Parent Magazine Volusia December 2018 | Page 12

Stash These Supplies For When You Have Down Time: • Fort-building kit (check Amazon) • Parachute (double duty in making forts) • Nerf products (for throwing in the house) • Nutella (for crepe-making) • Instant snow (for creating your home in miniature) • Glitter (for adding to playdough and making sculptures sparkle) • iTunes card (for lip syncing and finger painting to music) • Twister 22) I say potato, you say potahto. Break out the potatoes, cut them in half and carve the cut ends into stamps. Then, transform leftover brown bags into recycled wrapping paper. 23) Trashion passion. What’s in your recycle bins? Divide it up into two teams, mix in some plastic and paper bags, set a timer for one hour and see who can whip up some runway magic for a quick trashion runway show. 24) Lip-sync battle. Everyone picks their favorite tunes and then battles it out on whatever kind of “stage” you can create. For extra fun, video the numbers and cut some short clips together into a compilation. 25) Sculpture magic. Go through all of your art supply cabinets and drawers and pull out everything you can bear to part with. Be sure to include sticks, wire or string. Then, see who can create the most original sculpture using supplies on hand. • Pictionary • Foursquare ball • Hacky sack • Painter’s tape • Chalk pastels • Finger paints and coated paper • Bananas • Avocados • Bag of russet potatoes Author, journalist, and writing coach Christina Katz has fond memories of getting snowed in for days when she was a kid. Her favorite activity was making obstacle courses in the basement. Enroll today! Spring semester classes start Jan. 14, 2019. (386) 506-4DSC DaytonaState.edu 10 | V O L U S I A parent MAGAZINE