Parents across the country have been forced to home-school their kids this year, which is why many are looking for fun activities that will support their studies and improve their focus.

If your son or daughter often complains about the work they need to complete, you might need to find learning tasks that are disguised as fun projects.

If this sounds ideal, check out the following four educational activities your kids will love:

1. Scientific Experiments

Help your kids to develop an interest in science by providing them with various scientific experiments to complete. For example, you could try the egg in a bottle experiment, which will teach your kids about physics and could encourage them to delve deeper into the subject.

Making slime is another scientific experiment many young kids will love to do. A mixture of water, glue, food coloring, and a little borax can create a gooey slime they’ll love to touch. However, don’t forget to explain how it works, as the glue contains polyvinyl acetate molecules that are then linked together by the borax to create a large, fun slime.

2. Anagrams

Keep your son or daughter entertained for hours with this anagram solver tool. It will require your kids to rearrange the letters to find the many words inside the anagram. For instance, the word ‘schoolmaster’ can turn into ‘the classroom’. It’s a great way to get your kids thinking while supporting their vocabulary and sharpening their focus, which are key qualities they’ll need at school.

3. Write a Story

Spark your child’s imagination by asking them to write a story. If they don’t have an idea, ask them to use their favorite fictional character for inspiration, provide them with a setting, and encourage them to create a brand-new story using traditional pen and paper or a laptop.

It could help them to embrace their creative side and build confidence in their writing. You also should sit down together to read the story, and don’t forget to gently encourage your son or daughter to fix their spelling mistakes to perfect their tale.

4. An Art Project

Most children love to draw and paint, which is why your son or daughter might jump at the chance to start a fun art project. For example, you could place a vase, flowers, a fruit bowl, and a glass on a table and then ask them to draw the items.

Still life paintings could steer them away from their devices and focus on a more creative project at home. Plus, while they’re busy becoming the next Matisse or Cezanne, you can complete household chores or work tasks.

You will, however, need to stock up on plenty of art supplies, such as:

• Paper
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Paints
• Paintbrushes

So, if you want to keep your son or daughter entertained while boosting their knowledge and brainpower, you should embrace the above educational activities. They could provide your child with hours of fun, which can make home-schooling or a day at home much more enjoyable for you all.

2020 sure has been a year of its own. So, what better time than now to start creating new traditions and memories with the family.

No, we are not talking about playing a COVID inspired card game while wearing a mask, but more about activities we can all do together in the home which we remember fondly over this complete chaos of the year.

This piece will give you some ideas that you can do with your family and keep them on as traditions for years to come!

Make A Christmas Playlist

There isn’t anything quite like the Christmas hits to get you in the mood for the holiday season and making a playlist together can only bring on the Christmas spirit faster than you can say eggnog. Use a free service such as Spotify to make as many free playlists as you like, and feel free to have your own DJ session when you are complete!

The Christmas playlist will be the perfect background (or foreground) music for all Christmas activities.

Decorate the House on 1^st December

After this year, if you are itching to get the decorations up on 1st November, nobody should get in your way. For those who prefer to wait until the advent calendar starts being opened, 1st December is a great new date to start getting the Christmas dec’s up together. You get a whole month to enjoy your hard work and feel the festive spirit.

Tell Each Other You Appreciate Each Other

Sounds cheesy, but we aren’t promised tomorrow, let alone next Christmas. Christmases change each year – kids grow up, relatives get older and some pass, and there will never be the same year twice (thankfully in this case). Make sure you take the time to tell each other you appreciate each other and enjoy Christmas and everything together at the moment.

Consider a holiday donation for less fortunate families, so that they may have a better Christmas too.

Have a Family Slumber Party

One of the best things about Christmas is that rules often go out of the window. No alcohol before noon? Pfft, pass the bucks fizz! No sweets before dinner? Just try and stop us. Bedtime for children at 7pm – not a chance.

Having a family slumber party is a great way to break all the rules at once, for maximum festival deviancy.

Get all pillows, duvets, cushions and blankets possible, and set up a fort in the living room and watch Christmas films, talk about all the good times that have happened this year, read Christmas stories and drink hot chocolate with extra marshmallows.

Go for A Christmas Light Tour

One of the best parts of the build up to Christmas is going to see all of the neighbor’s lights. Go late and night, take blankets and popcorn in the car, and admire everyone’s light masterpieces outside their homes. This is a particularly good trick for babies who struggle to get to sleep – the lights are just a bonus for you.

Picture frames are often a detail that people don’t think about too much about. But they can be quite useful and add a new dimension to any space. These can be stand-alone or hung on the wall. You can put a lot of things in frames – photos, artwork, documents, posters, collectibles like cards, autographs, or jerseys, and other stuff.

See the link below to find out what else you could frame and make unique wall decor:

https://www.bhg.com/decorating/home-accessories/wall-art/things-you-didn_t-know-you-could-frame/

You should frame every piece type of wall decor you have, to make everything look more attractive and eye-catching. Besides giving the extra aesthetic value of paintings and photos, a well-made framing will protect your memories and valuables from dust, moisture, and physical damage.

You can buy the frames you like in many places. Also, most workshops offer services not only of framing but also of making custom moulds according to your idea. Also, every carpenter can do this for you too. But if you want to give your dear memories an extra personal mark, design and make framing all by yourself.

Cheap Materials Don’t Make Cheap Frames

Whatever DIY project you have in mind, if you are a beginner, it is logical that you’ll start with cheaper supplies. If you want to express creativity by making picture frames start with materials that are easy to process. These are cardboard, plywood, old moulds that you don’t use, recycled wood material (fiberboard), and so on.

For example, you want to make a unique frame out of plywood or scrap wood. You don’t have to use power tools at all. You just need glue and some hand tools, and you can utilize some scrap woods that you found in a garage. If you know how to handle a mitre saw, table saw, sander, and other power tools, you can be even more creative in processing cheap timber to make an outstanding picture framing.

You can practice with cheap materials because you won’t be sorry to make mistakes on them. But as you get better at frame making, you’ll see that even cheaper materials can be used to make real small works of art.

With cheaper framing supplies, the rule of a thumb is to make everything as simple as possible. Details and finishing are what will make your cheaply made frame look like the one from the store. In any workshop for picture framing Adelaide, you’ll find materials of all price ranges.

Use Your Skills

The beauty of creating stuff is reflected in the freedom to make something special according to your ideas (and materials you have at disposal). Simply put, when you want to make DIY picture frames, you should do it in a way that makes you feel comfortable.

If you know to work with metal, to cut, trim, or make various shapes out of it, use it for your DIY project. You can work with sheet metal of different thicknesses, depending on the tools you use. An excellent choice is also aluminum which is cheap, easy to process, and very lightweight. Most commercial metal framings are made of this material.

Woodworking is a kind of art and fits into the concept of wall art. If this is your cup of tea and you spend all your free time processing all types of timber, use this skill to make a unique frame for your favorite photo. Depending on how good you are at woodworking, you can ‘play’ with some hand tools that will give the frame your mark. You can engrave or burn-in significant dates, events or doing some woodcut if you know how to do it.

In case no craft is your hobby, you can always buy picture framing kits. These sets contain all the necessary parts with which you can assemble the mould using the most basic hand tool. You won’t need anything but a handsaw, screwdriver and pliers (in some sets you will also get this tool).

Think Out of the (Square) Box

The frames found in most houses and business premises are mostly square. This form is the easiest to make, and people prefer it because most of the artwork, photos, drawings, and everything that could be framed, is square-shaped.

Once you acquire a routine in material processing, step out of your comfort zone. Make a round, or oval framing for your photos. Use the remnants of wood from previous works, and join them into one irregular shape.

For ‘adventures’ like these, always choose materials that are easy to process, such as plywood or metal sheets. No matter how elegant and attractive hardwood looks; you’ll have a hard time to make it a shape that is not square.

Here’s a trick – make a plywood base and use veneer for finishing. That will ‘trick’ the eye of the observer, who won’t even suspect that the whole mould is made of plywood.

Make Memories Revive

 

One look at the photo from the summer vacation makes you teleport to the beach in just a few seconds, at least in your mind. If you keep dear memories on the wall of your room, hallway, or they stand on the fireplace, they deserve a unique framing. It should remind you of that event or the place where the photo was taken. Make sure picture glass is always clean by using the tips listed here.

For artwork or photos with a marine theme, you can enhance their framing with shells, string, or some decorative metal pins shaped like anchor or parasol. To keep camping memories always ‘fresh,’ make sure your eyes are drawn to a mould decorated with cones or nutshells. On the frame where you keep your diploma, you can put the college emblems, and so on.

 

If any of dear memories or valuables you have are worthy of attention, you will hang them on the wall. But if you want everyone to see and admire them, you will put them in a custom-made frame that you have, if possible, made yourself.