Our youngest daughter couldn't read yet and needed things to do instead of waking us up early in the morning. Ideas - Bubbles, look at books, play with the dog, write, make art, dance/gymnastics, play makeover/runway with her sister, eat, play games, play dress-up/make-believe, have a tea party, play on laptop/tablet (we took this option away almost immediately - I don't know why I put it on there in the first place!), explore bugs or rocks, play baby, play with stuffies, watch TV, write and act in a play, play outside on their playscape, go back to bed!
100 Alternatives to Watching an Inappropriate Movie
(the kids had to come up with this list as part of a FAIR Club assignment)
Yes, I called them on the fact that some of these are really the same thing:
1. Art kit (she bought for $10 at Big L*ts)
2. Summer homework
Specific to Kitty:
1. Walk in the backyard
2. Stretches (she learned these from her skills trainer. She's supposed to do them daily).
Specific to Ponito:
1. soccer
2. practice flute
Specific to Bear:
1. skate
2. play guitar
- Garden
- bake
- sew
- read a book
- make a fort
- paint
- color a picture
- swing
- play with the dogs
- take a nap
- exercise
- finger paint
- slide down the stairs (on a mat, lid, mattress...)
- learn how to play a musical instrument
- play a board game
- watch a movie
- play on the computer
- call a friend
- take a walk
- ride a bike
- write a story
- go outside
- draw
- dress up
- write/direct a play
- sock puppets
- gymnastics
- make jewelry
- puzzles
- play with playdoh
- journal
- pool table
- play with cats
- jump on mini tramp
- PS2
- mess with mom (when I protested this, they added, "nicely")
- tickle fight
- pillow fight
- pick a flower or 2
- make a smoothie
- make some Popsicles
- write a song
- write a poem
- look for buried treasure (yes, I warned them I better not find holes all over the yard!)
- homework
- make jello
- seed spitting contest (I bought a watermelon for this one)
- paper airplanes
- make a movie
- community service - do things for neighbors
- take pictures
- use pots as a drum set
- plant a tree
- plant fruit
find the abominable snowmanlearn 10 foreign words- hang out with friends
- go to the duck pond
- volunteer
- go scuba diving/learn to scuba dive (some know how to, some don't - Hubby is a scuba instructor)
- take a shower
- paint fingernails
- make weird concoctions
- play in the rain
- clean
- redecorate room
- play in room
- try on clothes/ see what fits
- have a fashion show
- make a lemonade stand
- pen pal
- time capsule
- make a wish list
- have a water fight (under front trees - where all our grass is dead -we're under drought water restriction so this isn't going to happen)
- plan a Letter Party (these are fun! Everything starts with one letter. Ex. Pizza (Pepperoni and Plain cheese) Picnic in our PJs watching a pirate movie.)
- have a garage sale
- make a boat (I think they were talking about having bathtub races)
- organize garage
paperboat races- make a kite
- kite races
- plan a murder/ solve
- puppet show (technically a variation/repeat!)
- go to park/playground
- play a sport
go swimming- pretend to be an airplane
- make a comic book
- climb a tree
- play darts
- make a cardboard box house (or make a blanket or sofa cushion fort)
- play with chalk
- origami
- try to make a bomb (later added: water or origami)
- Papier Mâché
- hide-n-seek
- duck, duck, goose
- teach dogs a new trick
- plant grass (cause ours is all dead and the neighborhood association is writing nasty letters)
- drop paint on paper
- jello mosaic
I've added - Go to the pool
- Make a fairy house
- Play with dolls
- Play pretend games - school, cafe, baby, teenagers, superheroes, princess, circus, veterinarian...
- Recital or talent show - gymnastics, singing, dance...
- Set up a scavenger hunt
- Set up an obstacle course
- Make crafts using recycled items
- Clean/organize room or playroom
Some other posts with ideas:
Attachment Challenge - Things you can do with your bored child
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