Virgin River

Right Here in our own back yard we have the Virgin River. You can find many fun safe spots to let the kids play in the Water.
Just make sure they wear old clothes, because most of the time the water can be muddy.
As far as ages for this, just be smart about how fast the water is running.
But you can find some great beach on the side and you can play all kinds of game.

Make your own Commercial

My Kids Loved to Do This

I would have treats around the

house and I wouldn't just let them

have them. So my Daughter came

up with an Idea." Hey if I tell my mom

we want to make a commercial maybe

she will let us eat these Candy bars."

She was right.

It was hilarious. Two girls named Jessica

talking about their Baby Ruth's. 

They spent time on coming up with the

commercial and they of course had more 

than one take on shooting the commercial.

She was here this weekend and we brought this

up. To this day she still remembers the commercial

I need to  find that recording.

Money Game

When the 

Kids are driving you crazy 

 and need a break take 

49 pennies 

and throw them in the grass 

in the back yard and tell them

not to come back

  in until they  

find all 50 of them.

Make your own fish and fishing pole

Help your child decorate a cardboard box up like the ocean our what ever you like.  Color it all up on the outside.  This is your fishing pond.  Make your own fishing poles with a stick, dowel, pencil or ruler, tie a string on it with a magnet on the end.  Cut out different fish with different colored paper.  Attach a paper clip so the magnet can connect to it.  Put your fish in your pond(box)and fish away.  Kids can do this alone or put different points on the fish to have a contest with each other, see who gets the most points.

Freeze treasure Fun

Fill up tupperwear or other dishes with water, have your kids find little toys or treasure to put in the water.  Let freeze overnight.  Dump your block of ice out on the sidewalk let the kids use spray bottles to melt the ice and find the treasures in the ice.

Fast Clap

We often clap our hands together to express our approval- to say we loved a musical show, to praise our favorite sports player.  But how fast can you clap your hands?  And how do those numbers change with the position of your arms?  Write down your number to find out.  Clap your hands in the usual position, right in front of your body, for 30 seconds.  How many claps did you manage to make?  Now do the same with your hands over your head.  Now do the same with your hands behind your back.  What muscles did you use when you did that?  Do it on your own or beat someone elses score.

Squirt Bottle Tag

Use clean, empty dishwashing liquid bottles or squirting water bottles.  Use masking tape to tape an ordinary tissue to each player's back.  The object of the game is to flood your fellow players' tissues with enough water to cause them to tear from the masking tape and fall to the ground.  The last player with a tissue still in place wins the game.