Crazy Noun Day!!

So, every 4th of July weekend we pick a day that is all about the kids. We don't get too many 3 day weekends and when we do, we like to take advantage of it. I was running out of ideas off the top of my head (can you believe that...me run out of ideas?!) so I came up with crazy noun day. The object is for each child to come up with any random noun and then I had to base an entire day around all of nouns! This is such a great idea because there are so many nouns in the world that you could just do this again and again when you get a day and never repeat anything! Here are the nouns my kids chose:

Cameron: Computer monitor
Genin: Soccer ball
Kaplyn: Outlet mall
Reiner: Football
Brandis: Restaurant
Matlyn (can't talk yet ;)

The interesting things about this is that just because Genin picked "soccer ball" does not necessarily mean we go out and kick around a soccer ball. The whole day is planned by me and can be anything associated with those words. Everyone participates with everyone's nouns too..not just the person who had that noun. Thank goodness for the Internet! You can come up with a million ideas!! How did we ever live without the Internet?! Here is what I came up with:

Cameron's noun was by far the hardest...what do you do with a computer monitor? I ended up using his noun at the beginning of the day. I handed the kids an envelope and inside it said to go and find his E "mail"



All of the clues for the day were attached to the computer monitor in envelopes like real mail (get it? E "mail")

The next envelope opened was Genin's...his noun: Soccer ball. We went out to the backyard and played a neat game...it was a mix of soccer and mini-golf. You set up 4 cones in the yard and then hit a soccer ball with a golf club. The ball had to come to a rest on one of the cones to score. Score the same way as mini golf.



Genin was tickled to death with this game :)

Next came Brandis' noun: Restaurant. Guess what? We had 5 birthday meal cards sitting around waiting to be redeemed at Bob Evens. So guess where we went ;)



They love the curly cue straws at Bob Evans!

Next we headed to Kaplyn's noun: The Outlet Mall. Each child got $5 to spend how they wanted. Being the kids of a bargain hunter, I had no kids spend all of the $5 at once...they spread it out among stores. Most were able to get a few things and a drink while browsing through the outlets.



The kids love to go into Le Gourmet Chef...always lots of samples :)




Reiner shows off his silly bands he bought with part of his $5 spending money :)

Last was Reiner's noun: football. Since I knew by this point we would all be hungry again, his noun led to the making of a football tailgating dish...Velveeta Spicy Dip!



It was just as delicious as it looks and very quick to make! I'll be putting the recipe up on my other blog: Knead a Recipe?!

The kids had a wonderful fun filled day and are already asking when the next one will be!