{"id":8752,"date":"2015-09-03T23:32:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T03:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2015-09-03T23:35:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T03:35:03","slug":"spreading-silliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/spreading-silliness\/","title":{"rendered":"spreading silliness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by the book, <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/products\/sneaky-art--book.html\">sneaky art<\/a> and this surprise stone family spotted in our Ann Arbor catching fireflies courtyard this August, I decided it would be fun to spread some smiles of our own during our stay\u00a0South Haven.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones4.jpg\" alt=\"silly stones4\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones4.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones4-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones4-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones4-145x145.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones4-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Filippa, our Swedish daughter and I collected a nice collection of smooth stones in-between building sand castles for Lolo to smash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones5.jpg\" alt=\"collecting beach stones\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones5.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones5-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones5-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones5-145x145.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones5-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After sunset we headed to the\u00a0local Walmart and picked up a few black and white paint pens.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones-1.jpg\" alt=\"sneaky art silly stones\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones-1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones-1-145x145.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones-1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent the rest of the evening giving these stones some silly personalities and also wrote little messages on the back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones2.jpg\" alt=\"beach vacation activities \" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones2-145x145.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whenever we walk in town, we grab a handful of these stones and place them in different spots so they can be\u00a0found by kids and adults of all ages who could use a little giggle.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones3.jpg\" alt=\"family vacation activities \" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones3-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones3-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones3-145x145.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/silly-stones3-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This has been such a fun project and I hope to start making it our family\u00a0beach vacation tradition. 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