Photo By bbum I don’t know about you, but the summers of my childhood were HOT. All you wanted to do was put your bathing suit on and have fun in the water. But there were some days that you couldn’t convince your mom to take you to the pool, so running through a cold sprinkler on your lawn...

Photo By jodigreen Apparently, there is normal Four Square, and then the crazy version that I grew up with. The older I got, the more I realized that I had been playing Four Square wrong all those years as child. But since I haven’t played Four Square since elementary school, it has never mattered...

Photo By kmevans Even though we grew up in the age of technology, we still knew how to use our imaginations. I spent many days outside playing with the neighborhood kids engaging in a timeless tradition of making inedible foods. Even though we never truly believed we would eat these concoctions, we put...

Photo By driph Where a Kid Can be a Kid! We used to beg and plead with my parents to take us to Chuck E. Cheese’s whenever we passed it even though we knew it was more of a special occasion type place. Sure the pizza and prizes sucked, but this place was magical! The games were classic and the...

Photo By Walter Wick I’m sure we have all played the game “I spy with my little eye…” but do you remember the wonderful picture books that always seemed to be checked out of the library? The I Spy series provided hours of entertainment with simple rhyming clues and brilliant photography....

Photo By Sister72 Second to Halloween in candy and to Christmas in love, Valentine’s Day could quite possibly be my favorite holiday. It’s one of those days that just comes and goes; a split second in time to feel loved… or absolutely miserable. But when you’re a kid, any holiday...

Heads down, thumbs up! This was everyone’s favorite elementary school activity. It worked well for when there was some downtime in the classroom because it gave everyone something to do and there were plenty of people to participate. Although this game dates back to at least the 1950s, it’s...

Photo By containerjunkie When I was in the third grade or so, someone learned how to make animals out of pony beads and this craft exploded. Using a pattern and plastic beads you could make every kind of critter imaginable and more often than not they ended up as key chains. Most people didn’t...

You may be asking yourself, “What is a glue bookmark?” and “How do I make one?” The answer is simple– a bookmark made from: This craft was not only fun, but a good way to make a little extra income. Spacemakers are essential to the glue bookmark because they are plastic...