Photo Puzzles

I mentioned before that I have been struggling to come up with some activities for my older cousins. They are at that age where word searches and connect the dots just don't do it. So although I still am making cute activity books for the younger kids....that stuff is a little beneath this group.

The I Spy will work, but won't keep their attention for long. I still plan on giving them some of those extreme dot to dots, mentioned here. But I have been racking my brain on any other ideas.

That is, until I came across this post by fabulous A Subtle Revelry. For a bridal shower, they made photo puzzles. They printed out a bunch of different pictures for the engagement shoot, cut them into squares, and then put them in burlap bags for people to take.

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This is such an easy project! An it is something I can give to all ages, I will just cut less pieces for the younger kids, and more for the bigger kids.

I think I will also spray mount the pictures to different colored purple cardstock, to give it a heavier texture, and so if they mess up the pieces they just have to look at the back color.

Not sure what I will put each one in yet, but excited for this DIY!

I Spy, Purple and Silver Edition

I did it. I followed the trend that everyone is doing...I Spy cards.

In my defense, we will not give them to every guest. Nope. We are just giving them to any kid that attends. I have been racking my brain with all different kid-wedding activities for ages 6-14. I will write more about what I have found so far in another post.

For about a half hour project they came out pretty good. Take a look.

I am still debating on whether or not to put disposable cameras at their places too. We will see.

Perfect Activity for Older Kids

I have been in quite a pickle on the subject of finding activities that would keep my early teen cousins entertained at the reception. I didn't think that wedding activity books that are meant for my younger cousins would suffice. But I have found one perfect activity so far.

Remember connect the dots when we were younger, that consisted of all of 10 dots and somehow you made something crazy; like an elephant eating a whole pile of peanuts or something? When these are connect the dots for us all grown up. A co-worker informed me of this company called Mindware that has a bunch of different products for kids of all ages. What I found interesting was their extreme dot to dots.

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They are puzzles that have anywhere from 500 to 1,400 dots! And once you are done connecting, which hopefully could take hours, you can color in the picture too! They even have some samples on their page. I'm hoping this will take up a lot of their time! 

Did anyone else find anything cool like this, to keep kids entertained?