Monthly Archives: December 2006

Over the next few days, we’ll be publishing ten things to do with your kids in the Portland area. Each day, we’ll publish two; one event and one activity.
Today’s list is a pair of easy ones:
Activity
Get out and get pictures. We never get enough pictures of our kids. Get them developed and hang [...]

Here’s two more things to do this winter break. Enjoy your holidays! (Whatever they may be).
Activity
Make wrapping paper!
You’ll need some poster paint, some inexpensive sponges, and some craft paper. We like the brown packaging kind of wrapping paper because it goes so well with raffia, but any kind will do. Take your sponges and [...]

Here’s two more things to do this winter break. Enjoy your holidays! (Whatever they may be).
Activity
Salt Dough Ornaments!
Generally speaking, you can make salt dough from things you have around the house. Take equal amounts flour and salt and mix them together. Add as many tablespoons of vegetable oil as you had cups of flour [...]

Here’s two more things to do this winter break. Enjoy your holidays! (Whatever they may be).
Activity
You knew it was coming, it was just hiding around the next bend. Make “Seasonal Cards” with your kids; if they’re not old enough to draw their own scenes, you can draw for them. Or just let their mood [...]

Here’s the last two things we’ve come up with to do this season with your kids. Whatever you do wind up doing, have fun and don’t try to cram so much into your days that you feel overwhelmed.
Activity
Trace your child’s open hand onto a piece of cardstock or cardboard. Then trace this onto a piece [...]