Family Night(s) This Week

Of course, I forgot to get pics of finished projects, but whatever. We did them; that's what matters. Everyday Mothers gave me an idea to do International Week. You choose a country, do activities with it, learn about it, and make food from it. We chose Mexico for Friday and this coming week will be China. We made some paper mache pinatas, cooked authentic tacos al pastor, and actually, that's about it. I had plans to do other things with it, but there simply was not enough time. I have more activities planned for China, so hopefully, I'll be more organized.

The pinatas were supposed to be balloon pinatas. We covered them with green and blue tissue paper, and for whatever reason I forgot to get a final picture. They actually looked like giant Easter eggs. Then, I realized that they matched our kitchen walls. It was pretty funny.
The paper mache is a great activity to do with your kids, because everyone can help. All you need is flour and water. You do 3 parts water to 1 part flour. It makes a big mess, so just throw down some newspapers. Blow up a balloon and begin covering it with strips of old newspaper dipped in the paste. Then, allow for several hours to dry. Also, you will want to add a little bit of salt to the paste to ensure it doesn't get moldy. We set our pinatas outside to dry. It sped up the process by quite a bit. Then, I highly suggest that you glue your cut up tissue paper first (before putting the candy in). I put the candy in and as a result, I couldn't put the pinatas back outside to dry. They never did dry before dinner. Wait til they dry, then cut it open and put the candy in and tape it back up. Because I didn't put the try in when I was supposed to (before the tissue paper), we played pinata baseball. The kids loved it!

The other family nights we did this week included glow in the dark tag on Thursday night and cooking night on Monday night. Because we knew friends would be over for family movie night on Friday night, we opted to do glow sticks and some tag, duck duck goose, chase, and hide and seek. The kids had a blast (Of course, no pics.). Also, we did pizzas for Monday night and like always, they were a hit!