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 Today's Thoughtful Thursday is dedicated to Ms Rebecca from High Maintenance Aspirations. She is my faithful reader, blogging buddy, and a sweet mommy mentor.

Olympic Torch Snack

Ingredients needed

• simple ice cream cones {ours were wicked old and stail}
• popcorn {any brand- our was a cheap microwave bag}
• Extremes {optional}

Directions

1. Pop the popcorn
2. Cut the Extremes
3. Load the ice cream cones
4. Eat {and make a mess}

Olympic Rings Craft

{and some other...stuff}

Supplies

• White Card Stock
• Used/empty toilet paper/paper towel rolls {I cut mine small so my littles could hold them easier}
• Acrylic paint in Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Black {we used Purple}
• Animal Crackers {added at the last minute bc my girls weren't done crafting- Optional}
• Popsicle sticks {again, added at the last minute bc my girls weren't done crafting- Optional}

Instructions

1. Give each child a piece of paper {you can cut in 1/2 if you want}
2. Squirt each color onto a small paper plate with 1 tp/paper roll assigned to each color
3. Show your children a picture of the Olympic Rings or do an example yourself
4. Encourage your children to mimic the example
5. While you tell them the history of the Rings and what they stand for
6. Lay flat or hang to dry

If your kids are crafters like mine you may want to add these steps:

1. Talk about your children's favorite Olympic happenings
   • sports
   • athletes
   • event {just something they've seen while watching the Olympics}
   • team {may not even be the USA}
2. Gave them paint a picture of what they told you
3. Glue animal crackers in place {as the "athletes" and write their name/team if you want}
4. Lay FLAT to dry {so "athletes" don't slide}

"girl(s) swinging on bars"