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Where to Donate Items and How to Help in Omaha

During this time, many people are asking how they can help.

SHARE Omaha has provided a wonderful resource full of ideas for volunteering and giving back safely!

 

Where to Donate Items in Omaha

Are you Spring Cleaning or have some items you are wanting to donate?

Share Omaha has created a fantastic resource full of ideas of where to donate the following items:

  • Old electronics
  • Cell Phones
  • Shoes
  • Crafts and art supplies
  • Notebooks, pens, pencils
  • Preemie diapers and formula
  • Wheelchairs and scooters
  • Complete Board Games
  • Cleaning Supplies
  • Non-perishable food and toiletries
  • and more!

Find their complete list of where to donate here (scroll down to Give From Home).

 

How to Help and Volunteer from Home

Many organizations are looking for volunteers who can provide help from home.

Become a digital ambassador, create care packages, spend time beautifying your neighborhood, send letters of encouragement, and much more!

Find many more ideas of how to help from SHAREOmaha here!

 

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Alphabet, Number, and Color Scavenger Hunts

Walk around and explore your neighborhood while searching for the items on Alphabet Scavenger Hunt, Number Scavenger Hunt, and the Color Scavenger Hunt! You can add your own ideas to the list, too!

Find more Fun Activities to Do at Home here including the Indoor Scavenger Hunt and Outdoor Scavenger Hunt here!

 

Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

Click on the image below for a printable to take with you on your next adventure!

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Number Scavenger Hunt

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Color Scavenger Hunt

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10 Ideas for Easter Fun at Home

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Create memories with many activities for Easter fun at home this year!

Find the Omaha Easter Egg Hunt Guide, including many Drive-Through and To-Go Experiences! 

 

Kick-off Easter Morning with a House-wide Egg Hunt!

While the kids are sleeping, hide Easter eggs around the house so that when they wake up on Easter morning, the house is filled with colorful eggs to seek and find! Leave their Easter baskets outside their bedroom doors so they can get started right away.

 

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Make Washcloth Bunnies

With just a washcloth and rubber band, children can create a cute bunny. Visit Crafts By Amanda for an easy step-by-step pictorial on how to fold your bunny. Then, kids can use their imaginations to decorate their bunnies with stuff you have around the house, like googly eyes, hair ties, craft foam, felt scraps, ribbon, pom-poms, buttons, etc.

 

Create a Stained Glass Chalk Drawing

Grab some chalk and tape and create a beautiful Stained Glass Chalk Drawing on your driveway or sidewalk. Add a Cross in the middle for a beautiful Resurrection Stained Glass Chalk Drawing.

 

Attend Easter Service Virtually

Many local churches are live-streaming their Easter Services so that you can join in the safety of your home.

 

Dress up in Easter Best and Take Family Photos

Have everyone dress up in their Easter dresses or nicer clothes and hire a photographer to take pictures as part of the Front Steps Project or invite your neighbor to take some family photos in your front yard and text them to you.

 

Build a Bunny House

With just toothpicks and mini marshmallows (stale marshmallows work best), kids can build a house for their bunny or chick. Not only is this STEM project fun, but it challenges young minds as they explore the concept of support and discover how many marshmallows and toothpicks it takes to create a structure that will stand up! Find more toothpick and marshmallow challenges here.

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Make “Bunnies/Chicks in the Dirt” Ice Cream Parfaits

No celebration is complete without a treat! For Easter, make cute Easter-themed dirt sundaes with the kids to celebrate! Or better yet, the kids can make these fun desserts themselves! Just top your favorite ice cream, yogurt or pudding with crushed Oreos to create the “dirt” your marshmallow Peep sits on. Decorate with sprinkles, jellybeans, or anything else you like!

My daughter made this one with Chocolate ice cream. We had mint Oreos in our pantry, so she used those. Separating the cream from the cookie, she crushed the cookies and I melted the cream a little in the microwave (10-20 sec.). Then, she layered everything like a parfait, topping the crushed Oreos with dribbles of cream to look like grass, jellybeans, and a Cotton Candy Peep Chick.

 

Play Easter Games

Baggo: With duct tape, make two circles on the floor. Then, kids can toss stuffed bunnies, trying to get them in the circles.

The Egg Game: Write an action on slips of paper and put them in plastic Easter eggs. Kids each pick 6 eggs from the basket. Set a timer for 2 minutes and see who can complete the most actions in that time. OR, say “Go!” and see who can complete all their actions the fastest.

 

Family Movie Time: Watch an Easter Movie

Break out the popcorn and Easter candy, snuggle up under a fluffy blanket, and watch the family movie HOP (PG) – it’s on Netflix now! Check out Common Sense Media’s review of HOP.

 

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10+ Virtual Birthday Ideas – How to Celebrate a Birthday at Home

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Many of our friends and family will be celebrating a birthday at home this year. Discover many creative ideas on how to celebrate a birthday at home!

Find more Fun Activities to Do at Home here!

 

Creative Ideas on How to Celebrate a Birthday at Home

Decorate the House the Night Before

Make simple birthday decorations (paper chain, homemade signs wishing Happy Birthday, balloons and streamers, if you have them, etc.) and hang them around your house. In the morning, the birthday girl or boy will feel immediately special and will know today is a very special day for them.

 

Card Party

Invite your friends and family to shower the special person with cards or homemade pictures sent in the mail. They will love receiving mail all week!

 

Invite the Birthday Girl or Boy to Plan the Meals for the Entire Day

Together, plan a menu of their favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner options for the meals on their birthday, and try to include at least one of their favorite items within each meal.

 

Drive-By Birthday Wishes

Even while social distancing, a car ride to show a friend or family member some love can be just the thing to bring us together while we are spending time apart. Invite friends to drive by for a birthday parade, or chalk a birthday message on your front walk, drop-off a birthday sign, or sing happy birthday from their car.

 

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Host a Zoom Party

Zoom has been a great way to connect and see one another during this time. Invite a few special friends to connect over Zoom. The kids can all sing Happy Birthday – they will love seeing each other and laughing together!

 

Video Cards

Although we cannot actually spend the day together with the special people in our lives, we can spend time with them virtually. Ask family and friends to make and send birthday videos for the birthday boy or girl to watch on their special day.

 

Put Signs or Balloons on your Mailbox or In Front of Your House

Create signs inviting people who drive by to honk or sing for the birthday boy or girl!

 

Reach Out to their Favorite Celebrity 

Send a message or email to their favorite celebrity asking if they would send a quick birthday message. You might get lucky and get a special message reply!

 

Go on A Scavenger Hunt

Create a scavenger hunt in your house or yard. Write down clues – each clue gives them a hint where to find the next clue – with a fun gift or sweet surprise at the end.

 

Birthday Staycation

Try some backyard glamping. Break out the tent, unearth the air mattress, drag out some pillows and cushions, and enjoy a night in the fresh outdoors! Have a picnic dinner and cake, break out the laptop for an outdoor movie, toast marshmallows, and tell creepy stories under the stars to make your birthday staycation extra special!

Too cold for a campout? Build a blanket fort getaway in your home!

 

Dine-Out – at Home!

Many restaurants are still offering take-out and delivery. Order a favorite meal, set up a tablecloth, add a centerpiece of hand-colored bouquet of flowers, and celebrate with a favorite birthday dinner – at home!

Find more Fun Activities to Do at Home here!

 

Keep in mind that a birthday doesn’t just have to just be celebrated in one day or a few hours. Celebrate with the birthday boy/girl all week and combine some or all of these ideas into a week-long birthday celebration your child will never forget!

 

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Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

We had so much fun doing the Shamrock Hunt, that we decided to create a Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt!

Walk around and explore your neighborhood while searching for the items on the list. You can add your own ideas to the list, too!

Find more Fun Activities to Do at Home here and an Indoor Scavenger Hunt, and Alphabet, Number, and Color Scavenger Hunts here!

 

CHALLENGE: For older children, add a color, description, etc. to each item. For example: For Sale/Sold Sign, Red Front Door, Heart Door Hanger, Cardinal, Blue Bench, etc.

 

Click on the image below for a printable to take with you on your next adventure!

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P.L.A.Y. at Home – Positive Learning Activities for You

Together we can help one another!

See below for links to each day’s posts. We will add them as they are published. Also, find many more Fun Things to Do at Home here!

We are Sharing FUN Ideas with You Every Weekday at 10 a.m.

Events are being canceled, activities are postponed, and schools are closing. We know it will be a challenge for kids to be away from school, for working parents trying to juggle child care, and for parents home with little ones all day.

Each weekday morning at 10 a.m. on our Family Fun in Omaha Facebook page, we will be sharing videos, links to educational FB lives, helpful resources, and more – all full of activities and ideas for things to do with your kids during the unique time.

People helping people, this is what is going to help us all through this. So many individuals and businesses stepping up to help one another, and we want to help make it easier for you by sharing it all in one place.

Our mission at Family Fun in Omaha is to build our community by sharing fun things to do with families, and we will continue to be that helpful resource for you.

 

How to Follow Along

>> Each weekday morning at 10 a.m. on our Family Fun in Omaha Facebook page, we will be sharing videos, links to educational FB lives, helpful resources, and more – all full of activities and ideas for things to do with your kids during the unique time.

See below for links to each day’s posts. We will add them as they are published.

 

Stay tuned for all this and more in the coming weeks. We’ll also be sharing videos and tips on Instagram and Facebook and we would love to have you follow along there.

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How to Get Involved

Feel free to SHARE the FUN with friends and family who are looking for ideas for things to do with their families in the coming weeks.

 

LOCAL BUSINESSES: Do you have a business that would like to get involved? We would love to hear from you! (It is FREE to participate, as we are all in this together!)

Please email us for more details.

 

Thank you to all of our community partners and YOU for supporting one another!

 

Links to Each Day’s Posts

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Past P.L.A.Y. at Home Activities: 

March 16 – FREE Educational Resource from Scholastic Learning

March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day Activities

March 18 – Preschool Virtual Class with Household Items with Metro Stars Gymnastics

March 19 – Fun Recipes to Make at Home with Kids

March 20 – Draw or color a picture of flowers to celebrate the Second Day of Spring

March 20 – Introduced Chalk Your Walk Wednesdays

March 23 – Meet Oliver the Kinkajou with Wildlife Encounters

March 24 – Fun Science Experiment with Double Arrows

March 25 – Chalk Your Walk Wednesdays

March 26 – Local Organizations offering Free Online Resources

March 27 – Build a Fort Challenge

March 30 – Virtual Class for ages 6 & up with Metro Stars Gymnastics

March 31 – Stained Glass Chalk Drawing

April 1 – Meet Tater Tot the Three-Banded Armadillo with Wildlife Encounters

April 2 – Painted Rocks – Creative Fun to Spread Joy

April 3 – Participate in Great Omaha Easter Egg Hunt

April 6 – 10 Ideas for Easter Fun at Home

April 7 – Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

April 8 – Alphabet, Number, and Color Scavenger Hunts

April 9 – Garden Magic with Lauritzen Gardens

April 13 – Build a Foam Plate Glider with the SAC Museum

April 14 – Earth Day and Arbor Day Virtual Events and Activities

April 15 – Movie Coloring and Activity Pages with Marcus Theatres

April 16 – Indoor Scavenger Hunt

April 17 – Learn all about bunnies with Gifford Farm

April 20 – Mail A Hug

April 21 – Iago the Eurasian eagle owl with Wildlife Encounters

April 22 – An owl pellet dissection with Wildlife Encounters 

April 23 – Learn about Lambs with Gifford Farm

 

20-Day Activity Challenge

April 27 – Go on an Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

April 28 – Make May Day Baskets with That Pottery Place

April 29 – Family Read Aloud Time with the Omaha Public Library

April 30 – Create a Birdhouse Together with The Wonder Nook Omaha

May 1 – Deliver May Day Baskets

May 4 – Share Your Favorite Recipe

May 5 – Painting at Home with That Pottery Place

May 6 – Build Foil Boats

May 7 – Learn about Llamas with Gifford Farm

May 8 – Create an Obstacle Course

May 11 – Go on an Indoor Scavenger Hunt

May 12 – Learn about Goats with Gifford Farm

May 13 – Create a Salt Painting

May 14 – Teach your child how to do something new in the kitchen.

May 15 – Go on a hike or walk together.

May 18 – Live Event on Reaching Ivy FB page: Kitchen Music Jam & Bubble Play

May 19 – Go for a bike ride together

May 20 – Make a Special Treat Together

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