{"id":1993,"date":"2011-01-06T23:54:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T04:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:33:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:33:04","slug":"notches-weekend-winter-activities-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2011\/01\/notches-weekend-winter-activities-with-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"notches: weekend winter activities with kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor S was devastated when we took down the Christmas tree last weekend. She sobbed that all her holiday fun was over. I would imagine she&#8217;s not the only one feeling the January blues, either. I promised her some fun activities and thought you might like to share some of the ideas we&#8217;ve found to \u00a0try out this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outdoor Fun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colorful ice sculptures: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ordinarylifemagic.com\/2009\/01\/ice-sculptures.html\" target=\"_blank\">ordinary life magic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-sculptures-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2000\" title=\"ice sculptures 2\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-sculptures-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-sculptures-2.jpg 320w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-sculptures-2-275x206.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This colored ice activity looks a little too stain risky to me, but the results certainly are beautiful: <a href=\"http:\/\/hurrayic.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/colored-glass-tutorial-for-kids.html\" target=\"_blank\">hurrayic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-rocks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1998\" title=\"ice rocks\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-rocks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-rocks.jpg 400w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-rocks-275x187.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Indoor Fun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Animal sewing cards: <a href=\"http:\/\/justsomethingimade.com\/2010\/12\/animal-sewing-cards-free-pdf-we-love-color-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">just something I made<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crayons and watercolor paints make beautiful snowflake art: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artprojectsforkids.org\/2010\/09\/snowflake-resist-watercolor-grid.html\" target=\"_blank\">art projects for kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/snowflake-resist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2002\" title=\"snowflake resist\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/snowflake-resist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/snowflake-resist.jpg 246w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/snowflake-resist-211x275.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most adorable Martin Luther King Jr. portraits, made by preschoolers: <a href=\"http:\/\/preschool-daze.com\/2009\/01\/19\/m-is-for-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\">preschool daze<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlkjr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2001\" title=\"mlkjr\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlkjr-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlkjr-300x400.jpg 300w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlkjr-206x275.jpg 206w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mlkjr.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More quick indoor activities that use household staples: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohdeedoh.com\/ohdeedoh\/toys-toddler\/5-everyday-staples-for-a-winter-day-with-a-toddler-135939?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+apartmenttherapy\/ohdeedoh+(Ohdeedoh)\" target=\"_blank\">ohdeedoh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope you have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor S was devastated when we took down the Christmas tree last weekend. She sobbed that all her holiday fun was over. I would imagine she&#8217;s not the only one feeling the January blues, either. I promised her some fun &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-1993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ice-sculptures-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-w9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2009\/05\/weekend-sewing-workshop.html","url_meta":{"origin":1993,"position":0},"title":"weekend sewing workshop","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"May 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm excited to have been asked to join Heather Ross as a special guest for one of her upcoming weekend sewing getaways.Heather, as you know, in addition to being a talented fabric designer is also the author of the wildly popular Weekend Sewing. 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