Family Life
Block Party Planner
Instigate a block party this summer and spend time getting to know your neighbors. Take time to talk over town issues, introduce friends to one another and show your kids how great a community with warm fellowship can be. Us this sign-up sheet to organize who's doing what! Click "Add to my account" to bring it into your account for easy editing. Want more details on how to throw a block party? http://tinyurl.com/592t58
Helping a Friend with Daily Duties
Use this online sign up sheet to help a friend with a newborn coming into the family. A friend who needs help with daily duties such as grocery shopping, pick up and drop off from school, walks and laundry.
Camping Trip
Explore the great outdoors on a camping trip with your friends, extended family or scout troop. This sign-up sheet is chock full of items you'll need to make the trip fun and safe. Prepare a checklist for the camping trip and be well organized for your next trip. Consider the length of your stay, animal habitation (such as bears) and weather considerations when modifying this list to suit your needs. If you're looking for an easy and fast way to reserve your campground try out www.reserveamerica.com.
Child's Gift Wish List
Here's a great way to let friends and relatives know about gifts your child would really cherish. When someone "signs-up" to give something, others will know not to choose this one. That way, your child won't get duplicates!
Clean-Up Work Event
Help clean up your local community with this sign-up sheet. Invite friends, volunteers from your non-profit, citizens of your municipality or parents from your school to participate. This is a perfect activity to honor our planet for Earth Day on April 22 or the weekend preceeding that day. Visit your local park armed with trash bags and recycling bins. Live near a beach? You can apply a beach clean up project too. For even more fun, solicit volunteers from a local scuba dive shop to dive into the waters at the shore and clean up under water. Make this a fun event with prizes galore: largest piece of trash, piece found with the most plastic, funniest piece of trash, most historic piece of trash and most frequently found piece of trash
Family Reunion Planner
Many family's vacations grown each year and become special family reunions everyone looks forward to. Here's an easy way to set this up with your own family. Use this sign-up sheet as a starting point for your next family vacation.
Graduation Gift Registry
When relatives and friends ask what you or a loved one would like for graduation, simply send them this sign-up sheet. How does it work? Your grad gives you his wish list. You can set parameters such as a cap on price, etc. List each gift on a separate line. When a gift giver decides on a special gift he/she puts her name next to the item. It's that simple. No duplicate gifts, no returns. The grad gets just what he/she wants.
Halloween Group Party - elementary school age
Halloween's origins date back to an ancient Celtic festival! Today cookie decorating, making popcorn witches hands and biting donuts on strings make a fun classroom halloween party! Use the list below to ask for donations from the parents to make organizing the party a snap. A good description of the donut eating game can be found at http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/jmdoughnut.htm. Have a "hauntingly" good time!
Kinder After School Enrichment List
Some days of kindergarten end at noon. Here are some ideas for enrichment programs that my children enjoyed during the afternoon. You may be lucky enough to have these offered by the PTA on your school campus. If not, ask your PTA representatives for some good options for classes in your area.
Meal Delivery for New Parents or Family in a Pinch
Do you want to organize a few meals for new parents or a family in need? Use this handy sign up sheet to quickly organize the meals. Add information about the meal preferences of the family. Let your friends or neighbors sign themselves up for a meal. This is one of the most special ways to show you care.
Ocean Scapes Craft Potluck
Here is a great summer craft project idea from Martha Stewart Kids' Craft at: http://tinyurl.com/dl2nxp Follow the directions on the site and have a ball at your Craft Potluck!
Playdate Planner
On the first day of school there are so many new faces. Make it a project for your child to get to know all of the kids in the class. This will help you get to know the families too! Send this sign-up sheet to classroom families, asking each to sign up for one play date time.
Scarecrow Stuffing with Friends
Gather your kid's friends & families and make a scarecrow together this fall! To create the scarecrow's skeleton, attach the wooden pieces together to form a cross. Place the head on the top of the stake then put a shirt over the cross shaped framework. Put the pants on with a stake inserted into one of the pant legs and tie the bottoms. Stuff the pants first, once they are full, tuck the shirt into them, then button & zip the pants. Stuff the arms of the shirt first, then the rest of the torso. Accessorize the scarecrow and add a few corn stalks & pumpkins to complete the scene!
Thanksgiving Dinner Potluck
The first Thanksgiving feast was celebrated in 1621 by the pilgrims of the Plymouth colony along with about 90 Wampanoag Indians. The Pilgrims had suffered through a devastating winter and without the help of the Indians, all would have perished. The Thanksgiving feast was to show deep gratitude for the generosity and kindness the Indians displayed. This Thanksgiving gather your family & friends and share this special meal - giving everyone a part to play. Create or revive traditions that make the celebration meaningful. In our family we each reflect on what we've been most thankful for during the past year.
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