The point of a “101 in 1001″ is to do 101 things in 1001 days. Here is the list of 101 things I’d like to do with the kids in 1001 days. So between now and February 25th, 2015, the kids and I will try to do all of these things. I’ll cross them off as we do them.

Painting

1. Rolling pin painting
2. Homemade paints
3. Sponge painting
4. Marble painting
5. Painting in a bag
6. Homemade paint brushes
7. Homemade watercolors
8. Corn syrup painting
9. Q-Tip painting
10. Homemade puffy paint
11. Shaving cream painting
12. Painting circles with paper towel tubes
13. Monoprints
14. Flowers prints from soda bottles
15. Painting on tin foil
16. Ice painting in a pan
17. Painting flowers with cut straws
18. Bubble painting
19. “Tall” paintings
20. Painting doilies for a doily garland
21. Spray painting
22. Fruit printing
23. DIY sidewalk paint
24. Painting with flowers
25. Tennis ball painting
26. Snow painting
27. Watercolor and rubbing alcohol paintings
28. Fabric stamping and painting
29. Feet painting
30. Snap painting
31. Monogram painting
32. Salt painting
33. Snowflake printing with pine needles
34. Styrofoam printing

Learning/Science

35. Make homemade rock candy
36. Magnetic fishing
37. Recycled mini greenhouses
38. Create a time capsule
39. Pipecleaners and colander fine motor activity
40. Pipecleaner and magnet fun
41. Leaf pounding
42. Nature printing on play dough
43. Homemade glow-in-the-dark slime
44. Homemade lava bottles
45. Magnet play set
46. Marshmallow catapult
47. Peanut butter bird feeders
48. DIY body parts book
49. Grow grass from a seed
50. Glow-in-the-dark Mountain Dew
51. Colored vinegar and baking soda activity
52. Rainbow collages

Play

53. Homemade bouncy balls
54. Glow sticks in the bathtub
55. Home made flubber
56. Tell a story with story stones
57. Sponge tower game
58. Glow sticks in balloons
59. DIY I Spy bottles
60. Home made crayons
61. DIY Hopscotch mat
62. Homemade puppet theater with homemade puppets
63. DIY photo scavenger hunt
64. Kid car wash
65. Tin can drums
66. Candied popcorn
67. Caterpillar color bingo
68. Sorting laundry by color
69. Material boxes

Crafts

70. Salt dough bead necklaces
71. Yarn baskets
72. Bead caterpillars
73. Homemade bath tub soap crayons
74. Kool-Aid dyed yarn
75. Felt monster pieces
76. DIY felt play mat
77. Scrap monogram craft
78. Colored vinegar and baking soda activity
79. Paper weaving
80. DIY Window Clings
81. Homemade bead bowls
82. Tie dyeing
83. Scrap Monogram
84. Macaroni lion

Holidays & Seasons

85. Salt Dough Ornaments
86. Popsicle stick Christmas trees
87. Thanksgiving runner
88. Cinnamon ornaments
89. Reindeer hand print ornaments
90. Felt Christmas tree and ornaments
91. Wax paper/crayon fall leaves
92. Pine cone Christmas trees
93. Fall trees with egg carton printing
94. Spring trees with tissue paper blooms

Play Dough

95. Homemade play dough
96. Baking soda clay
97. Home made cloud dough
98. Nutella playdough

Bubbles

99. Homemade bubble mix
100. Pipe cleaner bubble blowers
101. Water bottle bubble blowers

Family

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