an action?