POOL Towel Station

I finally figured out a simple solution to the POOL Towel problem. We have a pool in our neighborhood, so during this summer we have gone almost everyday. We have gone through towels worse than when they take their "during the week" showers. And they usually end up on the floor and stay there until we go to the pool again. Ugh!

I realized this place in our garage where I could hang the wet towels to dry but when we needed them they are ready to go for the next time. Then at the end of the week we can wash them.

I just used a frame I had. Then added some stickers for the title on some "water" scrapbook paper. I adhered some hooks (found at Walmart) under the frame.

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ABC Summer "Z" Day

Today is the letter "Z".

1. Eat "Z" Foods: zucchini
2. Zoo Animals (scavenger hunt)
3. Zipper crafts.
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ABC Summer "Y" Day

Today is the letter "Y".

1 Eat "Y" Foods: yams, yogurt
2. Wear the color Yellow.
3. YMCA.
4. Yo-yo contest.
5. Yarn wrapped around wooden letters.
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ABC Summer "X" Day

Today is the letter "X".

1. Eat "X" Foods: hot X buns
2. Xtreme sports (rock climbing, etc..)
3. "x" marks the spot (treasure hunt)
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ABC Summer "W" Day

Today is the letter "W".

1. Eat "W" Foods: waffles, watermelon, walnuts, whole wheat bread, wild rice, whip cream
2. Walk.
3. Water games.
4. Wii time with kids.

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ABC Summer "V" Day

Today is the letter "V".

1. Eat "V" Foods: vanilla yogurt, vegetable soup or juice, veggies, velveeta cheese, vinaigrette dressing, vitamin water
2. Valentine's (give to someone who needs some extra love)
3. Volleyball
4. Vaccum the Van (if you go to the car wash they have high power
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ABC Summer "U" Day

Today is the letter "U".

1. Eat "U" Foods: upside down cake
2. Underground caves.
3. Eat a meal "UNDER" the table.

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ABC Summer "T" Day

Today is the letter "T".

1.Eat "T" Foods: tacos, tang, tangerines, tapioca, toast, tuna, turkey, tomatoes, tortillas
2. Treasure hunt.
3. Tic Tac Toe.
4. T. V.
5. Train ride.
6. Temple Trip.
7. Thank you cards.
8. Tie dye.
9. Textured art.
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ABC Summer "S" Day

Today is the letter "S".

1. Eat "S" Foods: salad, steak, salsa, sandwiches, sausage, seafood, seeds, slaw,spaghetti, sour cream, soup, squash, stew, stir-fry, strawberries, stuffing, syrup, swiss cheese, sorbet
2. School Supply Shopping(I do this)
3. Soap carving.
4. S'mores.

My new found love of S'mores: Chewy Cookies instead of graham crackers.

Homemade S'mores ice cream.

5. Sticker Stories.
6. Service.
7. Sandbox.
8. Scavenger hunts.
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ABC Summer "R" Day

Today is the letter "R".

1. Eat "R" Foods: raisins, rainbow sherbet, red grapes, ribs, rice, rice krispies, ricotta cheese, ritz crackers, roast, romaine lettuce, relish, radishes
2. Wear Red.
3. Read.
4. Rest.
5. River (tubing/wading).
6. Ribbon craft.

A cute Hair Bow. Inspired from here.

Cut 5 pieces of ribbon 2 inches in length.

Fold in 1/2 and stitch a "running stitch" along the cut edge.

Gather the petals and tie a knot. 

  Attach an embellishment to the middle.

7. Rock craft.
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ABC Summer "Q" Day

Today is the letter "Q".

1. Eat "Q" Foods: quiche, quaker oats, quinoa
2. Quilts.
3. Q-tip painting.
4. Queen for the day.
5. Quiet (wishful thinking?)
6. Questions. (could find out more about your kids or make a journal jar with questions)
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ABC Summer "P" Day

Today is the letter "P".

1. Eat "P" Foods: pancakes, papaya, pasta, peaches, punch, peas, pecan pie, pepperoni, peanut butter, pickles, pineapples, pistachios, pita pockets, pizza, plums, popcorn, potatoes, pot roast, pretzels, pot pies, pound cake, pumpkin anything, potato chips, pork, pop tarts
2. Wear Pink or Purple.
3. Paint.
4. Puppet show.
5. Picnic at the Park.
6. Playdough.
7. Paintball.
8. Puzzle.
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ABC Summer "O" Day

Today is letter "O".

1. Eat "O" Foods: oranges, oatmeal, omelets, olives, oatmeal cookies, onions, onion soup, orange juice, oyster crackers
2. Wear Orange.
3. Outside Obstacle course.
4. Outdoor painting.
5. Obituary writing page(for your scrapbook)- what would you want to be known for?
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ABC Summer "N" Day

Today is letter "N".

1. Eat "N" Foods: nachos, nectarines, navy beans, noodles, nuts, nut bread, nutella
2. Neighborhood Service
3. Napkin folding.
4. Nature walk. You could take this along.
5. "Name" art or craft. Make something to showcase your name.
6. Night time Stories.
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ABC Summer "M" Day

Today is letter "M".

1. Eat "M" Food: macaroni, mango, marmalade, mayo, meatballs, meat loaf, muffins, mushrooms, milk, minestrone, melon, mac &cheese
2. Marble art.
3. Music.
4. Movies.
5. Museum.
6. Mandalas. They turn out really pretty with coloring pencils. For printables go here, here & here.
7. Mosaics.
8. Mall Scavenger Hunt. Here is one & one.
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ABC Summer "L" Day

Today is letter "L".

1. Eat "L" Foods: lasagne, leek soup, lemons, limes, lemonade, lentils, lamb, lettuce,, licorice, limeade, linguine pasta, lobster, lollipops
2. Library
3. Lawn Bowling (instead of going to the bowling alley use your backyard)
4. Letters(write to someone special)
5. Limbo
6. Lunchbox Charms (for school or work)
7. LAUGH
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ABC Summer "K" Day

Today is the letter "K".

1. Eat "K" Foods: kale, ketchup, kidney beans, kiwi, Krispy Kremes
2. Karaoke.
3. Kick Ball.
4. Kool-aid paint.
5. Kool-aid playdough.
6. Kite flying.
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ABC Summer "J" Day

Today is letter "J".

1. Eat "J" Foods: jam, jelly, jell-o, jerky, juice, jelly beans, jambalaya, jelly donuts
2. Jewelry (made out of magazines)

Take a page out of a magazine. Cut in 1/2.

Fold in 1/2.

Fold in 1/2 again.

Fold in 1/2 for the third time.

To start rolling it, use a skewer stick.

Roll it up. I use both hands. Right to hold the coil. Left to straighten out the remaining paper strip as I coil(it tends to want to buckle a little).

At the end fold it down so you hot glue it. It gives it a more finished look.

You are done with 1 "petal" of the flower.

All done rolling -ready to hot glue together(I use felt for the back).

Some other ones I made into necklace pendants.

3. Joke time.
4. Jump (on trampoline or rope).
5. Jean crafts.
6. Jog.
7. Juggle.
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ABC Summer "I" Day

Today is letter "I".

1. Eat "I" Foods: ice cream, ice, iceberg lettuce, Italian bread(but anything Italian will make the day)
2. Make Ice Cream .
3. Ice skating.
4. Ice blocking.
5. Iron crafts.

Using your stencils, trace onto the freezer paper. I left space under the "initial" so they could write their name.

Cut out the negative paper of the image with a knife.

Iron (cotton setting) the freezer paper onto the fabric. Make sure there are no bubbles or the paint will seep underneath.

 Paint your design. We used Creamcoat acrylic paint.

After it has dried, you can either frame it or add more fabric to make a mini bag. 

6. "Initials" of child.
7. Indoor campout.
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ABC Summer "H" Day

Today is letter "H".

1. Eat "H" Foods: ham, hamburger, hash, hawaiian haystacks, hot chocolate, honey butter, hoagie sandwich, hazelnuts, honeydew melon, hot dogs
2. Hike.
3. Hula Hoop contest.
4. Hide & Seek game.
5. Hair Do styles.
6. Horseshoes(play at the park)
7. Hospital-do some service.

These are the Baby Blankets(out of sheets) for the NICU. They are always in need of blankets so this would be a great project to do all year long.

I got some fabric from my mom and soft bed sheets(from the second hand store). Cut the fabric & sheets to 45"x 45". Pin right sides together. Sew all the way around.

Then turn the right sides out, iron then stitch all the way around again. 1/2" seam.

Pin a square in the middle so you can stitch it, it will help the fabric to not bunch up.

 All Done!

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