Getting Ready

I've spent some time the last couple of days surfing the internet for ideas of activities to do with the grandkids while they are here during the week of VBS next week.  I know I haven't posted much on this blog lately, but I want to make sure and keep the moms posted on our activities.

One of the things I'm going to do will be a group effort.  I bought 3 sets of 3 books of this type a couple of years ago, with the intention of giving them to the kids at Christmas:

Each page has a prompt of a creative activity to participate in.  There are no right or wrong ways and the activity will depend on the readers' interpretation.  To give you an idea, here is the first activity:

So, my thoughts as to how to get all of the grandkids involved is to have everyone gather around the table, pick someone to begin and go either counter clockwise or clockwise.  I have chosen to go counter clockwise.  So, the "drawer" will draw a line in whichever direction he choses, N, S, E or W, across the page(s) alloted for the activity.  The persons sitting to the left and right will take hold of the book and move it as the "drawer" draws his line.  I will have everyone use a different colored pencil, crayon or marker.  After the first person has made their mark, the book will go to the person on his right and the process will continue until everyone has made their mark.  I will post a picture of the end result.

Here's another one of the activities further in the book:  Find a long stick.  Tape a pen to the end of the stick.  Try to draw something holding the opposite end of the stick.

Another is entitled "Disaster Area" and the instructions are to fill every square inch of the pages with "stuff."

(Most, if not all of the following were ideas I got from this Pinterest Board:  https://www.pinterest.com/teachread152/grandparents-and-grandchildren-ideas-for-having-fu/) Another activity I found is to do a Nature Scavenger Hunt.  I haven't decided if we will stay around the house or go to a park to find the goodies on the list:

It is double so I can print out 2 at a time.

Here are a few other things I would like to do, and some of them depend on the temperatures outside because I cannot do heat!

Balloon Ping Pong with paper plate "paddles"

Marble races with a pool noodle cut in half

Marble bowling using pencil erasers as the bowling pins

Bean bag toss on the parking lot with target being drawn with sidewalk chalk

Some more pool noodle activities

This is called a Water Blob.  You fold a 10x25' sheet of plastic in half, duct tape the 3 edges, leaving a hold big enough to fill it with water before taping it completely shut (adding blue food coloring, glitter, etc for added interest).  I wonder how long it will stay intact?!  :D

So, there you have an idea of some of the things I would like to do next week during the day.  With VBS being every night, I am planning on doing very little cooking!  I will be doing some pre-cooking of things we can just heat up when we are ready.  And I bought tons of lunchables.  I still need to get a few other things and I'll be ready!  :D