Tried of hearing "I am bored" and "I have nothing to do?" Below you will find some ideas to keep your foster children busy and out of your hair for awhile.

This can provide you some such needed time to catch up on paperwork, reading that book you have been waiting to start or just some peace. Hopefully you will find something that will work for your foster children or give you some ideas.

Libraries have story time for different ages throughout the summer. Some bookstores also do this, with characters, book signing from the authors and other creative things. Toy and crafts store do arts and crafts (making a kite, make things out of magic molding... more

We have covered how important it is for foster children to have life books. How the life book is set up was also been covered. Now we are moving on to how to make the pages for the life books.

The easiest way to do the pages for your life book is do them on the computer. This way you can change the font color, size, and style. You could also add some pictures when doing your wording if you use digital.

First there will be to be sections for the life book. You can do any section that would work for your foster child. I will list some sections with some ideas for wording. Remember to leave space to add pictures. How you word things and make this life book will depend the age... more

This is an inexpensive way to do a memory book for the foster children that come through your home. You can make them simple or elaborate. You can spend a lot or spend a little money. This is all up to the individual person.

Allowing older children and teen to do their own or help with their books can help make it personal for them.

Now to get started:

For the book you can use three ring notebooks with the clear front pocket cover. This will allow you to make a cover for front and back of the book that will be protected. You will need to purchase a package of assorted colored scrapbook paper (heavy cardstock paper),... more