From 5 mins & free to an afternoon of fun!
We’re now half way through to half term and while they’re
promising a late heatwave you can guarantee with the early evenings coming
we’ll have plenty of time to amuse the children inside. With Christmas coming
up after that as well we’ll all be keeping an eye on the bank balance. So just
how can you amuse the children over half term without spending a huge amount?
Well Betta Living put together a Kids in the Kitchen Guide with a ton of
different activities to keep your children amused starting from under £1!
All of the activities will stimulate your child’s
imagination from 5 minute boredom busters through to all afternoon rainy day
projects. Here’s a list of ideas and for a breakdown head over to their blog to
see the ideas in detail.
Surprisingly enough, one of the task I thought would be a
five minutes while I rustle something else up took them nearly the whole
afternoon. Building with marshmallows and cocktail sticks. Originally they were
trying to beat each other to make a tall tower then they decided well why not
see what else we can make and ended up making wigwams and houses for their lego
people. We ended up having to change our
afternoon plans because they were having so much fun.
They boys also adored making some little cupcakes and
trying out different styles with the blue icing. The only unfortunate thing
about this was that we weren’t allowed to eat them until they were a bit solid!
I was quite impressed by their flower they did for me!
Unfortunately I was laughing too much at their science
experiments with the vinegar and bicarb of soda but they were amazed by this
and it led on to a little science experiment afternoon with us also trying to
make a rocket out of mints and a cheap bottle of lemonade.
The ones the boys loved were mainly free to:
1, Creating a junk model.
2, Make your own buntintg – we made this out of old lego
mags.
3, Playing the memory game.
4, Playing dress up and put on a play – theres loads of
inspiration if you just google!
5, Homemade ice lollies – a word of warning – wiggly worms
sweets can break teeth if frozen.
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