An Insane amount of Spring Break Ideas from Pink and Green Mama

It's another Trading Spaces Tuesday!

Did you know that my kids are on Spring Break already? I'm not sure what everyone else's Spring Break schedule is, but I'm guessing that it will be here before you know it. If you don't have exotic travel plans, you may be struggling with ideas to keep your kids busy and happy while they are off of school. I sat down to write up a round-up of ideas and realized I needed more advice than I had advice to offer. So I emailed the person I know that always has the best ideas for craft projects with kids (remember the ocean in a bottle), MaryLea from Pink and Green Mama. I asked her to give us a ton of crafty ideas to do with our kids during spring break and boy did she deliver! Thanks MaryLea! No excuses for boredom, now!

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Hi, my name is MaryLea and this is my very 

first time writing as a guest blogger. 

I was so excited when Kendra emailed me and asked me to 

write a guest post for My Insanity – yay! 

Some of you may know me as Pink and Green Mama in the blog world. 

I’m a stay at home mom of two little girls living in the DC suburbs. 

I was an elementary art teacher before staying home with the girls, 

now we make daily crafty messes!

As a teacher (in my pre-mommy days), I loved Spring Break. 

I couldn’t wait to get a break from the kids 

and get a chance to work on my own arts and crafts projects, 

sleep-in, catch up on my sewing,

 and usually repaint a room or two in my ever-evolving house.

( I can hear you giggling because you KNOW that's NOT how Spring Break goes anymore!)

Now, as a mom, it means I better get creative and take some time to come up with 

some fun new activities for the kiddos 

while we spend a week at home or else the kids will get bored. 

As any mom will tell you, 

bored kids = trouble!

So what’s a crafty mama (or not-so-crafty mama) to do? 

Well, in our house I treat it like a birthday party 

and pick a theme to work with for a day 

or even the whole week! 

Today I’m going to share two of our favorites:

a Rainbow Theme filled with 

colorful ideas, activities, and art projects 

and a Backyard Fun Theme filled with some serious messes, 

lots of giggles, and tons of fresh air! 

RAINBOW Fun Theme:

Whip up a batch of our favorite Kool-Aid Play Dough

Makeover your Sneakers with Sharpies!

Make some Paint Chip Sample Notepads.

Mix up some Paper Towel Color Wheels.

Tie-Dye some Hankies or T-Shirts with 

Sharpies and Rubbing Alcohol

Whip Up a batch of Rainbow Rice 

and make a sensory box, add it to your (empty) water table

Or… use it to make some 

Rainbow Rice Eye-Spy bottles

(perfect for road trips!)

Enjoy some spring weather and 

paint your driveway or sidewalks

 with some Cornstarch Paint!

Backyard Springtime Fun:

Make Gazing Balls for your yard or garden.

Get out some spray paint and 

Makeover a Cozy Coupe Car

Plant a Fairy Garden

or Make a Fairy House…

 Build some Marshmallow Shooters!

Okay...if that doesn't give you any ideas, 

Channel your inner-messy-artist with a couple of my own

INSANE Spring Break ideas

from my Mom Would NEVER Let Me Do This At Home Camp!

Splatter Paint like Jackson Pollock

Do Some Fly Swatter Painting!

 

Paint With Your Feet!

I hope you found some fun ideas to 

keep your kids entertained 

and make some awesome memories together

this Spring Break!
Thanks for letting me come over and play today!

Fondly,

Pink and Green Mama,

MaryLea