Being a mother of 4 gorgeous children ranging between the ages of 4 and 15 years old, there’s quite often times when the kids start to get a little bit bored, and I have to come up with things to keep them happy, entertained, and occupied.
Throughout the years, we’ve come up with lots of things we can do together as a family that don’t cost the earth. A lot of them are even free.
Some things we’ve thought up ourselves, other things are ideas passed down through generations and yet other things are what we have been lucky enough to learn about from various books, people and situations.
At first I thought it would be hard work coming up with so many ideas for you to use and adapt to suit your own needs, but once I got started it actually turned out to be quite easy. The few times I did get stuck, I just asked the kids what kind of things we usually do, and they were quick enough to remind me.
I’m sure both you and your child/children (or even your grandchildren) will find lots of great things to do together. Discuss the ideas within this book to see if they have any particular wants and needs in the quest to cure their boredom, and they may come up with even more things to do.
I’ve compiled this book with my four children in mind, but don’t worry if you only have one child. A lot of the things are totally possible for a single child, and you could always invite a couple of his or her friends along to make it more fun.
Table of Contents:
1. Story time
2. Giant Easel
3. Wax Creations
4. Old Clothes
5. Puppet Show
6. Kitchen Fun
7. Mini Worm Farm
8. Jewellery
9. Create A Picture
10. Board Games
11. Ghost Stories
12. Growing A Seed
13. Indoor Crazy Golf
14. Ribbon Sticks
15. Garden Fun
16. Picking Berries
17. Organize a Treasure Hunt
18. Vegetable Patch
19. Nature Walks
20. Borrow A Pet
21. Camping Out
22. Toy Sail Boats
23. Neighborhood Walk
24. Ring Toss
25. 20 Questions
26. Word Play
27. I Went To Market
28. Find the Place
29. Car Colours
30. Alphabet Soup
31. Personal Bags
32. Travel Diary
Happy reading!
