Let Your Kids Rock the Vote, Too!

I walked in on a conversation between Leila and Lexi last week. Apparently, they had seen a commercial for Nickolodeon's Kids Pick the President and decided to discuss their own choices. I heard Leila ask, "Lexi, are you voting for John McCain or Barack Obama?" To which Lexi responded, "Barack Obama." (That's my girl!) Hehehe

Anyway, I told my mom that story, and she suggested that I make up a pretend ballot that the girls can use to submit their "votes." Then, we can save their ballots and show them to the girls when they get older so that they remember they actually "voted" for the first Black president!

I sent my creation to a few friends and relatives with kids of their own so they could have them do the same. I got such a great response, I figured I'd post it here for anyone to use. So, check it out below, use it if you so choose, and have fun involving your children in the electoral process.



I'm also going to decorate a "ballot box" for all the kids who attend our election night party to use to submit their votes. I'll post pics of that project later...