Kids summer Do list & activity stations
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Here's my surefire list of boredom busters for kids at home during the summer!
Take down all the snacks from top shelf of pantry (chips). Find the expiration date on the package, and do a taste test. If it tastes stale, you both need to agree that it is, and then you can throw it out. If it’s edible, seal it back up and put away (and snack on it!)
5 minute instrument practice: pick an instrument (piano, guitar) and practice for 5 minutes. Then switch!
Foreign Language, in our case, Polish word battle. Round 1: Take turns each saying one Polish word that you know, until you run out of words. First person that can’t think of another one is out. Round 2: Look at your old Polish school stuff, and the books we have to review the words you learned. Then try the battle again, (words from Round 1 are ok to use again.)
-Reading: Stand in front of the bookcase in your room and close your eyes. Pick 5 random books. Then open your eyes and pick 2 of them to read to yourself for 10 minutes.
-Chopped time! Get 4 random ingredients and make a snack. Use 1 from pantry, 1 from fridge, 1 from counter, and 1 extra.
-Get the “I’m Bored” jar. Cut 4 new pieces of paper that are the same size as the cards. Together, think of 4 new activity suggestions to add to the jar.
-LEGO challenge. Set timer for 15 minutes. Using loose pieces, build something. At the end of the 15 minutes you have to give a presentation to each other where you explain what you built and how it’s used. It can be any invention or thing!
-Giant painting. Wear old clothes & shorts. Go in the backyard with one of those giant poster papers I brought from UT. (or one each). Bring finger paint from the white plastic drawers in playroom (“Painting” drawer). Fill up a bucket with water (for rinsing hands in between colors) and have the hose ready too. Now use your feet and hands, and any brushes or foam shapes, etc to make a giant painting! Hang it on the fence to dry off, or out in the grass. Hose off the concrete if paint gets on it.
-Backyard playing: set up croquet & play. Set up badminton net & get rackets & birdies & play badminton. Set up volleyball net and play volleyball.
-Front yard playing: chalk sidewalk, hopscotch, races
-Stairs car destruction ramp. At the bottom of the stairs, set up blocks in small stacks to represent a city (also stuffed animals & dinosaurs can be in the “city”). Next, use something long and flat from the top of the stairs all the way to the bottom of the stairs as a downhill road. Race cars of various sizes down the ramp, to destroy the city below, and scatter the animals and ‘buildings’. Rebuild the city and repeat. Cars that cause the most destruction are the winners.
-Yoga card deck. Get the two yoga mats and spread them out. Take turns picking a yoga card and following the instructions on it. !!!!!Roll up the mats when done or the cats will scratch them and mommy will be mad!!!!!!!
-Make a list of Top 10 Things I Want To Do This Summer
-Wii. Close your eyes in front of the Wii games shelf. Pick a game at random. You have to play it for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes is up you can quit, or continue playing, or close your eyes and randomly pick another game. Make sure to put each game back in its case & on the shelf at the end.
-Go through your room drawer by drawer by shelf by bin, etc. Get two boxes. One is “Give to Cousins” and another is “Sell at Garage Sale”. We can have a toy-only garage sale before we leave on vacation to make extra vacation spending money.
-Pull weeds. Pile with most weeds gets 50cents from mama.
-Play Go-Go-10-10. You do 10 jumping jacks, 10 sit-ups, 10 push ups, 10 times up and down the stairs, 10 stretch up & touch your toes, 10 hops on one leg, 10 hops on the other leg, 10 jump rope jumps, 10 arm windmills, and high kicks. Don’t forget to stretch before & after!
-Make mystery potions. Using shot glasses, mix different juices together (teaspoon of each) to see if a good combo can be made.
-Make fairy and wizard gardens: paint rocks to look like doors and windows, use twigs & mud to build a little hut and grass, leaves & flowers to decorate it - set up the little house against a tree or on the side of the garden (away from lawnmower path). Invite tiny toys into the house to decorate it/visit.
-Outside - set up the slip & slide in the backyard with the hose on low.
-using costumes, script, and phone camera, make a movie. Or put on a puppet show and film it as a short movie.
-Take a plain pillowcase and use fabric markers and/or stencils to decorate both sides.
-Write a card or letter to a family member or friend that lives far away.
-Make a goal to play every single board game we have at least once. If you don’t know how to play, read the instructions, or make up your own rules. Put every game back together before moving on to the next game.
Take down all the snacks from top shelf of pantry (chips). Find the expiration date on the package, and do a taste test. If it tastes stale, you both need to agree that it is, and then you can throw it out. If it’s edible, seal it back up and put away (and snack on it!)
5 minute instrument practice: pick an instrument (piano, guitar) and practice for 5 minutes. Then switch!
Foreign Language, in our case, Polish word battle. Round 1: Take turns each saying one Polish word that you know, until you run out of words. First person that can’t think of another one is out. Round 2: Look at your old Polish school stuff, and the books we have to review the words you learned. Then try the battle again, (words from Round 1 are ok to use again.)
-Reading: Stand in front of the bookcase in your room and close your eyes. Pick 5 random books. Then open your eyes and pick 2 of them to read to yourself for 10 minutes.
-Chopped time! Get 4 random ingredients and make a snack. Use 1 from pantry, 1 from fridge, 1 from counter, and 1 extra.
-Get the “I’m Bored” jar. Cut 4 new pieces of paper that are the same size as the cards. Together, think of 4 new activity suggestions to add to the jar.
-LEGO challenge. Set timer for 15 minutes. Using loose pieces, build something. At the end of the 15 minutes you have to give a presentation to each other where you explain what you built and how it’s used. It can be any invention or thing!
-Giant painting. Wear old clothes & shorts. Go in the backyard with one of those giant poster papers I brought from UT. (or one each). Bring finger paint from the white plastic drawers in playroom (“Painting” drawer). Fill up a bucket with water (for rinsing hands in between colors) and have the hose ready too. Now use your feet and hands, and any brushes or foam shapes, etc to make a giant painting! Hang it on the fence to dry off, or out in the grass. Hose off the concrete if paint gets on it.
-Backyard playing: set up croquet & play. Set up badminton net & get rackets & birdies & play badminton. Set up volleyball net and play volleyball.
-Front yard playing: chalk sidewalk, hopscotch, races
-Stairs car destruction ramp. At the bottom of the stairs, set up blocks in small stacks to represent a city (also stuffed animals & dinosaurs can be in the “city”). Next, use something long and flat from the top of the stairs all the way to the bottom of the stairs as a downhill road. Race cars of various sizes down the ramp, to destroy the city below, and scatter the animals and ‘buildings’. Rebuild the city and repeat. Cars that cause the most destruction are the winners.
-Yoga card deck. Get the two yoga mats and spread them out. Take turns picking a yoga card and following the instructions on it. !!!!!Roll up the mats when done or the cats will scratch them and mommy will be mad!!!!!!!
-Make a list of Top 10 Things I Want To Do This Summer
-Wii. Close your eyes in front of the Wii games shelf. Pick a game at random. You have to play it for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes is up you can quit, or continue playing, or close your eyes and randomly pick another game. Make sure to put each game back in its case & on the shelf at the end.
-Go through your room drawer by drawer by shelf by bin, etc. Get two boxes. One is “Give to Cousins” and another is “Sell at Garage Sale”. We can have a toy-only garage sale before we leave on vacation to make extra vacation spending money.
-Pull weeds. Pile with most weeds gets 50cents from mama.
-Play Go-Go-10-10. You do 10 jumping jacks, 10 sit-ups, 10 push ups, 10 times up and down the stairs, 10 stretch up & touch your toes, 10 hops on one leg, 10 hops on the other leg, 10 jump rope jumps, 10 arm windmills, and high kicks. Don’t forget to stretch before & after!
-Make mystery potions. Using shot glasses, mix different juices together (teaspoon of each) to see if a good combo can be made.
-Make fairy and wizard gardens: paint rocks to look like doors and windows, use twigs & mud to build a little hut and grass, leaves & flowers to decorate it - set up the little house against a tree or on the side of the garden (away from lawnmower path). Invite tiny toys into the house to decorate it/visit.
-Outside - set up the slip & slide in the backyard with the hose on low.
-using costumes, script, and phone camera, make a movie. Or put on a puppet show and film it as a short movie.
-Take a plain pillowcase and use fabric markers and/or stencils to decorate both sides.
-Write a card or letter to a family member or friend that lives far away.
-Make a goal to play every single board game we have at least once. If you don’t know how to play, read the instructions, or make up your own rules. Put every game back together before moving on to the next game.