Summer Fun 2013: Activity Kits Galore!

With one day to go until school starts, I think we've done all the activity kits we are going to do this summer. In the end, they preferred reading the Harry Potter books.  Still, not bad.  And it cleared a shelf or two in the basement.

1. Activity-kit-a day:  Make a snow globe  Well, not exactly, but Sculpey came to the rescue and the kiddos made bunny and penguin snow globes.  
2. Activity-kit-a day:  Make your own birdhouse.  Well, Sis painted a birdhouse at a playdate with a friend, but not from the kit we have.
3. Activity-kit-a day:  spin art
4. Activity-kit-a day:  My first Chemistry set
5. Activity-kit-a day:  Magic Science kit  What a mess mixing water, oil, citric acid, baking soda, and red cabbage dye!  This was their favorite.  Even after the chemicals from both sets (they each had one) were gone, they used baking soda and vinegar.
6. Activity-kit-a day:  Make a stepping stone
7. Activity-kit-a day:  Etch a tag engraver set
8. Activity-kit-a day:  Pottery kit  No way a kid can make the pots pictured on the box.  Kinda discouraging.
9. Activity-kit-a day:  Potato Clock  Bud is really excited about this one.  I just have to remember to buy the potatoes.
10. Activity-kit-a day:  Mandala maker
11. Activity-kit-a day:  Lava Volcano kit  The mold of the volcano worked, but the explosion didn't.  All the blood red liquid just leaked out the bottom no matter what we did.  The instructions needed pictures.
12. Activity-kit-a day:  Disgusting Science kit
13. Activity-kit-a day:  tie-dye kit  We tie-dyed at the family picnic, though.
14. Activity-kit-a day:  Eco crafts kit  When we opened this again, we realized Sis had done all the interesting parts.
15. Activity-kit-a day:  Sound studio kit Some kits just aren't what you think they'll be.
16. Activity-kit-a day:  drawing kit  Ditto.
17. Activity-kit-a day:  light kit
18. Activity-kit-a day:  Sun prints kit  This is the one I've been waiting to do.  
19. Activity-kit-a day:  friendship bracelets  We wove friendship wheel bracelets at the historic house.
20. Activity-kit-a-day:  thread art
21. Activity-kit-a-day:  pom pon bunny