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Activities for kiddos (a list)...

TwinMommy09TwinMommy09
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Last night I compilied a list of activities I'm going to do with the boys this summer, and thought I'd share - lots of the ideas are from pinterest, and most only take a few household items. LMK if you want to know what something is... enjoy! If you have other ideas that are fun LMK!

  1. Build a really big fort
  2. Play bus driver
  3. Make an obstacle course
  4. Make a vehicle out of a box
  5. Pretend kitchen
  6. Make cookies
  7. Make mini pizzas
  8. Toilet paper rolling contest
  9. Bingo pen art
  10. Have a funny faces contest
  11. Make a marble race track
  12. Glow paint mason jars: splatter like firefly?s
  13. Create a ?cool finds? jar
  14. Make stilts
  15. Make tin can telephones
  16. Make a messy masterpiece
  17. Make your own crayons
  18. Homemade finger-paint!
  19. Make salt dough ornaments
  20. Make I Spy bags
  21. Play hopscotch
  22. Outside: Plant a garden
  23. Outside: bubble station
  24. Color match game: clothes pins
  25. Make a shoe box train for stuffed animals
  26. Masking tape shapes, letters, numbers on floor
  27. Make music shakers ? rice, jingle bells
  28. Sorting game: Ice cube tray, pom poms and tongs
  29. Stringing buttons on pipecleaners
  30. Make magnetic pom poms
  31. Make iSPY books!
  32. Make a feelings book
  33. Outside water play: spray bottles
  34. Outside: Cornstarch side walk chalk
  35. Paint rock friends
  36. Outside: Collect bugs
  37. Outside: Scavenger hunt with egg crate
  38. Outside: Make a water wall
  39. Sensory table
  40. Make paper seed starters
  41. Outside: Splat paint projects
  42. Make bird feeders
  43. Make binoculars and go stuffed animal/bird watching
  44. Outside: Play red light green light: stop go
  45. Outside: Have a picnic
  46. Make a nature collage

 

~Heather

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  • Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn
    One other super easy fun activity is a treasure hunt. I printed out clip art "clues" of items in the house. The tv, couch, computer, phone, shoes, high chair, crib, etc. Then I put those clues around so one leads to another and after about six or seven there's a treasure to be found. Sometimes ins a bowl of goldfish or a new toy or a game we can play now. Ben loves it.
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  • TwinMommy09TwinMommy09

    imageSeattle_JiLLn:
    One other super easy fun activity is a treasure hunt. I printed out clip art "clues" of items in the house. The tv, couch, computer, phone, shoes, high chair, crib, etc. Then I put those clues around so one leads to another and after about six or seven there's a treasure to be found. Sometimes ins a bowl of goldfish or a new toy or a game we can play now. Ben loves it.

    Awesome, sounds fun, I'll add it!

    ~Heather

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  • Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn
    I copied your list too, so that will give me some fun ideas!  thanks for sharing.
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  • StellaZStellaZ

    Very cute. We just mad eour "Summer Bucket" list (complete with trips, outings, goals etc) but I might need to add some from this list too!

    You could even just write these ALL down on slips of paper - put them in a BORED JAR....and when you hear those magic words this summer, pull an idea. How fun!
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  • TwinMommy09TwinMommy09
    imageStellaZ:

    Very cute. We just mad eour "Summer Bucket" list (complete with trips, outings, goals etc) but I might need to add some from this list too!

    You could even just write these ALL down on slips of paper - put them in a BORED JAR....and when you hear those magic words this summer, pull an idea. How fun!

    Yes - I actually put them all written on popsicle sticks so we can pick one out of a jar. I should do a few jars: inside activities, outside play, outings... fun!

    ~Heather

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  • Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn
    I also saw a thing for a "bored jar" that said to include things like "clean your room" and other chores so that when they're bored, they pick something and HAVE to do whatever it says.  :)
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    imageSeattle_JiLLn:
    I also saw a thing for a "bored jar" that said to include things like "clean your room" and other chores so that when they're bored, they pick something and HAVE to do whatever it says.  :)

    That's a good idea! :) I will have to remember it for the future.

    Thanks for the list - I need to make my own and print it out so we aren't 'bored' sitting around playing with the same toys on my days off :) 

     

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