Our Sister Site, Summer of Funner, runs from June to August 2011-2016.
2011
Mustard Tastings and Turtle Talk
“Save the Riverdale Farm” Sketches
Library Day: T-shirts and a Rob Ford Protest Song
Protest Posters Inspired by Ghosts of Gone Birds
Why We’re Not Taking Stock of our Summer of Funner:
2012
Soap Day: Making Toy and Candy-Mold Soaps
Our First Paella, With a Recipe for the Next
Camp Snacks: Soft Lemon-Glazed Gingerbread Cookies and Cookie-Pops
Yesterday Books with Pop-Art Animal Olympians
Olympian Self-Sufficiency: The Kids Make Supper by Themselves
Skylanders Portal of Power Birthday Cake
Outdoor Mural Phase One: Sketching from our Favourite Artists
Relish, Pickle, Replenish: It’s Cucumber Day
Summer Activism 101: The Kids Investigate the Mega-Quarry
Glam Cans 2012: Kid-Designed Canning Labels DIY
The Kids Make Street Eats (with Beer!): Pilsner Pretzels & Hops and Robbers Mustard
Mad Scientist Day 2012: Ten Sweet Experiments
The Imaginary Beasts of Riverdale Farm
Peach Day: Amaretto Peach Jam, Brown Sugar Vanilla Peach Jam and Giant Peach Butter
Summer of Funner 2012 Film Festival
2013
School’s Out! Here’s Our 2013 Bucket List!
Yesterday Books, The 2013 Edition
DIY Skylanders Giants Birthday Party Invitations
Postcards from Boston
Summer Books: The Beowulf Notebooks One
Kid-Illustrated Definitions I: Utopia & Dystopia
Summer Books: The Beowulf Notebooks, Two
Kid-Drawn Story Cards & Story Telling Games
Summer Books: The Beowulf Notebooks, Three:
Summer Books: Re-Telling Beowulf
Exploring Toronto’s Neighbourhoods I: Mapping the City and our Beach Hill Neighbourhood
Strawberry [Cognac] Buttermilk Cake
Summer Books: Illustrating Bisclavret [The Lais of the Werewolf] and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Summer Books: Re-Producing Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s Tale and a “Classics Comics” DIY
Science Wiz: Climate Change in Canning Jars
Blueberry Peach Greek Yogurt Popsicles
Amazing Pink Lemonade Cream Bars
Exploring Toronto’s Neighbourhoods: Yonge & Englinton and Sorel Etrog
Summer Books: Sketching the Faerie Queene
Painted Targets for Balls, Beanbags, Rockets, and Water Balloons
Colour, Cut & Build this Robot [Free Printable]
Birthday Surprise: Chocolate Milk Piñata Cake
Summer Books: Comparing Performances of Macbeth
“Ping Pong” and Paper Airplanes
The Peaches Cookbook, a Love Story [and Caramelized Peach Frozen Yogurt]
Summer Books: Paradise Lost, Book 9, and Automatic Villian Poems
Summer Books: Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination & Poe-Inspired “Ghost Story Starters”
Pickle Day 2013: Make it Spicy!
Summer Books: Mapping Gulliver’s Travels
Summer Books: Imagine Like Bradbury! Story Sketches and Dystopian Novel “Teasers”
Summer of Funner Film Festival 2013: Dystopian and Urban Films
Thanks for a Fabulous Summer! Stay Tuned for The Lunchbox Season!
2014
Summer Books: Talking Heads and Sympathetic Wolves: Illustrating Aelfric’s Life of St. Edmund
Film Fest Night One: Dark Passage and The Man Without a Body
Dino S’mores! [With a Recipe for Super-Easy Dino Grahams]
We “Art” Ability: Three Kids’ Drawing Exercises for the Non-Dominant Hand
Watch Unbreakable and Sample Peanut Butter Nutella “All Thumbs” Cookies
Foot Painting! Painting with our Feet!
Roasted Marshmallow Gelato [Crème Brulée Gelato]
Summer Books: The Kids Illustrate Treasure Island: Free Associative Drawing with Audio Books
Minecraft Creeper Cupcake Cake
101 Things to Look for at the Art Museum, from A to Z [Free Printable]
Kids DIY Stained Glass Window Clings
Summer Peach Buttermilk Clafoutis [low-sugar, grain & gluten-free]
The Kids Enjoy Two Evenings of Shakespeare in the Park
Kids DIY Mini Glittery Pop Rocks Bath Bombs
Summer Books: Sense and Sensibility Mad Libs [Free Printables]
Summer Books: Kid-Drawn, “Modern” Sense and Sensibility Comics
Three Surrealist Games for Kids
FORTnight: Our Two-Week Campout Begins
THE BEST Homemade Donuts, with a Vanilla or Chocolate Glaze and a Jam or Jelly Filling
Summer Giving: Supporting the War Amps Champ Program
End of Summer Blind Tasting Picnic
2015
Three Super-Fun Ways to Prep the Kids for a Shakespeare Play [or Other Theatre]
Summer at the Stratford Festival: Kids’ Theatre Reviews
The Kids’ Summer Vacay Pics: Where to Eat, Shop, and Stay in Stratford, Ontario
Free Printable Pixels Movie Party Invitations
Summer of Awareness: Three Meditation Exercises for Kids and Families
Inspired by Babar: Stuffed Animal Yoga Sketches for Kids
Five Ways to Introduce Kids to a City’s Architecture
DIY Pacman [or any shape] Piñatas
Pin the Tail on the Donkey Kong [Free Printable Poster and Centipede “Tails”]
Summer Books: What the Kids are Reading
Easy Gorgeous Chocolate Covered Bananas
Date Almond Smoothie Freezer Pops
101 Things to Look for at the Natural History Museum [Free Printable]
Sweet and Spicy Fermented Pickles in a Mason Jar
Endless Summer Peach Almond Cake [Gluten and Sugar Free]
Backyard Summer Film Fest 2015 : Our Family’s Picks
Thanks for a Great Summer 2015
2016
Elderflower Cake with St Germain Soak and Elderflower Mascarpone Frosting
Kids Haiku Theatre Reviews from the Stratford Festival #sfhaiku
Fizzy Water Kefirs: Lime Cardamom, Lemon Lavendar and Strawberry Vanilla
The Best Summer Movies of All Time, Week Two : Do the Right Thing and 12 Angry Men
DIY Poprocks? Try Our Sour Pink Lemonade Frizzantes
Kids’ Summer Challenge : Learn Enough Guitar to Perform a Cover Song
The Best Summer Movies of All Time, Week 3: Rear Window and Rashomon
Let’s Pong! Playing Ping Pong in Toronto’s Public Parks
Birthday Bombe Dot Com : DIY Ice Cream Piñata Cake
The Best Summer Movies of All Time, Week 5 : Fahrenheit 451 and The Manchurian Candidate
Summer Books: What the Kids are Reading in 2016
Inspired by Farenheit 451 : Kids’ Wordless Comics DIY
The Best Summer Movies of All Time, Week 6: Jaws and In the Heat of the Night
The Joys of Keeping Score : The Kids Track the Jays v. Rays
Kids’ Summer Challenge: Make a Short Film that Scares Us!
The Best Summer Movies of All Time, Week 7: Jour de Fête and A Night at the Opera
Lemon Ginger Marmalade with Champagne and Elderflower
Surprise Sunrise Triathalon! Kids’ Yoga, Meditation, and Reading Challenge
The Best Summer Movies of All Time, Week 8: Kings of Summer and Hope and Glory
10 Ways to Throw the Best Ever End of Summer Backyard Campout!
The Best Summer Movies of All Time, Final Week: The Philadelphia Story and Follow the Fleet