What are some fun activities I can do with my grandchildren ages 3 through 7 when they spend the weekend?

Answer 1

How about a craft project inside or outside, there are several ideas that you can find

Mystery Paint
Materials:
baking soda
water
paper
paintbrush
food color of choice

Steps:
Just mix equal parts baking soda and water, then paint a message on a piece of paper. Let dry for an hour.Mix water with a little food coloring. Paint over dried mixture and your message will be revealed.

Pressing Flowers and Leaves: Nature walks to gather materials could be alot of fun, also a picnic could be included.

Picked at their peak and then preserved, beautiful pressed flowers and leaves have many decorating and craft uses. Use them to embellish cards and stationery, arrange them on paper for a lovely wall decoration, or sandwich them between glass panes to make coasters with a botanical touch.

by following the instructions below, you can even press flowers and leaves between the pages of an ordinary phone book.

Flat or fine blossoms and leaves, such as pansies, violas, verbena, Queen Anne?s lace, and many ferns and herbs, press especially well. Pressed botanicals tend to fade over time, so blooms with more intense colors offer the best results.

Gather clean specimens that are free of blemishes and spots.

Collect flowers on sunny days when they are not wet from rain or dew.

Never gather species that are protected or endangered; if in doubt, check local regulations.

Snip stems close to the base, or leave flowers on stems; place the flowers facedown in a telephone book.

Close and weight the book, and leave undisturbed for a week to 10 days.

Open the book slowly, and you?ll find papery pressed flowers.

Bubble Wands

Blowing the perfect bubble depends on equal parts science and magic.
With a few twists of wire, you can make fantastic bubble wands and spend long, lazy days practicing your technique.

The best bubble solution is 10 cups water to 4 cups dish-washing liquid, plus 1 cup Karo corn syrup. For large wands, you’ll need plastic-coated wire coat hangers and either floral netting or plastic-coated chicken wire. Hold the hook at the top of the hanger, and pull the bottom down so that it forms a circle. Cut away the hook and twisted neck of the hanger with wire cutters; you should have about a 31-inch length of wire. With needle-nose pliers, twist a tiny hook into one end of the wire. Bend that end around, and hook it on the wire about 9 inches from the opposite end, forming a 7-inch-diameter circle. Squeeze the hook with pliers to fasten, and straighten the end to form a handle. Cut an 8-inch-diameter circle of floral netting. With pliers, fold the netting’s edge tightly around the frame, snipping off any sharp ends. For small wands, use 18-gauge cloth-covered wire cut to a length of 15 inches. Bend the wire into a lollipop shape, securing the end of the wire where the loop meets the handle with a dab of glue. To make a star, divide the circle into five even increments, then crimp with pliers. To make a heart, crimp only the top center of the circle. A tin can, with its top and bottom removed, also makes great bubbles-carefully trim any sharp edges, dip one end in solution, and pull through the air to make one long bubble.

Answer 2

Your grandkids are the same age as my children. Both of my kids enjoy the park, the love to play hide and go seek. We have tile floors so we actually put our kiddie pool inside the house and let the kids play in shallow water with boats or other floating toys. The zoo is great, McDonalds indoor playground. Rent kiddie movies such as SpongeBob. Both age groups like SpongeBob. Fill the bath and let them get in with underwear on. Buy some of the bath crayons and let them draw on your bath walls. I also allow my kids to draw all over my counter tops with washable markers. Almost all makers are washable now and they really do wipe right off. Setting up a two man pop up tent indoors and making popcorn.....
build a fort out of blankets.
make simple slice and bake cookies and let them put the sprinkles on before they go into the oven. Buy them a goldfish.

Answer 3

There's some great ideas here. Is there anything that the kids don't get to do at home that they could do with you? For example my mom has an electric organ at her house and an exercise ball. My daughter loves both because she doesn't have them at home. Also, I hate playdough, but my daughter gets to play with it at my mother-in-law's. Playing outside or taking a walk is always fun, as are painting and coloring. Maybe a scavenger hunt with pictures for the younger kids and easy written words for the older ones.

Answer 4

Depends on where you live . I f it is warm play out doors . If it's too cool I suggest some kinds of crafts . There are several sight on the Internet that post crafts for kids . P.S. My grandchildren never say they are board at my house . { any more }

Answer 5

My mom just did things like read to them, had them do little chores around the house, let them help in the kitchen, played with them outside when it was nice out, played with them in the house when it was raining out, played dress up or even laid out in the yard looking at the clouds in the sky to see what shapes or animals they could see. Another thing was going someplace for the day and also plan a picnic. Enjoy the grandkids

Answer 6

Bake cookies, look through albums and tell stories about their parents growing up or stories from when you were growing up. Find a craft you can all do together. (Painting sun catchers is something even the 3 year old can do with supervision.)
My favorite memory spending time with my great-grandmother was when she would bake a pie, make a pot of tea, then she and I would talk and laugh our way through the whole thing.

Answer 7

Kids that age usually like to be read to. You could get blankets or sheets and build a fort in the living room or one of the bedrooms. You could also play hide and seek. If they are girls then you could play dress up and have a fashion show or a tea party. Boys like trucks and cars and building blocks.

Answer 8

My mom drives her self nuts trying to cater to my 6 and 9 yr old.. she started keeping colors, puzzles and chalk at her house.... I am lucky that there are several kids on her street that are the same age as mine and that i know that parents. Other than that, an outing to the park is free and the kids enjoy themselves.

Answer 9

Chuck E Cheese

Answer 10

baking cookies is always a plus with kids especially when you let them stir, decorate, etc. coloring and sidewalk chalk to use in the driveway is fun and always loved my grandma telling stories at bedtime--not reading from a book. she used to make-up stories and some she used to tell about her childhood. playing office was always fun at my grandmas also--get lots of paper and pens and pencils! have fun--make some great memories!