The 2014 List!

This is my 2014 bucket list. I have picked things that older kids or teens, boys and girls, would be interested in doing. Most of them are Pinterest projects. As I complete each thing I will I will mark it off and post a picture and a link to the instructions.

Bandana Quilt- under construction

Glowing Mt. Dew - Fail! It didn't glow at all

Picture Board

Car Emergency Kit-Not pictured Just in Case, jeans, T-shirt, shorts, hoodie, blanket, more water. Kit includes water, MRE, matches, toilet paper, wipes, Germ-x, paper towels, sunscreen, bug spray, flashlight, knife, plastic gloves, duct tape, paracord, and a poncho.

First-Aid Kit Roll- under construction

Screen Print

Hand Art

Mason Jar To-Go Cup

Lake Bag- under construction

Potato Gun

Mini Catapult- I used an Instructable to make it. SUPER AWESOME!

Swiss Mint Survival Kit- under construction... I'm eating the mints

Neck Cooler- under construction

Duck Call Straws-  Flatten out one side of a straw about 2 inches. Then simply cut it into a point on that side. Finally blow into it and get this sound, which I'm not sure I would call a duck sound, but hey it's a sound.

Dream Catcher- Using embroidery floss and an embroidery hoop make a dream catcher. Separate the hoop and tie everything to the inside hoop. When you are satisfied slip the outer one back on.

String Cross

Balloon Bracelet- Take the long balloons, like the ones for balloon animals, and cut of either end. Feed them onto an elastic string and tie it up to make a bracelet.

Craft Stick Bowl- Pretty simple just hot glue and lots of sticks.

Plastic Bag Jump Rope- I cut plastic bags into strips. I made a bunch of 12 strips and tied them together. Then I divided them into 3 groups of 4 and braided. I used 4 strips per big strip. After I had 2 I tied one end and twisted them together and tied the other end. I made some duct tape handles and I'm done!

Paracord Belt

Paracord Whip- This thing cracks really well. My uncle and I can tell you that it also hurts when you whip yourself.  I got my arm pretty good and he got his neck. We both got laughed at.

Ineeda Box- Includes Chapstick, Kleenex, Advil, pony holders, Germ-X, baby wipes, lotion, bandaids, pen, note pad, sewing kit, nail care kit, and mints.

Toothbrush Roll- Worked wonderfully at Karate Camp. it hold my electric toothbrush, retainer toothbrush, toothpaste, toothbrush head, and mouthwash.

Soap Pouch- Also was great at camp. It made showering just a little quicker.

Burt’s Bee’s

Moccasins

Book Box- under construction

Read 3 Books - 
King of the Wind, Conform, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Finish my Coloring Book- under construction

Watch Every Potter Movie I watched 4 on the way to Florida and 4 on the way back. 

Blow Up Car

Boaters license

Give it 100- My Page. I'm not done yet, but I'm getting there

New Duct Tape Wallet

Smoke Bombs

Bombs Away

These were the sun catchers we made earlier this week. Place cookie cutters on a sheet of wax paper. Fill each one with glue. Add a drop of paint and mix with a toothpick. When they are dry cut them out.

We made a tambourine. Bo colored two paper plates. I dumped in some beans and stapled them closed. It made plenty of noise.

Next we made water balloon yoyos, but they hit the ground before I got pictures. Just fill up a water balloon and tie on a rubber band.

 While Bo napped I made some sponge bombs. I cut up 3 sponges into 4 long strips for the big ones and 2 sponges into 5 short strips. I made 2 rows of sponges, pinched them in the middle and added a rubber band to the middle. They fanned out into a ball and were ready for play.

 Drew hit me two or three times.

 Bo liked the big ones.

 He tried to hit Drew.

Both boys enjoyed them and I can use them again next summer.

Bo played with his box at the end of the day like usual.

Slipin' and Slidin' Sort of

We went to the park early in the morning before the heat and played monster frisbee. 
Bo can throw that giant frisbee like nobody's business.


Next we colored on the windows with dry erase markers.

I took Bo outside to slip n slide with some shaving cream.

 Jacob joined in to and since Bo didn't understand how to slip n slide his good big brother helped him out.


 Then Drew got back from kayaking and joined in too.


 I just loved Bo's face in this one.


 This is what Bo spent most of his time doing.


Drew also covered himself in shaving cream with Jacob's assistance.


 Bo's box was candy themed. I dumped a bag of pom poms in and added some ice cream bowls and spoons from the dollar store.


He loved it.

FYI I found the slip n slide at Target in the very back in the clearance stuff for $3.35.

Harry Potter and Dinosaurs

We went on an early morning color hunt. I painted an egg carton with various colors and Bo had to find something that was the same color.

 I just put a dot of paint in most of them. Some required mixing because I didn't have that color.

Of course everything he found was a car.

Before lunch we made some chocolate frogs and turtles. This was chosen because Drew is a Potterhead like me. I used Almond bark and a soap mold.

By the time I left there were only turtles left.

While Bo took a nap Drew and I watched the 8th movie and made wands.

 We made designs on a dowel rod with hot glue. Then we painted it and glued a half marble to the end.

 This was mine.

This one is Drew's. Of course once they were dry we had to test them out by dueling.

When we got home from swim lessons Drew and I filled balloons with cornstarch, water and food coloring. 

 Next we threw them on the driveway.

Once it dried it look like splattered sidewalk chalk.

After getting cleaned up  Drew helped me make some salt dough. It is 1 cup of salt, 2 cups of flour and water until it feels like playdo. Then bake it at 275 for 2-3 hours. Make sure to leave room for expansion on the cookie sheet.

They made hand prints, dinosaur tracks, pizza, a cross, and even a bowl. I didn't expect Drew to want to do anything that I had planned for Bo, but he seemed to really get into everything.

These were the final outcome.

Now that I now I will be having the older boys I went ahead and started making the books I was going to make.

I used a folder with brads and one without. I turned the inside folder without brads pockets out that way I had three sections. I then hole punched the folded side and put it into the folder with brads.

I wrote an introduction which is more readable below.

The first activity with me was making wands.

 Here is a more readable picture.

I downloaded the Harry Potter fonts off Mugglenet.

 I labeled each section.

 His by yourself activity was a crossword that I made online.

Here are those two pages and and answer key that are more readable.

He didn't get the answer key, but once he does it I will give it to him.

 Then I labeled that section.

The last section doesn't have anything in it yet. It will have stuff that I think they would enjoy, but that I can't do with them because of time or that I don't have the skills needed.

Feel free to screen shot any of the pages and use them for yourself.