April 26, 2012

• RWOTD {Packet}

  

  Isn’t she so cute?

   

  The random word of the day {packet} reminded me of something I did recently that I thought I would share with you all.  Maybe you will find it useful?

   

  I cannot take credit for this idea because I totally got it from my friend Cynthia (the local friend Cynthia, not the PA friend Cynthia) when she was here visiting a few weeks ago.

   

  Her daughter had this really great 3-ring binder with all kinds of coloring pages, school work sheets, and blank paper in it.

   

  Well, all three of my kids love to write and draw and color.  And…we are sometimes in the vehicle for long amounts of time, such as when we do a firewood delivery run.

   

  I thought about how little this project would cost and decided to just go ahead with it.

   

  I bought a 3-ring binder for each of the kids (they are between $1 – $2 at Wal-Mart) and then I bought one of these little pencil holders that goes into a 3-ring binder. I think these were not much more than 50 cents each.

  

  If you are like us, you already have a ton of crayons and markers and pencils, so I just pulled out the stash and the kids each picked an assortment of crayons and markers to put into their little pencil holder bags.

   

  They decorated a paper to slide in the front of the 3-ring binder and wa-la.  We had the main part done.

  

  I have no idea what “eniar” is??   I think Nikki was just writing random letters.  Maybe one day she’ll decide to re-do her cover.

   

  Then, all that is left to do is print out a bunch of age appropriate and interest appropriate coloring pages and worksheets for each child.

   

  My kids each gave me a list of what they wanted and all I usually do is Google whatever they want. Such as “leopard coloring page” and usually lots of options come up. Otherwise, there are also great websites with all kinds of printables, whether coloring pages or worksheets.

   

  Kendall’s list even had how many of each kind of picture he wanted, like “6 pictures of soccer player” or “4 pictures of eagles.”  It was cute!

   

  Nikki is really into Strawberry Shortcake and Hello Kitty and that sort of stuff.

  

  

  She even takes her book with her in the van just for driving around home sometimes. Or she’ll take it to Grandma’s on Monday morning when I am working. 

   

  If your kids like to draw and color, etc. this may be a great idea for you.  And super cute. 

   

  You also do need to have a 3-hole punch. We already owned one so I didn’t have to worry about that.

  

  

  Ready to roll…book in hand. This was yesterday before we left for the day. She did end up bringing her book into my friend Karlee’s house to do some coloring while we were there.

   

  Happy Thursday to you!

  It’s almost the weekend! Yay!

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