What are some games & crafts i can do with children 3 & 6 when i am babysitting them??

Answer 1

coloring books work well with little ones...or you can make rain makers with starch and newspapers to make the stickiness so the newspaper sticks to a roll of toliet paper (without the toliet paper)...you use toothpicks placed here and there or in an uniformed pattern...you clog up one end of the roll with newspaper...then you can place rice or beans inside, then clog the other end with newspaper...put newspaper over the toothpicks to help make it children safe and smoother around the edges...it also makes it look cool...when it is dry then you can decorate it with paint or markers or beads..however you want............. if you don't want to do that, you can make little books with cardboard and paper over it so you can add a title...and you can add pages inside and either staple or string the paper to the cover page...then have the kids make their own book, by drawing, writing, putting pictures inside, there is an endless amount that you can do with a book like this, this might be the better choice if you don't want there to be a chance of getting dirty or a mess arising...you can also buy popsicle sticks and make little houses or picture frames and what nots...

Answer 2

When I used to babysit, I had a box filled with paper, markers, crayons, stickers, little paper lunch bags, string, children's sissors etc, etc. It was usually good for hours of craft fun. We would make puppets out of the bags, pictures for their parents, and anything else their imagination would think of. I would take this box to any job I had and it was well received every time.

For that age group, you can also do pudding painting. Just make up the pudding as per the directions and let the kids finger paint with it. Obviously, because it's pudding, it's also fun clean up, too. They can just lick their fingers clean! You can make easy smocks by cutting a head hole and two arm holes out of garbage bags. Just be sure to keep close watch that the little one doesn't play around too much with the bag.

You could do a scavenger hunt in their backyard. Search for easy things like leaves and bugs for the little one and let the older one look for more difficult or specific things, like certain types of bugs or flowers. You could even pre-buy prizes for each of them, having a winner for the most found (the younger one, because you'll help that one the most) and maybe for finding the most difficult thing (the older one). The prizes could be a little colouring book from the dollar store, or candy if they're allowed to eat it.

Answer 3

Another sit down game would be to get Old Maid Cards. active games: tag, musical chairs, may I
The best thing you could do is read children/ with with them

Answer 4

Match games are great for these ages - and We had a lot of fun with cherrades (sp?) too! Just pick clues that they will know like Sponge Bob or Barney or Cat or Dog...

Answer 5

PLAY CARDS, HIDE AND SEEK, WALK TO A PARK, CHECK WITH LOCAL CHILD CARE PLACES TO SEE IF THEY CAN OFFER SUGGESTIONS, REMEMBER GAMES YOU PLAYED WHEN YOU WERE THAT AGE, WATCH VIDEOS, PLAY BALL GAMES CREATE STORIES AND DRESS UP AS CHARACTERS IN THAT STORY. LOOK UP MAGIC TRICKS. HOPE THESE HELP.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

buy some color books.

Answer 8

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