Journal Entry Sixty

What were you involved in when you went to High School?

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Collage with a Theme

Decide on an idea: people, pretty hair, pets, cartoons, spacemen, automobiles and so on.  Then look through old magazines and cut out pictures that illustrate the idea.  Arrange pictures on coloured construction paper-overlapping some, putting others at an angle - and paste down with white glue.  Or arrange and glue photo's on a wooden board, like plywood.  Let dry one hour and coat with clear shellac or varnish for a professional look.

Journal Entry Fiftynine

Did you compete in any sports?

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SAND PAINTING WITHOUT SAND

You'll need:  table salt, coloured chalk, two styrofoam or paper cups, one small jar (baby-food jar is a good size).  Pour 1 to 2 inches of salt in each cup.  then rub a piece of coloured chalk against salt;  continue rubbing until friction flakes off some colour and it blends with salt.  The longer you rub, the more vivid the colour.  Pour the coloured salt into jar.  Repeat flaking process with another colour and put into jar.  Do this with each colour you want, layering the salt in jar until it's full.  Then, using a pencil, push down through layers (near outside of jar) so colours run into each other, forming a design.  Top with lid and display.  You can use any clear container for "sand-painting"

Journal Entry Fiftyeight

What do you do now to keep your family close to the gospel? 

 

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Word String

Write a story-a comedy or mystery, romance or tragedy-using these words: celebrate, guitar, taste, pop, school, sleepy, television, child, bionics, electrical, alive, rich, coat, tablet, scrap.

You must use these words but of course you can add others-so it makes sense.

Journal Entry Fiftyseven

What did you do as a family on the Sabbath? 

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HEADLINE HUSTLE

Cut out different headlines from a newspaper and arrange them so that they tell a story.  (Eliminate any words from the headlines that you don't need)

Journal Entry Fiftysix

Write your feelings about someone close to you that has died.

I've already written about this so I guess this week is a week off for me.

TAPE A TALE

Imagine you're having a conversation with an animal-real or imagined (your pet dog or a fire-eating dragon!) and record your "conversation" on video.  Do both voices.  Then play it back to see how the two of you sound.

Journal Entry Fiftyfive

Tell about your pets.

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CAVEMEN

Cover your head with a pillowcase and pretend you're in a cave.  What's it like in there?  What do you see?  Can you make up a story about it?

Journal Entry Fiftyfour

Did you have a close friend?

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TWILIGHT TIME

You know what a sunset looks like-or do you?  Try to describe one in 25 or more words.  Write down what colours you see, how the sky changes, how you feel about a sunset.

Journal Entry Fiftythree

Did you have a teacher, coach or someone else that had an impact on your life?

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I'm bored activities

MY VISIT TO EARTH

Pretend you're from outer space.  You just landed in your house on earth.  Explore it the way a space creature would--depending on what world you came from, what seems funny or unnecessary?  What would you think different objects were for?

Journal Entry Fiftytwo

What kind of chores or responsibilities did you have at home? 

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Quiet Time Activities

Let's Pretend

Let your imagination go and pretend you are something or someone else.  How would you look and act?  Imagine you are:
A typewriter
A chair
A fish on a line
Popcourn popping
Bubble gym
Autumn leaves falling
A dancer
Hotchocolate in a cocomotion machine
Happy butterfly
Weeping willow
English sheepdog
Spaghetti boiling
A jump rope
A pyramid

Journal Entry Fiftyone

Did you go to college? Where? Why did you choose that school? 

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Bowling


You can play this anywhere, although a rug softens sound.  Set up 5 or 6 empty snack canisters as pins.  Roll a tennis or rubber ball to knock them over.  Points are scored by the number knocked over - set a winning total before you start.

Journal Entry Fifty

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Clothespin Drop

For young children.
Place a quart-size bottle on the floor behind a chair or sofa.  Kneel on the seat and try to drop clothespins (or bottle caps or pennies) into the bottle.

Journal Entry Fortynine

Write a little about your Grandparents.

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I'm bored activity

Paper plate mask

You'll need a paper plate, sissors and any kind of markers, paint, crayons or media you'd like to decorate the mask.
Talk to your child about what kind of mask they'd like to make.
Work on what media they'd like to use.
Yarn is fun for making a beard or hair ontop.
It's fun to see what kind've things they'll come up with.
Have fun.

Journal Entry Fortyeight

Write a little bit about your cousins.

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Puff Basketball

Make small puffs by wrapping yarn (wool) 20 time around a 1" (2.5cm) section of cardboard.  Tie the loops together tightly at one side; then cut the loops at the opposite side.  Fluff it slightly.  Cut the bottom out of a lunch-size paper bag for the basket and tape it to a wall or door.  Try just shooting for baskets or, if you can play in the basement where you'll have some room, get a real game going.

Journal Entry Fortyseven

Tell a little bit about your Aunts and Uncles.

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'Simon Says' exercises

Play this follow the leader game using exercises sich as touch your toes, somersaults, running and /or jumping in place, hopping on one foot, kneebends, situps.  See how fast you can do them.

Journal Entry Fortysix

Tell about your spouse.

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Toothpick picture

Make a toothpick picture.  Glue toothpicks on construction paper; then decorate your picture with crayons.

Journal Entry Fortyfive

What would you say was the best thing that ever happened to you?

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HONEY - PEANUT BUTTER SPEAD

Mix 1/2 cup peanut butter with 3 tablespoons honey in a bowl.  Toast 4 slices whole-wheat bread.  Spread mixture on toast.  A delicious high-protein breakfast for two.
Oh yeah baby.
Easy peasy.

Journal Entry Fortyfour

Have you read the Book of Mormon? Do you have a testimony of that book? 

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I'm bored activity

SPICY TUNA MELT

4 slices whole-wheat bread

OR

2 English muffins, split

Brown mustard

1 can (6 1/2 oz) tuna fish

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

Your favourite cheese, sliced

Tomato slice (optional)

Pickle slice - to dress up your plate.

Spread mustard on bread.  Open can of tuna; drain off water; flake into bowl.  Mix with mayonnaise.  Spread tuna mixture on bread slices and top each with cheese and tomato.  Broil in broiler or toaster oven for five to seven minutes until cheese melts.

Journal Entry Fortythree

Tell of a huge disappointment in your life. 

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I'm bored activity

POLKA-DOT JELLO (JELLY)

1 cup boiling water

1 package (3oz) jello (jelly) any flavour

1 cup cold water

1 can (1lb) fruit, any kind, drained and cut up

1/2 cup mini marshmallows

Boil water and carefully pour 1 cup into a 2 cup measure.

Pour gelatin powder into mixing bowl.  Add boiling water and stir.  Pour in cold water and continue stirring so that bowl bottom doesn't get gummy.  Add drained fruit and marshmallows.  Pour into a fancy mold or individual dessert dishes and refrigerate until firm, about 3-5 hours.

{Milz talking}  Last week we did the shake and the kids LOVED it.

I'm gonna make this and see what they think.  They should love it as well I hope.  We don't have jelly too much so it'll be interesting to see if they like it.  I know they'll like helping make it, that's for sure.

Good luck.  Let me know how it goes.

Journal Entry Fortytwo

Tell about your baptism

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I'm bored activity

For hungry kids who'd like to play cook (some use oven or broiler and blender):

CHOCOLATE SHAKE

1 cup cold milk

2 tablespoons chocolate syrup

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

Put all ingredients into blender.  Cover and press 'whip' and blend 10 seconds or until smooth.  Pour into a tall glass.

{Milz speaking} This sounds fantastic and it's super easy, now I know from first hand experience that having our kids in the kitchen isn't always ideal but WE CAN TOTALLY DO THIS ONE and our kids will think we're the best.

I'm doing it today, you should too.

Journal Entry Fortyone

When do you first recall having a testimony of the church? 

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I'm bored activity

"French Impressionist" Painting.

One French Impressionist School of painting used dots all over a canvas which, when viewed from a distance, looked like a scene.  Make yours this way:

Place stencils - cutout shapes or leaves - on construction paper.  Then dip an old toothbrush into poster or tempera paint and pull brush back and forth across a piece of screening.  This will spatter the paint in a dot-like pattern all over paper.  Repeat process with other colours if desired.  Remove stencils and hang your picture.  The cutout shapes can be abstract or geometric or actual objects like houses and trees.