[Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer Fun wit KIds

[Gary Brewer]

The first of September? Can it really be so late in the year?

Well, I guess it is and time to get things together for the last 
beach trip.  Not going ot the beach?  Well, my Bubble gum trip can 
take you there.

Also you can find my version of teaching or playing with children with braille.

Quick beach toys

Making a scoopp

This works well with a milk jug but be creative. Use what you have.

Lay a milk jug on its side so the handle is sticking up.  Now cut a 
section below the handle to ope your scoop to use.  You can cut the 
scoop so by sliding it in the sand you will collect your treasure, or 
with a closed section that will hold the sand for easier 
carrying.  The amount you cut off the jug depends on what you want 
your scoop to do for you.

Making a funnel.

My Grandson was here at the beginning of the summer. He needed a ww 
way to pour gas into a  yard tool.  I went to the pop bottle bin and 
grabbed a small bottle.  We cut the bottom off and took the cap 
off.  It worked perfectly and I have a Teenageer who thinks I am smart. lol

The right plastic jug can make anything. I remember making airplanes 
from liquid laundry soap bottles with handles.

We cut a slot through the center of the jug.  We made the wings from 
cardboard and colored them. We slid them throught the two slits and 
young children were ready to fly their planes by running around the room.

Older childreen continued to decorate their planes even adding 
perpellers to the bottom of the jug which became the back.

Ping Pong Braille

materials

the bottom half of egg cartons cut in half to make a braille cell

Ping Pong balls

You probably have figured this project out already.  I made a poster 
of the alphebet in print and in braille. I used dot stickers to make 
the braille.  Children can write words and have me and thier friends decode.

Bubble Gun Trip

I hope that this description will give you an idea of this fun way to 
entertain and relax children. I have found tthis trip to get 
attention of entire waiting rooms. I will also say that when my kids 
were teens this activity done in a waiting roomm embarrassed them to tears. lol

W What you need

A huge imagination

Reach into your poccket. Pull out the bubble gum you find 
there.  Unwrap it and put the paper in your pocket. Surely we don't 
want to litter.

Now pop the gum into your mouth. What flavor do you have?  Chew it 
until it is nice and soft.  Can you blow a bubble?  Oh, my popped. it 
is on my face.  Peel itoff and chew it again.  Now lets blow a huge 
bubble.  One so big we can all get inside.

Let's see if it will float into the air. Oh, look, I see the tops of 
the trees.  And look we can look down into the chimney of our house.

Now pick a place to ride. How about Grandma's house?

As you float along talk about what you see. How i it feels and 
anything that will make the trip interesting.

JJoin us on September 20 on the chat with ideas for a great bubble 
gum trip and to take off to places unknown.


Here is a little ttip that will date me again.

Roll on deoderant bottles can be taken apart and filled with paints 
for a fun way to paint. This is especially great for beginner 
painters.  Just pop the ball of the top and fill and replace the ball.

Henrietta