Cabin Fever
Yesterday we were stuck at home the entire day, and after being home all weekend due to illness, we had watched enough tv, played enough games and puzzles, we were ready to get outside! We tried… but with the temperature only reaching 40 degrees at the high, the lingering coughs came back full force after only being outside for a half hour. So, back indoors we went, determined to find something “fun” to do.
The boys played “zoo” and made our home into different sections of the zoo, with stuffed animals, and our real animals. Our dog was a “wolf,” our cat the “tiger,” and our vacant crib in the hallway was a “reptile cage.”
~Later after browsing through the highlights magazine, Blue found these basketball hoops, so we made them!
Then, we ended the day making an obstacle course through the room. By the end of the day, our cabin fever was gone.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Very Impressive!!
April 8th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Very clever. You are a creative one… that’s for sure.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Kristin, Was this an article on how to make them or did you just do it from scratch? I would love to see a copy of the article on how to make them. Please share which month, etc, or where to get the specs on how to make them.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Shawn~ It is in the newest issue of highlights, the May one.
They are very easy directions I’d be happy to email them to you!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Good stuff! I love Highlights! I really need to get Aron a subscription.
I will try my hardest to bring the sunny, almost 80 degree weather we had here in TX today back with me on Friday!
April 9th, 2009 at 9:28 am
I just subscribed Malachi to PuzzleBuzz, a pre-school version of Highlights. He loves it!
How fun to spend an entire day, playing with your kids. You’re such a good mom.
April 9th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I loved Highlights magazine! We did some many projects out of them when I was a kid.
Hope everyone feels better!
April 9th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Nice basketball hoops! It’s finally been nice here, but after running outside yesterday, my hips hurt so bad I don’t think I can go out today. It was nice to be out in the sun and fresh air. Although, being so near the windy city means there is a constant wind. If only that wind wasn’t cooler it would be great. Hope warm and spring-like weather comes to stay soon.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Kristin, can you email me the specs to my email addy included here?
April 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am
Kristin…not sure if you saw my last post, but was wondering if you could email me the plans for this from the article?