Saturday Fun

This morning the kids decided to play cowboy/cowgirl, and combine it with being detectives. So I played "Blues Clues combined with Scooby Doo" (sorta). I made up hints on sticky notes and stuck them all around the upstairs. Then I told the kids a story about something mising. 1st story: "Mommy is missing a sock and I have reason to believe one of your animal friends might have taken it. Can you follow the clues and figure out who took my sock and find out where they hid it?" Off they went on a little scavenger hunt. Once they found all of the clues, they had to try and solve the mystery. They had so much fun that I made up a second story and added more clues to lengthen the game while I took a shower. It worked too! 2nd story: "Mommy is missing a very special bracelet that Riley made for me. I think somebody might have tried to borrow it and forgot to put it back." The kids had to find 7 clues and then piece the clues together. This was really neat to play with the kids and the 5 minutes it took me to hide an item, write out the clues, and then hide them was worth the 15-20 minutes it took the kids to play the game.