Summer Fun • c 'f• ANTIQUE JEWELRY SILVER COINS POCKET WATCHES GOLD COINS COIN COLLECTIONS TIFFANY ROLEX WATCHES FRANKUN MINT STICK PINS STERUNG SILVER BROACHES SILVER DOLLARS H(IMMELS ANTIQUE SILVER SILVER BARS FLATWARE SETS DIAMONDS CANDLESTICKS GEMSTONES PAPER MONEY SCRAP GOLD PATEK PHIWPE OBJECTS D'ART VACHERON BOWLS fi TRAYS i TEA SERVICES COIN WATCHES CARTIER RINGS VAN CLEEF PIAGET POSTCARDS 10-24 KARAT GOLD PENDANTS CHAINS ROYAL DOULTON EARRINGS Mk are intemsb2c1 in serving you or your dent in the appraisal or liquidation of your coins, jewelry, collectibles or an entire estate. PLEASE CALL OR STOP IN! Elizabeth Applebaum AooleTree Editor Bored Rooms Looking for a few quick and fun ideas for summer? Just open this door... ou've already visited every zoo within 1,000 miles. You've gone to the beach — again and again and again. You've memorized several kiddie videos, and 1 the librarian knows the names of I everyone in your extended family. Isn't there something new and differ- ent to do with your young children, something that doesn't cost a fortune and doesn't involve TV? There is! Right here. 6/9 2000 116 372 Oullette Avenue • Windsor, Canada #3) Camp For A Day #2) Scene Around Town If you have younger children, chances are good you know other parents who do, as well. And chances are they, like you, have a special skill. Maybe someone cooks, another likes to tell stories, another can sew, one knows how to play baseball, still another fixes cars. Start out with five parents. Ask each to donate one hour in the day, and in turn get four hours free. How does it work? In his home, each parent will share his skill, for one hour, with all children of all five families. Then the next par- ent volunteers, and so on and so on. It's a lot of fun for the children (not to mention the fact that they learn a lot), and it's even fun for the parents, too. Before you begin, however, do some planning. You'll need to consider: • How will the children get from one home to the next? • Are any supplies needed and, if so, who pays for them? • Where will the children have lunch? (This may be one parent's volunteer hour, if he's adamant he has no skills at all). • Where can each mother/father be reached in an emergency? All you will need for this project is an old, white sheet and markers. If you want, you can add more. But these are the only real necessities. Cover the floor with newspaper (mark- ers will stain through the sheet). Place the sheet on top of the newspaper. Now invite children to draw anything: their city skyline, a place they've always wanted to visit, a garden, a #4) Nice Ice Back in the 1920s, no one knew about Slurpees or Icees or snow cones or snowballs, as they are known in New Orleans. Instead, they used a special tool that shaved the top off large chunks of ice, then formed it into a ball. Children topped these with homemade flavors and then devoured them in seconds. You #1) Dr. Science West Bloomfield favorite vacation spot, the beach. They can use just markers for this, or they can add glittery stars, felt moons, button fruit on trees. When you're done, hang up the sheet on the largest window in your home (simply drape over the top of the curtains.) It's the next-best-thing to being there. Ask your children to imagine them- selves as young scientists. Invite them to scour your backyard, or the neigh- borhood (if they're old enough to roam about without supervision) in search of unusual finds. When they have collected a good amount of items (about five for children 5-8, and 10 for children 8-10), suggest they research a bit about what they have found. Some ideas: • Interesting leaves • Insect corpses • Abandoned eggs • Pieces of bark • Four-leaf clovers • Flowers • Attractive stones Children can then open their own science museum (be sure to suggest they draw a front-door sign and write a bit about the displays). Generous parents may even want to suggest that children charge admission, which should include a guided tour and a parting gift, such as a nice leaf. and your children will have fun mak- ing up flavors of your own and pour- ing these atop crushed ice. This is really a place to let your imagination run wild. In New Orleans, for exam- ple, one of the favorite snowball fla- vors is "wedding cake." #5)The Name Of The Game Every family on the face of the plan- et, no matter how organized, has game pieces that don't belong any- where, game boards that have a zil- lion missing pieces, and blank note pads that once were part of games long since donated to a worthy cause. Of course, you've been keeping all of these because you never know ... Now you know. You know you're never going to get all these items together again, so why not create your own game? Get all those bits and pieces in one pile (and ask your neighbors, too; rest I assured they'll have some) and chal- I lenge children to make their own game. They get to set all the rules, and of course they must come up with I a great name of the game. #6)Coffee Break Even children as young as 3 will enjoy having an hour alone with Mom or Dad at an outdoor coffee shop. (You can often find fresh juice at cafes for the younger set, while the parent can enjoy a heavy dose of caffeine [what parent doesn't need caffeine?]. It makes a child feel impor- t tant to be at a mostly grown-up place. I You can people-watch and admire interesting spots all around. It's also a great way to focus strictly on your child; put that cell phone away and don't bring a book or newspaper. Just ask your son questions about himself, about his life, about what he thinks and likes and dreams about. Editor's Note: Royal Oak and Birm- ingham both have terrific coffee shops and lots to see.