Gramma's Rainy Day Survival List
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If
you don't want to plunk them down in front of the TV, keeping kids busy and
happy on a rainy day is a challenge. This checklist of things to keep on hand
will ensure that your kids always have something creative to do!
Assortment
of old buttons (the button box is a great favorite!)
Scissors
Glue
Tape
- masking and scotch
Thin
string
Colored
yarn
Construction
paper, many colors
Regular
white paper
Crayons
(I like to keep them sharpened)
Colored
marking pens
Hole
punch
Assortment
of cardboard things: boxes, toilet paper tubes, etc.
Assortment
plastic things: bottle lids, pen lids, plastic containers w/ lids, etc.
Old
magazines or catalogs with lots of pictures to cut out (they especially like
the toy catalogs...)
Popsickle
sticks
Toothpicks
An
old blanket (and a couple of chairs in a corner to drape it over)
Recipe
for modeling clay (see below)
Snack
stuff (see below for my grandkids' favorite tidbits..)
EASY
CLAY RECIPE
Mix
together
2
/12 cups flour
1
cup water
1
cup salt
Food
coloring, optional
Store
in refrigerator.
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OUR
FAVORITE TIDBITS
My
grandchildren are fussy eaters. But they love our little tidbits, served on a
plate in small bits and piles, and eaten with their fingers for the most part.
The key is the smallness of everything. These are just a few of their
favorites:
Raisins,
dried apricots and other dried fruit
Almonds
Peanut
butter on crackers
Cheese,
sliced VERY thin, or in little cubes
Apple
slices
Banana
slices (leave the peeling on, just make a slice on one side so it's easy to
peel off)
Fishy
crackers (the ones shaped like little fishes)
Peanuts
(not in a shell)
Pretzels
Carrot
sticks (very thinly sliced)
Chocolate
chips
Applesauce
Cinnamon
toast, cut into small bitsized pieces
Chex
snack mix (we love to make this ourselves - combine rice, corn and wheat Chex
cereal with peanuts and pretzel sticks and a little seasoning salt)
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