Showing posts with label Jakes Jokes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jakes Jokes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jakes Jokes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jakes Jokes. Show all posts

Cough Medicine for Kids: Dr. Cocoa™

Dr. Cocoa™ Cold and Cough Medicine for Kids

Cold season is around the corner, but if you are like me, it is always cough and cold season. NEW Dr. Cocoa™ for Children is the first-ever chocolate flavored, over-the-counter liquid cough and cold medicine line for children ages 4-13! When they asked me to review their product, I accepted with an resounding yes. We had a cold in the house. One cold leads to another and another. It seems like we have colds year round. Allergies are the worst.


Chocolate flavored cough syrup makes for smiling sick kids!
Chocolate flavored cough syrup makes for smiling sick kids!

The kids were excited when the brown box arrived at the doorstep. And, they were thrilled to see the adorable owl puppet inside. Owls are in again! We had it for a week, before the need for medicine came again. They both were anxious to try it, because they hate cherry and grape flavored syrups. They tolerate orange. Chocolate flavor? That might just work! Dr. Cocoa™ for Children is the first-ever cough and cold medicine for children with patented formulas combining trusted, effective ingredients with 10% real cocoa for great chocolate taste to make giving medicine to kids easier. ​  




Cough Medicine for Kids: Dr. Cocoa™
Cough Medicine for Kids: Dr. Cocoa™ 

The great chocolate taste, made with real cocoa, combined with trusted, effective ingredients, means kids are happy to take the medicine and moms are happy that their children will get cough and cold relief. Guess, what it works! Just as good or better than those other remedies with no fussing! I was going to sit on my kids to demonstrate what it is like to get them to take their meds, but then I thought some people might not think that is funny! Instead, I am sharing a picture of a happy kid, one who constantly suffers from allergies and coughs. You can't hear him, but he is thanking Mr. Dr. Cocoa™ .

You can find more about Dr. Cocoa™ on Facebook. Including how to enter to win a hand puppet for a limited time.

Remember, Dr. Cocoa™ products are FDA regulated medicines and should be used only as directed and kept safely out of reach of children.

#DrCocoaReliefWithASmile

Visit www.drcocoa.com for a $2-off coupon offer.

*This is a product-provided, sponsored conversation that contains affiliate links. However, all opinions, text and experiences are my own.


Recommended Reading:

Owl Wreath for Autumn

Jakes Jokes for Kids - 12 Silly Kid Jokes and Riddles

Jake's jokes for kids and funny things kids say are updated and listed all in one place in our Jake's Jokes/Ask Amanda tab above. Here's our latest list of silly jokes and riddles for kids.




  1. What has many limbs but can't move. ( A tree.)
  2. What did the mother ghost say to the baby ghost? (Don't spook until spooken too.)
  3. Why did the gingerbread man go to the hospital? (He was feeling crumby.)
  4. Why did the farmer plant gold in his farm? (To make the soil richer.)
  5. Knock knock. Who's there. Owls. Owls who? (Yes they do!)
  6. What has three feet but can't run? (A yard stick!)
  7. What is the tallest building in the city? (A library because it has the most stories.)
  8. What blows up but doesn't explode? (Possible answers: a balloon, a blowfish.)
  9. What do you call Dracula? (A pain in the neck.)
  10. What dinosaur raps? (A VelociRAPtor.)
  11. What did Susan B. Anthony coin say to the quarter? (Together we make a lot sense/cents.)
  12. What dog can jump higher than a building? (Any dog, buildings can't jump!)


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Big Red Barn Coloring Sheet and Creative Country Sayings: Farm Edition

Don't you love Margaret Wise Brown Books? One of my favorites is "The Big Red Barn" about animal life on the farm. 

Here's a free printable coloring sheet and some cute country sayings from down on the farm.


Big Red Barn Cow Coloring Sheet for Preschool Creative Country Sayings Farm Edition
Cow coloring page to use with Big Red Barn activity.
Click here for Printable Cow Barn Farm Coloring Sheet
"Moo to you!"



Creative Country Sayings and Farmer Quotes:

What happens in the barn stays in the barn!
Well that just dills my pickle.
What part of moo don't you understand?
Don't go digging for water under the outhouse.
She's so tall if she fell down she'd be halfway home.
How did the farmer fix his jeans? With a cabbage patch!
Knock Knock. (Who is there?) 
Interrupting cow. Knock Knock. 
(Who is-) 
Moo!
He's as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
Well butter my behind and call me a biscuit!
They are off like a herd of turtles.
It's slicker than snot out there.
Well slap my head and call me silly!

Recommended Reading:

Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm Children's Book

Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm Book for Kids

Jake's Art: Still Life Picture: Homeschool Lesson 3

Still Life Picture Cobalt Bottle Homeschool Art Project

Oh my, what a fun journey in Art we have embarked upon this homeschool season. This week's assignment Still Life PicturesGather some fruit and other interesting items, arrange them on a table, and draw them as realistically as possible. Well, let's just say it took all of our stressometers to the max. Enjoy!

Still Life Picture Apples and Cobalt Bottle
The Still life example looked similar to this one 
with a cobalt bottle and fruit.
As, Jake sat having a melt-down, I searched the web for famous examples of still life. The lesson does mention not everyone has a natural ability to do realistic drawings, but practice makes perfect.


Picasso Still Life Painting
Picasso, Still Life with oranges.
Let me tell you, I've had years of practice. I cannot draw a realistic still life. So, I told Jake we would interpret our own realism like Picasso did in his interpretation. After all, everyone must start somewhere and the photographic images could stifle the most confident of young artists. I showed him many amazing still lifes. Examples are at the bottom of this post. He struggled with the contour drawings wanting to draw the entire table no matter how many times I explained, "Just pretend this is all you see."


This one depicts the entire surface of the table.
"Jake, please try again.  You are making this much too difficult.  Just draw a line to represent the table surface."  "I Can't!" He cried smashing his pencil down onto the table.

Still life on table with outline.

Still life with apple totem.




Still life third try.

Now, I didn't make him draft the outline five times. It was his perfectionist choice. I was ready to color-in the second one once he understood the concept of a horizon line, but he was compelled to continue the torture. His final drawing is below and quite lovely with its soft shadings, faint line of the table in the background and arrangement. (Nevermind the bottle lines showing through the fruit~choose your battles.)












In the meantime, his little sister (Mandy Mayhem) and natural born creative, drew this still life including the table, the windows, the painting on the wall, the wall, and some additional items she felt added to the picture.


 "I'm done Mommy. Can I do another one? I really like the Fishbowl Matisse, can I do one of those?"  Sure, Mayhem just do it quietly so Jake can concentrate.

Matisse Fishbowl Still Life Picture Goldfish
Matisse with Goldfish.

If only, Jake could concentrate. Remind your kids to relax!  Relaxation is the most important element of quality art. He has a special talent, but this project was very stressful for him.

The pictures below, especially Wassily Kandinsky,  gave him the courage to trudge ahead. We also found Paul Klee and Joan Miro still lifes. 

Everyone who studied art had to do a still life. Note the Paul Cezanne's skulls. So, paint what you enjoy. Make the project your own, but fulfill the assignment.


Warhol Still Life Image
Warhol Still Life
Cezanne Still Life Skulls
Cezanne Still Life
Picasso Still Life
Picasso Still Life

Kandinsky Still Life
Kandinsky Still Life
Picasso Still Life
Picasso Still Life

Matisse Still Life
Matisse Still Life


The still life was our worst struggle by far, but it was also a turning point. The next post is a much happier, carefree one. As Jake's journey continues you will see a calmer more reflective, budding young artist.


Remember these points:
A little encouragement goes a long way.

You don't have to erase in ART. The mistakes can make a Masterpiece.

Never tell your child or anyone else their drawing doesn't look real. It is art, a beautiful interpretation in the eye of the beholder. What if Picasso or Warhol stopped trying because they weren't successful? 

Andy Warhol is a fantastic example. Practice does make perfect but not necessarily photographic. Once he abandoned the notion he needed to be a "real artist" not a graphic artist; he finally became a Master of his own success.

Read more about Lesson one (Line - how do you feel about art.) and Lesson two (tunnel book perspective.)

And this one next (if you are following in order): Oh happy day: progress with watercolors and paper arts.


Recommended Reading:

Still Life with Bread Crumbs: A Novel*

Art of Still Life Drawing (Art of Drawing)*






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Lego Thomas Memories From: A Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine Train

Thomas the Tank Engine Built from Legos

Thomas the Train in real life! Nothing is more exciting for a Preschool Boy (or girl). The Giant LEGO Thomas the Tank Engine was too cool at the Day Out with Thomas in Connersville.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Blast from the Past ~ 2007

Lego Thomas Memories From: A Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine Train
Lego Thomas Memories From: A Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine Train.

Giant Lego Thomas the Train.
Giant Lego Thomas the Train.
The real life Thomas the Train, Tank Engine.
The real life Thomas the Train, Tank Engine.

So happy to meet Thomas and take a ride.
So tired after a fun filled, long, hot day.







Recommended Reading:

Jake's Journey in Art Folk Art Paper Craft

Ideas for a Race Car Theme Birthday Party

LEGO Play Book: Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life





Jake's Jokes: 11 Silly Kid's Jokes in time for April Fools Day

Jake's Jokes for kids are the perfect thing for celebrating April Fool's Day

Wondering when is April Fool's Day? In the United States, we celebrate each year on April 1. Want to play a fun April Fool's joke on your children? Here is the perfect APRIL FOOL'S JOKE idea. Enjoy!



Jake's Jokes for Kids April Fool's Jokes
Eleven, Silly Jokes for Kids. Play an April Fool's Joke on a friend.

  • Jake says:  "I just swallowed a bone."
  • Friend says: "Are you choking?"
  • Jake:  "No, I'm serious."

  • Jake says: "Is this the other side of the street?"
  • Amanda says:  "No, it is over there."
  • Jake says: "That's funny, that kid over there said it was over here!"

  • Jake says: "Teacher, would you punish me for something I didn't do?"
  • Teacher says: "No, of course not, Jake."
  • Jake says:  "Good because I didn't do my homework!"

  • Jake says: "Waiter, what is this bug in my soup?"
  • Waiter says: "How should I know? I don't know one bug from another. I am a waiter, not an entomologist!"

  • Jake says:  "Hey, Amanda, what are you doing in that tree?"
  • Amanda says:  "Can't you read that sign?  It says, 'Keep of the grass'!"

  • Jake says:  "Knock, knock."
  • Friend says:  "Who's there?"
  • Jake says:  "Me!  I'm too short to reach the door bell!"

  • Jake says:  "Why did the rooster cross the street?"
  • Dad says:  "I don't know, why?"
  • Jake says:  "To get the newspaper; do you get it?"
  • Dad says:  "Nope."
  • Jake says:  "Me neither, I get my news from the internet and t.v.!

  • Jake says:  "Why did the turkey cross the street?"
  • Dad says:  "I have no idea."
  • Jake says:  "To prove he wasn't chicken!"

  • Jake says:  "I bet I can jump across the street, do you dare me?"
  • Friend says:  "Okay."
  • Jake walks across the street and jumps while standing on the opposite sidewalk.

  • Jake says:  "I bet I can make you say black."
  • Friend says:  "I bet you can't!"
  • Jake says:  "What are the colors in the American Flag?"
  • Friend says: "Red, white, and blue."
  • Jake says:  "I told you I could make you say black."
  • Friends says:  "I didn't say black!"
  • Jake says:  "You just did!  I win!"

  • Jake says:  "Did you ever hear the memory joke?
  • Friend says:  "Nope."
  • Jake says:  "Sorry, I forgot it."

Recommended:


Jokelopedia, Third Edition: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever!*

Homeschool Science Lesson on Water














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*We also use affiliate links, if you make a purchase we get a tiny commission. Kids Creative Chaos participates in the Amazon LLC Associates Program*, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a mean for blogs to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon properties, including, but not limited to, amazon.com, endless.com, myhabit.com, smallparts.com, or amazonwireless.com. We also offer Tapinfluence, Google Adsense, SoFab, and Izea ads here. Thanks so much for helping us keep the lights on! :)