Remember the magic when Jane, Michael, Bert and Mary Poppins all jump through Bert’s wonderful sidewalk drawings? And after their adventure in the country, the rain washed all the drawings away.
Jane Lake’s blog post not only beautifully evokes the magic and transience of childhood, as witnessed by activities like sidewalk drawing, but provides a recipe for homemade sidewalk chalk.
You can certainly purchase big buckets of sidewalk chalk, for not a lot of money, but what a great kids activity to do together with your child some rainy or lazy day. Quality time together that teaches the joy of doing something for others, in this case to give as a birthday gift. It’s a win-win.
Purchased or home-made, sidewalk chalk makes a simple gift that bestows the simple pleasure of creativity… another win.
If you do choose to make the chalk as per the recipe given in the post, be sure to make enough to give that gift of creativity to your own child as well.
[DISCLOSURE: If you instead purchase the sidewalk chalk through the link on this page, I make a commission from Amazon. Seems reasonable to me…..]
We’re always looking for and posting about good kids birthday gifts- ones that don’t break the bank and will actually get used.
