Soap Crayons

This is a great rainy day (or any day) activity!

These are fun to write with in the tub or to use when washing little hands. Also makes a wonderful handmade gift from the kids to a relative.

Materials
1 1/2 cup pure soap powder (such as Ivory Snow - or finely grate Ivory soap)
Food coloring
1/2 cup water
Small containers (such as ice cube trays or plastic film containers)

Tip: Be sure your container's opening does not narrow, as in that of a baby food jar, or your soap will have to be broken to be removed.

Directions
Mix water and soap powder together.
Add enough food coloring to get the color you want.
Pour the colored soap into small containers or mold it into crayon shapes and let harden before using.

Tip: For multiple colors, divide the mixture into smaller containers before adding food coloring.

Source: Family Education

Movie Buffs

Do your children have a favorite movie that your family has watched over and over? Challenge the kids to act out a single scene in the movie (of their choice). Make popcorn and watch the movie up until that point. Pause it at their command and let them act it out. Praise them on how close the dialogue and singing was to the original movie and how well they have learned it. Encourage them to choose another scene from this or another movie and up the ante with costumes, animal noises, sets, or any other element they might have left out. Even the youngest child will enjoy this fun rainy day activity.