Some things our family has been doing...
1. Table Top Air Hockey
On a flat, smooth surface such as a table or wood floor, create an 'air hockey' game using a bottle cap as a puck and cups to push the cap back and forth.
2. Big Chess
Save old cardboard rolls from toilet paper or paper towels. Draw chess pieces in them. Create a chess board outside with chalk or use the tiles in a kitchen or bathroom. Also works for checkers so long as you have two different objects to use for each team. Try nature things for checkers too such as stones, river rocks, or pinecones.
3. Big Tic-Tac-Toe
Using painters tape create a tic-tac-toe board on the floor or table. Use bottle caps, old cans, paper plates, pinecones, rocks, pieces of paper, or whatever, for the Xs on Os by taking a permanent marker and drawing "X" and "O" on them.
4. Baking Day.
Have a baking day. Collect three new recipes. Buy the ingredients and have your children help out in the kitchen. (The mess will be worth it!) Kids are more likely to try new things if they make them themselves. It's a great chance to add healthy food to your child's diet. Tell the children they are your tasters and have them review the food.
5. Parlor Games!
Our family is LOVING parlor games. We've been researching them and trying them out. They are so much fun, we often collapse into heaps of giggles! Try a parlor game!
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