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This week, I partnered with the awesome team at Sago Mini to bring you some fun ideas!
First off, I downloaded a new app for our kids called Sago Mini BOATS. I originally downloaded it for our younger two kids, Ethan & Allie (Ethan is five and Allie is 3), but the older boys (Beau is 7 and Jack is 9) loved it, too. Sago Sago is super passionate about creating open ended creative play opportunities for kids and parents both on and off the screen. We love that parents find all sorts of creative ways to engage with their kids and the app – even off the screen.
An app doesn’t have to remain just an app – you can bring it to life. Make it educational and give your kids an experience. Bring it “out of the phone” and turn it into a lesson. To show you just what I mean, I partnered with Sago to use their new app (my new favorite), Sago Mini Boats. It is free for a limited time! The app is now available on the App Store and Google Play.
We love to go boating, so I wasn’t surprised that they kids loved it. We go boating every weekend, so I knew that this app would be a success!
So… I told the kids that we would take our new app and turn it into a REAL boat, just like the one that we ride on every weekend!
For the BOATS app, you first pack a suitcase and then pick a boat and then you go boating and you can do different adventures, like go to an island, pick up things along the way, go under the water, jump over the water, etc…
So we wanted to take it a step further and make our own boats! Mickey and I told each of the kids that they could make their own boats and then we would let them race their boats in my bathtub. They loved the idea, because our bathtub has jets, so the kids could make it a “storm” as they call it when the jets are on. They put the boats in, turned on the jets and had a blast!
Here are some materials that the kids used (they picked everything themselves)
-Anything from the woods (Beau grabbed a stick)
-Duck Tape
-Empty bottles from the recycle bin.
-Goldiblocks (the yellow building toys)
-Ribbon
-A hanger
Balance is important and this lets you take a fun, simple app and turn it into something truly amazing! You can build and expand upon these games and your kids will learn a lot and have great memories!
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I just got done refinishing an old coffee table
OH fun!! I’d love to see a picture! 🙂
I love using contact paper with the kids, and letting them stick on heavy and light objects. It creates a piece of artwork and also helps us talk about the differences between heavy and light!
Oh that is so fun & easy! Trying that one this week! Thanks!
We just tye died t shirts for a Halloween costume
Oh did you? Fun!
I’m not very crafty, but I did make homemade bubbles for the kids!
I’m not crafty AT ALL! 🙂
A creative project I have done recently is paint our initials wooden shapes for the wall 🙂
Oh so sweet 🙂
Well I am staring at a cardboard box fort in my living room. I helped cut out the windows and my kids decorated it. Have you read Christina Katerina and the Box? SO good. Full of imagination.
No, but I bet we would love it!!
I am embarking on making Halloween costumes..my kids will help though!
Oh how fun! We made our son’s last year – Diary of a Wimpy Kid 🙂
My grand kids and I just did a small gardening project. We had a lot of fun.
Oh how fun! Mickey loves to garden with the kids!
We have an old desk that needs sprucin’ up! For sure!
Oh fun!
I really like the balloon app with the SagoMini Friends. We made some Back To School decorations recently.
We do, too!! 🙂
I think we could have lots of fun making replicas of the characters out of craft materials and also creating our own to add to them!
Oh I love that idea.
My son loves the Sago mini apps. And he loves saying “sago mini” lol
Actually I love that you shared the airplane idea. I have been saving my toilet paper cardboard for some crafts. I want to make some goggles out of them soon!
Oh fun! We love toilet paper crafts (we always have the materials that we need. lol!) I love the googles idea!
The Halloween rafts would be lots of fun
I made a bow holder for my daughters room last weekend. Finally started making all these things I have been “pinning” on pinterest!
OH so cute!!
I am currently working on a drying rack for my laundry room that folds into the wall.
Oh that sounds great