rainy day activities
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Forum Name: Activities for kids
Forum Description: A place to share rainy day activities, kid-friendly outings and anything else you do to keep your little ones amused!
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Topic: rainy day activities
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: rainy day activities
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:34pm
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Today was awful - rainy and cold and I have a feeling that the nice weather is on the way out. So thoguht we might want to post some ideas for indoor activities - prefereably that require minimal adult supervision, equipment and cleanup!
Anyway, I piled every pillow in the house on the floor and the boys went nuts stacking them, lying on them and had a ball for honestly about an hour with minimal tears and spills! Lewi's nana would be horrified with the feet and bums on pillows but hey, i was horrified having two toddlers running around annoying me - so it balances out. Then we got two huge boxes I found, de-spidered them and cut them into cars. origainally we were having one and "sharing" but this did not eventuate - so we had two, and the boys LOVED them. They put their soft chairs in there - had some snacks, a bottle, watched tv, had a story.....and I sat and had a coffee....bliss BTW I am babysitting and will have 5 under 5 next tuesday so will need some activity ideas ASAP!!!! |
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:44pm
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god, you're keen... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:55pm
Why did you say yes!!!!!  lol
We just got given some hand-me-down toys so my girls have been enjoying playing with some new things lately. Last winter I headed down to Plunket so the girls could play in a change of scenery! But other activites I can think of are... playdough, drawing (pencils, crayons, feltpens), stensils, throwing rings around a stick (can't remember what it's called! ring toss?) or soft balls into 10L buckets or similar containers, making shaking bottles (1.5L fizzy bottle filled with glitter or sparkly confetti and water, taped well around the top, and can be rolled and shaken), icing and/or decorating plain biscuits, making 100's and 1000's bread for a tea party, baking together, puzzles... -------------  |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:58pm
It was only drizzling on and off here, but Maya and I baked a microwave choccy cake in my new Tupperware silicone kugelhopft type thingie. Not strictly on my weight watchers, but I did have a *small* piece just to make sure it wasn't poisonous 
And Liz - five under five ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 8:51am
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Yeah! My gf pays me in meat and tupperware! the kids are great *one is Jake's age, one is taine's age and the oldest is four. they all get along pretty well, and my gf is expecting number 4!!! only the same age as me!!!
what was worse was last time I sat for them, the 2 year old had a broken leg! |
Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 9:19am
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FIVE under five!! WOW! Go Lizzle!!
I must admit that sometimes it is just as easy to look after more kids, I look after my neighbours 2 year old and my other neighbours 9 month old weekly. Works out really well cause the kids all ahve someone to play with! (Although Quinn does this delightful showing-off thing that involves trashing his room!) Hmmm, rainy day ideas? Can't think of much that hasn't been mentioned but baking works really well here. And boxes ARE fantastic, pull out the crayon to decorate. Huts with blankets keep Quinn entertained for ages! Wooden blocks have been great for his imagination, they can truly be anything you want. And, it all that fails... telly! ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 10:22am
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flash cards, if it's not rainining - play in the leaves, lay down a rope or something similar and get the kids to walk along it - person who doesn't fall off wins something, stamps, construction paper, tissue paper, glitter, glue,
Make Mother's day cards!!! Have the Card shape all set up before hand then get kids to decorate toddler pouch - 2 paper plates, scissors, stapler, hole punch, ribbon or wool. Cut one paper plate in half, staple to other plate to form a pouch. Hole punch holes in the top of the full paper plate. Tie ribbon through then to form a handle. Decorate.... After that maybe play "postie". Kids cn make "letters" to each other... (Yes I am sad, I have a "Rainy Day Book!!!") (The Toddlers Busy Book by Trish Kuffner - got it off Amazon.com.. ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 10:31am
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more ideas!!!!
Tape City.... (Make sure that masking tape or selotape is ok on the carpet first...) Tape out roads, hospitals, fire station, police station, airport....... you get the picture.. kids can race cars around on the floor vroom vroom!!!! Chair Maze - under the chairs, over, around three times...make it up as you go along.... Sheet day - tents, all hold a corner and put a teddy in the middle and throw it into the air.... Sponges - Good to throw indoors, sort by colour, count, have shaped ones, throw into containers like ring toss mentioned earlier!! Mailbox - Shoebox with lid. Cut a slot in the top and kids can mail away. I made letters for Ethan from people in his life (Gran, Grandad, Dad, Mum.....) Balnket Riding... - works best on smooth floor. Place child on blanket or towel, pull them gently around!!! Weeeeeeeee Magic Mud - Cornflour, water and food colouring. Mix a little bit of water at a time. Can put this in sealable bags that kids can squish... The cornflour is runny, but when you pick it up it goes hard... Its really cool if you haven't tried it!!!! Maybe a bit messy, do in a garage or carport if you have one!!! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 10:33am
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We also just bought "Candyland" the game. Ethan loves it!!!!
oh, more ideas......Dominoes, Go Fish, Memory Game..... ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 11:11am
| turn on a video..!!!! |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 11:39am
We've got this in the cupboard for one of Ella's bday presents. Glad he likes it, I've heard it's great for kids  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Bee wrote:Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 3:20pm
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Blowing bubbbles works best after it has rained, something to do with moisture in the air. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 3:36pm
| Oh, believe me, the video is on, but My gf's kids aren't interested in tv so much! b strange children! thanks for the ideas! Think we might so some mothers day card things - my kids have entirely too many grandmothers (5!!!) to make things for, so that would kill two birds with one stone so to speak...might try some gingerbread men as well.... |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 7:56pm
Oh gees, we have been bad then.. tv has been on and off for most of the day today, Playhouse disney is great! i heard that tomorrow is going to be worse (weather wise). ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:20pm
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We love playhouse here too. Jake has only started really watching tv inthe last 2 weeks or so, but already really loves the "wee ils" (wiggles) and the doodlebops. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:23pm
Maya's really into Reader Rabbit atm, I put the DVD on the computer and it's interactive, so she is actually learning at the same time (except it means I can't use the computer, and she does get mad with MSN boxes popping up all the time  ) ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:32pm
| we have playhouse on constantly too. I hate those doodlebop things. we like Jojo and do the dances...well I do and the children laugh at me. Now Taine bobs up and down, but Jake laughs then gets angry and yells "MAMA NO!" |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:34pm
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Op's all i can say is got the wiggle's. We do play with puzzles and read book's to. We are not to jsut sit and watch tne wiggles we have to dance and talk to mummy as well si there is still lot's of interaction I actually really want a some wiggle's cd's so we can have less tv and still lot's of dacing(and yes I dance round the house too its great fun) ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:54pm
I can't get the bloody doodlebops song out of my head. It's been in there all freaking day! They're not too bad, except the song. Rod likes them though! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:56pm
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I like little einsteins heaps, but Jake's not so keen, keeps yelling at the tv "Wee ils, Wee ils, Wee ils, mama" like yelling will make them magically appear.
I kinda regret introducing the tele now, though, cos I can't watch the news in the morning without someone bringing me the sky remote (yes, he even knows the difference between the remotes) and saying "wee ils" ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 9:14am
| Jake loves little einsteins and sing sthe music all the time. It's funny as it's all classical of course, so It makes me feel like I'm such a good mum introducing him to that kind of music - rather than I'ma crap mum letting my kid watch tv all day. I read some thing that said kids shouldn't watch tv until they are three. THREEE!!!! how else would I get on the computer???? |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 9:39am
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lol Liz. too true.
We have Hi-5.. used to have the dvd's on alot, but i am a bit of a anti-video nazi.. only cos that's mike's solution every time he looks after them ha ha Paris narks.. i got home from mornings hift one weekend and Paris goes "guess what, we watched 5 videos today!" hhhmm reaallly? i said. Mike's comeback was "one of them we watched twice.. it was only 4." anyway now we have the hi-5 cds and the girls sick them on and dance. Paris also likes all the new music.. loves that song candyman.. and gets ayja and dances with her very cute to watch and man does it burn some calories when i join in with them. ooh and singstar.. probably better for the older kids, but very cute. lol Paris has her songs that she knows off by heart.. and ayja picks up the microphone and goes "sing sing sing, la la la" which gets paris annoyed as "that's not right, that's not how it goes!" ha ha ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 10:31am
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I know I would never get anything done without TV. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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