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Things to do without leaving the house

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16 Responses to “Things to do without leaving the house”

1. Marilyn says:

   February 25, 2009 at 12:43 pm

   Give the dog a bath. Nothing like soaping up a sopping wet, hairy dog. Then dry him with a hairdryer, making sure you dry inside his ears. He’ll smell better for it and then you can have fun, cleaning up the bathroom afterwards.
2. Lila says:

   March 2, 2009 at 8:39 pm

   have a parade! put on some party hats and take turns following the others march around and make some noise! lots of fun, great exercise and lets the kids know you can be silly too!
3. Cecilia says:

   March 7, 2009 at 7:15 am

   Cook or bake! Preferrably something that requires lots of chopping, stirring, measuring up, kneading, rolling, shaping… Don’t worry about the mess, it’s worth it and can be done as a competition between all the chefs each taking care of one part of the tidy-up. And makes the kids want to have vegetable sauce or salad or meatballs or bread as much as the buns or apple pie
4. Loretta says:

   March 21, 2009 at 1:27 am

   Let them at the craft box without restraint. The house will be a tip within 5 minutes, and the clean-up is a bore, but my kids can spend hours making mini bow-and-arrows with bamboo skewers, rubber bands and playdough, bead groovy necklaces, draw and paint numerous pictures. They don’t need me at all so I can lie in bed with a book and a cup of tea. Bliss.
5. Linda says:

   May 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm

   play dough – homemade or from the shop. give them cooking utensils to play with them.
6. Nick says:

   May 6, 2009 at 1:47 pm

   For 2 year olds, a roll of masking tape, you’ll get at least an hour out of it and cleaning up is a breeze.
7. magsmcc says:

   August 10, 2009 at 9:17 am

   Cut and stick. We’ve now spent two days creating a world on a length of paper using Kumun’s “First Book of Cutting”, but any old magazine will do. Or pages from those grotty colouring-in books with greyish paper! It all looks great painted, cut out stuck down and improvised over with felt-tips. Hours of fun. Your early-schooler might even be persuaded to add some captions! Or is that too much like school work…?!
8. Sunshine says:

   August 18, 2009 at 11:01 am

   Make dens! Chairs with a blanket thrown over, I give them the camping teapot and kettle with cups and plates to play with too. They also like me to run a shallow bath (without them getting in) so they can play with their action figures in the water.
9. Tracey says:

   August 26, 2009 at 8:22 am

   ….sit, chat and have a laugh. My teenagers seem to enjoy it and so do I!
10. Christine says:

    August 27, 2009 at 8:56 am

    I put my kids in the bath-it takes a good hour for the water to get cool and they play the entire time-enough time for a cup of coffee and at least one magazine. I sit in the hallway just out of eye sight but close enough to detect any trouble.
11. Rodrigo says:

    October 5, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    Stay in bed without leaving your house! This may sound just like a part of another ancient Greek utopia, too simple and good to be true, but it is possible.
12. jessica says:

    November 19, 2009 at 4:10 am

    You could Sit and watch T.v. Thats what my kids enjoy doing. Most kids just entertain themselves after a while.
13. hello it's me says:

    November 25, 2009 at 6:43 am

    Make a little book of birds or any other sort of animals that aren’t real and give it to somebody else see if they say they think they have seen one maybe get them to take a picture of what they see! It so works!
14. Marie-Lynn says:

    December 11, 2009 at 8:17 am

    As with Christine, I like putting my 3 year old in the bath – hers get up to 2 hours long as I add hot water when she asks. She has plenty of toys, lids and stuff to helptake her imagination places; she’s usually pretty busy and doesn’t want me to bother her, or she asks me to sit with her and I get my mug of tea and a book and do so.

    I also have a chalkboard in the hallway with a box of chalk and eraser, a flannel board on one of the doors, and a desk equipped with paper, coloring books, crayons etc. and a lamp that she can turn on and off herself.
15. Lindsay says:

    December 28, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Prank call,<3
16. lini says:

    January 16, 2010 at 12:24 am

    Onion and garlic my kids love to work with them, cutting, peeling, eating, etc.

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