Fun and Games: Healthy Snacks
And Building A Forum
For A Child's Safety

After spending the time to find some fun and games, learning how to prepare some healthy snacks, and consolidating a plan of action to insure your child's safety from their allergy, a lot of times all this seems to take a whole lot of energy with little rewards.

Any time of the year, when the kids are home and parents need to find fun snacks and games to keep the kids happy and active, the worst thing a parent can hear is "Mom, I'm bored." This dreaded phrase usually leads to the television, computer games, hand-held games, food or trouble. All of the above means your child is sitting all day long, no activity, no exercise and no means of stimulating their mind or energy levels.

This is the time when either Mom or Dad has got to step in with a quick plan of action.

Included in this section I have tried to find some quick ideas for some safe and simple fun and games, many involving very little to no cost, but still stimulating enough to make your child just beg for more "play" time. Check through the next few pages and try some of the following when you are at your wit's end trying to figure out what you can do to keep the kids, healthy, happy and active.

Just remember though, because of the differences in so many types of allergies between so many people, still be extra vigilant and verify the supplies you will be using are also safe for your situation. Just because not all of these games involve food, anyone with a latex allergy as an example may have problems with the balloons unless you verify the type you purchase is not a latex balloon.

• Fun-Time Recipes
  1. Scents Of Christmas
  2. Pool Side Pasta Salad
  3. Macaroni Pizza
  4. Cherry Tomato Lollipops
  5. Stars and Stripes Berries
  6. Allergy Safe Chocolate Treats
  7. Party Cake With A Theme
  8. Edible Christmas Decorations
  9. Ice Cream From A Baggie
  10. Grill Out Banana BBQ
  11. Mini Sweet Cups
  12. Fruity Cookie Cutouts
  13. Fruit and Nut Bars
  14. Pineapple Crush Smoothie
  15. "Devil" Eggs
  16. Tropical Fruit Sorbet

• Fun-Time Games
  1. Food Color Magic
  2. Car-Wheelin' Fun Sports
  3. April Fool's (Day)
  4. A Christmas Tradition
  5. Brains A-Buzzin'
  6. Instant Pick-er Up-per
  7. Headfirst Volleyball
  8. Date-A-Day
  9. Bunny Talk for Easter Time

• Water Toys
  1. Balloon Ball Toss
  2. Water Toss Spikey Ball
  3. Bucket Sponge Toss
  4. Sudsy Snakes

• Rainy-Day Games
  1. Allergy-Friendly Play Clay
  2. Museum Shopping
  3. Slime Time
  4. Museum Quality Artist
  5. "Puddin" Cones
  6. Inventor: The New Einstein
  7. Be Your Own Shopkeeper

• Discipline and Manners
  1. Birthday Bash/Alternative Gifts
  2. 10 Cents For A Kind Thought Or Deed
  3. Understanding the Joy of Giving
  4. Face To Face Generosity and Giving
  5. A Chain Of Good Deeds
  6. Thoughtfulness From A Jar
  7. Courtesy Speaks Volumes

This section is just a building block for some quick ideas of fun and games you and the kids can use as a great way to build family closeness and love for one another without the tension common between many older and younger siblings. Good old-fashioned laughter has cured many ills in everyday life and hopefully you will have the opportunity to extend many more years of trust and love through your family's immediate future.

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