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Summer heat facts and safety tips

For many people, summertime is synonymous with trips to the beach, water sports and recreation.

Sculpture Explorers: a fun walking tour for curious children

Introduce your child to the world of art with a guided Children and Family Walking Tour of the Perrysburg Sculpture Walk.Designed to engage young minds, this interactive tour brings art to life, encouraging children ages 5 through 12 to explore and interpret sculptures in fun and meaningful ways.

Benefits of physical activity

Encouraging children to be physically active can be an important step in helping them later in life.The Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN) says active children are more likely to become healthy adults.

577 to host summer classes for children

The 577 Foundation will host a variety of camps for children this summer. Registration opens on Wednesday, April 30, at 9 a.m.Slab of Summer–Youth Pottery Camp Join the 577 pottery staff for a creative weeklong exploration of clay.

Camp OFLA celebrates 20th anniversary

Camp OFLA is celebrating 20 years and is sponsored by the Ohio Foreign Language Association.

Two ingredient glurch

Glurch is the original version of the popular concoction now known as “slime.”The difference is Glurch is made with only two ingredients plus optional color from food coloring.Glurch stretches, bounces, and can be used to blow big rubbery bubbles.

Robin’s Recipes for Family Fun

Easy suncatcherThis suncatcher should be called a fun catcher because everyone ages two and up will enjoy the basic creativity involved in making leaves with colored tissue paper and contact paper.

Easy-to-make body paint

This easy recipe for bath and body paint allows children to have fun painting themselves and get clean at the same time. It also can work outside–use the sprinkler or kiddie pool to rinse and clean your little artist.

Simple, fast and fun bubble printing

Blowing bubbles to take a print is simple fun and yields beautiful results.It is open-ended process painting–experimenting by simply using a variety of containers sizes, colors and types of paper.The trick is to blow into the color mixture until the bubbles rise above the rim before taking a print.

Starburst sponges for water fun

Summer is here and it is the perfect time for backyard water action.Water balloons are fun but they are hard to fill and the broken balloon pieces leave a mess.A starburst sponge can be made in less than five minutes.