Rating: 4 stars
Cover synopsis: Have you ever built a bat house, gone on a backyard bug safari, or made a music video? Now you can try these and hundreds of other awesome things to do -- one for each day of the year.
I checked out this fat little book to get ideas of boredom busters for my kids. It delivered -- but most of the ideas are better suited to older kids, say 8-years-plus. Still, I found a few keepers, such as going on a backyard campout, racing paper airplane and hosting a kids' art gallery show. I also got a few ideas for the church youth group I supervise, such as volunteering at an animal shelter and having our own swap meet.
There were some filler items in here too. There were quite a few "save the frogs, turtles, wolves, birds, bugs, etc." ideas that involved writing letters to congressmen...I'm all for saving the environment, but these ideas probably could have been rolled into one.
Still, it was a fun read, and I hope my kids will find it useful in, oh, 5 years.
