6 word Saturday

Getting ready to hit the beach!

Wearing Your Exercise Clothes

I had all intentions of going to the gym and working out today.  For pete's sake, I have been there twice a day every day this week dropping my kid off and picking her up from camp!  Each day I have come up with something I needed to do instead.   
So, today I even dressed in my gym clothes.  I read somewhere that if you are wearing your gym clothes you are less likely to back out of a workout.  

This is actually not me.  : (

But I never got my workout in today either.  And I feel like a big fraud because I walked around in my workout clothes all day long, and never even broke a sweat.  UGH!

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Don't forget to stop by and link up your seashell crafts here!  I can't wait to see your creative ideas!

Seashell Craft Ideas

Since it's summer and we live in Florida, we have an abundance of shells from all of our adventures at the beach.  We are always looking for fun new crafts to make with our shells.  I wanted to share some of our best seashell crafts with you, readers, and to see if you have any great shell crafting ideas to share too!  So, enjoy our best ideas, and then link yours up below- happy seashell crafting!

I like to organize my shells in pretty glass dishes on shelves on my patio!

Very easy and kid friendly shell craft- picture frame and candle holder.  (My candle kind of melted- it is hot enough to melt candles in Florida summers!)

These tiny sand dollars broke, but I noticed that the doves (inside the shell) were still in there.  In the smaller one they are joined together in the shape of a star!  I took a picture of the shoreline and glued them down on top of it in this shadow box.

A grapevine wreath that I glued shells to.  A word of advice: I made these using shell glue, (which works fine on frames) and sent them as Christmas presents one year, and everyone basically got a box of shells and empty wreath- use HIGH TEMPERATURE GLUE GUN for gluing shells!

We thought that this tiki torch needed a little excitement, so we covered it in scallop shells!  (by "we" I mean my daughter, hee hee!)

One day I took my hot glue gun and a bunch of small white shells into the bathroom and spent the afternoon pretty-ing up my mirror!  This is my favorite shell craft yet!

Close-up of my shell mirror

This sand dollar was broken on the end.  We glued scallop shells to him and he is cute as can be!  These make great Christmas ornaments too!

Don't be shell-fish!  Get crafty with shells and link up your best creation!  I will choose my favorites to feature!

Ha, Ha, I have tricked my kid!!!

I have tricked my daughter into not being bored this summer!!!  
Wanna know how?  
Each day this week, I have laid some sort of activity out on my kitchen counter!  I pulled a few stools up to the counter so she can sit around and explore whatever is there while I am cooking, and I can join in when I have a minute.   In all of the cleaning of her room, I have unearthed all kinds of cool toys and craft things! 
I started out a few days ago with a 100 piece puzzle.  I dumped it out and started assembling some of the edges (just can't help myself!) and as soon as she walked into the room, she plopped down at the counter and finished it! (Time to find a puzzle with more pieces!)
Yesterday, I put out a giant poster to color and her new organized art caddy inspired from HERE!  

Tonight I put out some seashells and a low temp hot glue gun and we glued ourselves silly!

Tomorrow, I plan to put out a container of legos, and the next day a barbie clothing designer kit.

I think this is a great way to keep your kids from boredom over the summer!  
The key is to put out things that you wouldn't mind playing along with them for a few minutes, and put it out in a central location which will catch their interest!  
Let me know if you try out my boredom busting idea!
As a side note, I actually do this in my classroom too.  I have a table where I will put out a puzzle, challenge or activity and just let the kids hang out there to explore when their work is complete.