The Friday Favorites Top 10 will be a new weekly occurrence. Hope you enjoy this little sneak peek into our nutty family. In no particular order, here are the top 10 favorites in our house this summer (with a 3yr old and 5 yr old)...
1. Little Tikes water table
(This has been a part of summer for 5 years at our house. We used to play on the front porch every day after nap when Carter was a toddler. Now it's in the backyard and a fav of every age group.)2. bucket of ice
(As simple as it sounds kids love a bucket full of ice. They play with it in the playhouse (pretend ice cream), water table, pool, etc. Great boredom buster!)3. Melissa & Doug easel with paint
(Great inside or out. I love that my kids are old enough that I can leave paint out for them all day. We get our paper rolls from IKEA.)4. water bucket and large paint brushes
(Kids love to paint. When they get bored give them a bucket of water and some adult size paint brushes and send them out to 'paint' the house, porch, playhouse, ride-ons, anything!)
5. Little Tikes Super Spiral Sprinkler
(I picked this up at WalMart for $10, 3 yrs ago, and it is one of our all time fav outside toys. It is durable and fun for kids 1-10. The balls are dropped in, spiral down, and shoot out the middle. The sprays are adjustable and gentle enough that you don't repeatedly get sprayed in the face.)6. Franklin MLB rubber bases
(As you know already baseball is king in our house. We picked up this base set at Target and it has been perfect. They are flat, durable, lightweight and go many places with us.)7. sidewalk chalk
8. sandbox
(When Carter was 2yrs old, Daddy made this 8x8 sandbox in the backyard. Both our kids would live in it. They have logged hundreds of hours playing year round. In the spring and summer we keep it in the shade with a canopy. We also have a snap on cover.)9. Swim Ways Spring Float (kids size)
This is such a fun boat for the kids (infant and up). They can easily get in and out themselves and give each other rides. (We also love the Swim Ways Power Swimr vests. It has been essential to helping Carter learn to swim independently. It gives him the extra buoyancy he needs to get stronger. After all it's really hard to float when you have no body fat!)
10. kiddie pool with slide
What are your favorites?
2 comments:
I'm inspired to race to Wal-mart and pick up all of these great things. :) The girls even tried to talk me into the pool today, but I learned my lesson about it fitting in the van! Thanks for the heads up on that one. If I can come up with ten things that we love about our backyard...I'll post!
We just love coming to YOUR house to enjoy all this stuff!!
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