Flu Bug,Tape Town, Ball Run & Toy Storage

N was home with the stomach flu today. That's one illness we haven't had yet this year, so I guess we were due. Ha. When N is home from school, I try to find low key interesting things to do. When he's feeling well enough to get off the couch he can do something to get his mind off being sick. So today we did two activities that I found on Pinterest. I love Pinterest. I'm actually surprised at how many things I have pinned that I have followed through with and created!

N has always loved to play with tape, so this is perfect for him. I flipped the rug in my dining room over and we applied painter's tape and clear scotch tape to the bottom of the rug in the shape of a road. We pretended the large open spaces were various things such as Wisconsin Dells, Disney World, a farm, a car wash, an airport, etc. It was fun. Both boys (and Mommy) enjoyed it. Side note: I go back and forth between furnishing our "dining room" (that has not a stitch of furniture in it). And just yesterday I had convinced myself that it was time to buy something. Then, it never fails, we did a project like this and I'm glad we have an empty room to play in...So, my desire to furnish this room has once more passed for a while.

We made this ball run. L showed more of an interest in it. N helped cut some of the tubes in half, but started to feel yucky again, so he laid down on the couch before the project was done. In this case, I used an extra cork board we had in the basement. I cut several paper towel/toilet paper rolls in half and stapled them to the cork board. The boys and I collected several small balls from around the house and cut the drop holes in the tubes accordingly. If we had more paper tubes, I would have made more runs. I suppose we could add more as we save up tubes...if the boys are still interested in it.

Daddy has been looking for storage units to put in our garage for the purpose of storing outdoor toys for a long time. He's even purchased a couple units and returned them because they didn't meet his requirements. So, last weekend Daddy bought supplies and made his own toy storage unit and it turned out really nice!!! He used wood for the main structure of the unit, but used wire shelves that will allow dirt and sand to fall through rather than collect on the shelves. He also used peg board on the back and ends to allow for hanging space for shovels and lighter toys.