Boredom Busters

 

Decorate Gingerbread Men
Tis the season to bake yummy cookies and decorate them with all the fixin's! Give your little friend some hair made of sprinkles and don't forget the gumdrop buttons



 
Fold Paper Air Planes
With the cold weather here to stay, fold some paper airplanes while being warm inside. There are lots of different ways to fold and create the perfect flying piece of paper. 




Put Together a Puzzle
Durango Toy Depot has so many cool puzzles to put together! My favorite is the HUGE sandwhich that even has pizza on it. Stop by and pick out a cool puzzle.

Boredom Busters

 Try your skills at ice skating! Chapman Hill has open skating hours every week.When I was a kid, we would go to open skating at the ice arena at Michigsn State University on Sunday afternoons! We could also go to the outdoor rink at Sycamore Park. 

n Durango, we go to Chapman Hill Check out all the details at http://durangogov.org/chapman/

 Start the new year with a new money saving plan and make a bank from recycled materials! Here's one way to make a bank or use  your own ideas and see what you come up with! 

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Piggy-Bank 

Will you save $1 a week? $1 a day? 

Is this where all your spare change will go?

What is your savings goal?

The Infamous Durango Toy Depot 

puzzle exchange 

is a great way to beat cabin fever and recycle your old jigsaw puzzles! We have an "exchange collection" of all kinds and levels of jigsaw puzzles in the store. It's simple! Bring in a puzzle and drop it off, take a different one home to complete. What a great family project! I hear cats like them too! When you finihs a puzzle, bring it back for another!