When it comes to activities during the summer, there are very few trips to the toy store - very few apps asked for and very few hours spent watching television. Activities during the summer around here are spent catching up on every ray of sunshine that we’ve missed during the winter and playing, playing, playing. A lot of this playing uses hands on arts and craft (that can be quite expensive when you’re footing the bill at the local craft store). That’s why,for the entire summer you can find us DIYing, making and playing outside on the sidewalk - creating new art on a daily basis. Today was no different. Here:

I spotted these sponges today at the dollar store and realised that they would work for the easy DIY that people were posting around the internet, using them in water fights. It got me to thinking how they would work with one of our favorite activities, chalk painting on the sidewalk so we gave them a try.