Celebrate the end of summer with this patriotic red, white, and blue freeze pops! Be sure to make these a day or two before your Labor Day cookout for best results.

What You’ll Need:
*White grape juice or lemonade
*Red and blue food coloring
*Small paper cups
*Popsicle sticks

Activity:

Before you throw out those old jeans, cut out the pockets and use them to reorganize your desk, kitchen, or craft room!

What You’ll Need:
*Jeans with back pockets
*Scissors
*Yarn/embroidery thread/thin ribbon
*Quilting needle
*Embellishments such as fabric paint, sequins, ribbons, buttons, beads, etc.
*Push pins or nails

Activity:
*Cut out the back pockets of your jeans.

The September calendar has been updated due to some feedback on font size.

At My Activity Maker we understand that kids require entertainment and activity every day. But we also know, that as a busy parent or caregiver, you don't always have time to spend hours and hours on crafts, games, and activities. So we have come up with a new feature: our Activity-A-Day Calendar. Three days a week we provide crafts, games, or activities that are or will be posted at My Activity Maker and will require the usual amount of cutting, gluing, and reading that our posts typically have. The other four days, we will include some fun, easy activities or games that you can do right then and there...no preparation necessary!

To find this calendar every time you visit our site, check out the left sidebar, below the "Most Popular" menu items, or bookmark this page. We will list our monthly calendars, beginning with September, in a handy Excel spreadsheet format so you can print one sheet to hang on your fridge or bulletin board!

To get this calendar right now, click on the attachment below and print!

Get organized before school starts by using recycled materials – then add some flair to your pencils!

What You’ll Need:
*Cereal boxes of various sizes, empty
*Cans, clean and dry
*Scissors
*Wrapping paper
*Tape/glue
*Plain pencils
*Thin masking tape – 1/8 or 1/4 inch thick
*Paint

Preparation:
*Clean up your cereal boxes by cutting around the tops.

Activity:

A healthier version of this favorite dessert using summer fruits!

What You’ll Need:
*Watermelon
*Ice cream scooper or large spoon
*Bananas
*Pineapple
*Blueberries
*Strawberries
*Chocolate syrup, optional

Preparation:
*Cut up the pineapple and strawberries into small bite-size pieces.

Activity:
*Use the ice cream scooper or large spoon to scoop out 3 balls of watermelon. Place watermelon scoops in a line in a bowl.

Even the littlest kids can make this sunny craft!

What You’ll Need:
*Yellow paint
*Gold or silver glitter
*Blue construction paper

Activity:
*Have your child dip their finger in the yellow paint and draw a sun on the blue “sky” construction paper.
*While the paint is still wet, sprinkle some glitter on the paper and shake off the excess. Allow to dry.

You don’t need to go anywhere or spend a lot of money to have a great family vacation! Take some time off and spend it with your family, having fun with these 9 great ideas.

You can print out this entire sheet of ideas by clicking on the “Staycation” attachment below – either in MS Word or PDF.

#1: T-Shirt Souvenir: Make a t-shirt to commemorate your family vacation and give everyone a souvenir of your “trip.”

What You’ll Need for T-Shirt Souvenir:

A summer twist on Duck, Duck, Goose!

What You’ll Need:
*Sponges
*Bucket of water

Preparation:
*If your kids have not played Duck, Duck, Goose, you may want to play once or twice to get them familiar with the concept.

Activity:
*Pick one child to be Player #1 and the remaining children sit in a circle.
*Place the bucket of water in the center of the circle and put the sponges in the water.

A creative way to re-use your towels and keep kids dry!

What You’ll Need:
*Beach towel
*Sewing Machine
*Scissors

Preparation:
*If you are using a new towel, wash and dry according to instructions.

Activity:
*Fold your towel in half, right sides out. Along the top fold, cut out a “V” shape. The size of the “V” will depend on the size of your child. Start small, see if it will fit over their heads. If not, make it a bit bigger and try again.

Once my kids grew out of their baby hooded towels, I made them their own! Use any regular size bath towel and hand towel and you’ll have a big kid size hooded towel in minutes! If your older child knows how to use a sewing machine, this is a great, easy craft for them to do on their own.

What You’ll Need:
*hand towel
*bath towel
*pins
*scissors
*sewing machine (we do not recommend hand-sewing for this craft)

Preparation:
*Wash and dry the towels.