Blogger Angela Reynolds

Pinning for Programs

Harvest Festival season is upon us here in Nova Scotia, and as usual, I’ve been asked to run children’s games in my small town. I’m glad to do it–the kids love the games we come up with, and the parents love having a place their kids can hang out while they browse around the rest of the festival street. Working with the Family Resource Centre, we come up with some fun stuff for kids to do, such as the Apple Tree Toss (bean-bags through apples cut into a plywood tree). One year we did a Bubble Tree (try to hit apples on the tree by blowing bubbles) and it was fun but so messy I won’t go there again — maybe for an event where there is grass and lots of room. I wanted to find a few new games this year, and I had just opened a Pinterest account…