I'm working very hard to landscape a large portion of our front yard/driveway. It's a huge amount of space and will take a lot of work. I really only want to do a section at a time. In the meantime, I don't really want to leave a lot of bare spots while I work.
A few weeks ago, I came across the idea of a sunflower house. I've seen bean shelters and such, but something as simple and pretty as a group of sunflowers... that's got my name written all over it. The kids are 10, 5, and of course, 5. Sounds like as good a time as any do work such a project.
Unfortunately, the weather has been less than cooperative. I never used to be, but lately I'm a total weather wimp. Don't know where I got it from, but if it's gray, inside I will stay. So this means I've had a couple weeks to expand on this idea. Pinterest is such an awesome/evil thing. And what's great is, no matter how many great ideas I've had, I have still only found one thing I might have to purchase. The rest is all using supplies I already have, or have available to me. Oh, and almost all of it can be built by the kids themselves!
My latest idea is for an outdoor summer game room. It would start with the planting of the sunflower seeds... and I have a huge variety. I would dig the trench, but the kids would sow the seeds and cover them up.
The next step, as our flowers start their stretch for the sun, would be to make games to play. Pinterest to the rescue again. My folks cut down two huge trees in their back yard. Hubby has been chipping away at the heap of log rounds to make firewood. I would have to go and look at the remaining rounds, but if I can find one of an appropriate size, I can plop it inside the "house". (I would likely want to treat it first, to prevent damage/bugs/fungus.) But the kids can take it from there. We have rocks, lots of beautiful rocks for painting, all over the place. Painted rocks might just make for excellent game pieces. And that log? I'm thinking a game board burned or painted on it. Either a simple tic-tac-toe, or a chess/checkers board. Voila! Outdoor game for an outdoor game room!
Not only can the kids help me build it, they can sit in the shade and picnic, play quite games, and enjoy a safe spot to play as I do other yard work. The Eldest loves his quite time reading books, and this might be a spot for him to enjoy for that purpose as well. I'm kinda excited to see how it turns out. Well, you know, assuming I can get a break in the gray, soggy weather.
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