Thick, steak fries? Skinny, crunchy ones? Long, mushy ones? Throughout the summer when visiting your favorite fry places, pick up coupons or gift cards at each establishment. ➤ National French Fries Day - Who makes the best French fries? Mom or Dad? Grandma or Grandpa? Or a favorite restaurant? Take a poll of family members to find out likes and dislikes. Read "Where’s My Teddy" by Jez Alborough, "The Teddy Bears’ Picnic" by Jimmy Kennedy, "Corduroy" by Don Freeman and "The Teddy Bear" by David McPhail. Enjoy an late afternoon picnic together, with stuffed friends, and perhaps end the meal with a few favorite books. Work together in the kitchen to make sandwiches, collect pretzel or chips, slice fresh fruit, and grab lemonade or water bottles. Spread out a large blanket or quilt in a shaded area of the yard. ➤ Teddy Bear Picnic Day - Take favorite stuffed animals on a backyard picnic date. Let each person create their own flavor for dessert and celebrate the day together with a cool and yummy treat. Then add bowls of sprinkles, marshmallows, chocolate chips, small candies, peanut butter, marshmallow fluff, chopped chocolate candy bars, raisins, crushed nuts, chopped fruit pieces, and anything else you can think of to add to the buffet. Place different ice cream syrups, like chocolate, strawberry and caramel on the table. Start with plain ol’ chocolate and vanilla ice cream chilling in the freezer and spread a buffet of flavors and toppings on the table to use for new creations. ➤ Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day - A perfect treat for a hot summer day, enjoy an ice cream festivity in your own kitchen. See if you can spot a large luna moth flapping and hovering around street lights, too! Snap a few pictures of the ones you find and see if you can identify them by name using encyclopedias, other books and the internet. You might want to research beforehand to note the differences between moths and butterflies. ➤ National Moth Week - Go for early evening walks throughout the month of July and search for flittering moths. Decorate the bow tie with puffy paint and glue it in place or cut to make a smaller hair bow to glue onto one ear after decorating. Glue a pink craft pom pom in place for the nose and craft chenille sticks for whiskers. Paint or glue large wiggle-eyes on the face. Squish two sheets of pink tissue paper somewhat, then glue one sheet in the center section, lengthwise, of each ear. Glue the ears in place at the top of the plate used for the rabbit’s face. Leave enough of the paper plate in the middle, folded part to form a bow tie when unfolded. Fold the second plate in half and make a curved cut on one edge to form two ears. ➤ Rabbit Week - Celebrate this adorable, furry mammal with a fun craft for the little ones. Flip the calendar, begin the second half of the year and make incredible memories with the ones you love best. Here’s hoping the first half of 2023 was filled with fun and festivities for your family with lots of laughs and love for the good times and even more love and support for the challenging ones. July 1 marked the halfway point of the year. The centerpiece of summer, Fourth of July celebrations bring families together across the country to make new memories to treasure. Just a couple of days ago, we watched fireworks light up the sky in the Boro.
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