Any ideas about what to do over half term thats indoors?

Question

I have 3 active kids, aged 9, 6 and 3.......

Half term is looming, and its too cold to be outside for a whole day...what can we do?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Answer 1

You have quite an age range there so I will give u some ideas for the different ages.

2 years +
Magazine Picture Puzzles
You will need large magazine pictures, scissors, glue and thick card.
Look through some pictures with your children. Let them choose and cut them out of a magazine. Glue the pictures to some card. When it is dry cut it into puzzle pieces. With younger children begin with 4 or 5 pieces. As they master the skill cut the pictures into more pieces.

Box Fun 2 years +
You need cardboard boxes of varying sizes and other props such as cardboard tubes, broom handles, sheets and rugs. Also masking tape
Let the kids loose with the boxes and their imagination and they will spend hours making tunnels, towers and other creations.

Balloon Bouncing 4+
You need a blown up balloon
Encourage the children to toss the balloon in the air and stop it touching the floor. Count together and see how many times they can tap it before it comes down. Encourage them to keep it up using other parts of their body - head, elbows, knees, feet, back etc

Challenge them to see if they can keep two balloons up at once, lie on the floor and keep the balloon up with their feet, hop on one foot and use their knee to bounce the balloon, jump around holding the balloon between their knees

Footprints 4 +
Cardboard, pen and scissors
Drawn around your childrens left foot and cut it out. Use this shape as a template and make at least 10 more. Do the same with their right foot. Give them cutting practice by letting them help you cut out the shapes. Blu tack the feet in a walking pattern around the house and your children have to follow them. Sometimes it could be a treasure hunt with a surprise at the end. Vary the difficulty by making the footprints further apart or perhaps a hopping section.

Marble Bowls 6+
You need a shoebox, scissors, paper, marker and marbles
Cut arches out of the bottom of the box for the marbles to roll into. Above each arch mark the score. Mark a spot on the floor for the players to roll from. The competitors take it in turns to roll 6 marbles towards the box. If a marble goes through the player earns that number of points. Appoint a score keeper (parents are great at this) so there will be no arguments. The first player to reach a certain score - say 50 or 100 - is the winner.

Secret Messages 8+
You need paper, watercolour paint, cotton buds, birthday cake candles, lemon juice
There are two ways to write secret messages. The simplest is to write on a piece of white paper with a candle. When your childrens friends want to read the message, they paint over the paper with a wash of water colour paint. The other method is to write the message with Lemon juice using a cotton bud. When its dry dip the paper in water and the message can be read.

Answer 2

depending upon where you live,most places have indoor soft play areas where there are different areas for different age groups,like a small ball pool and all soft area for the under 4s,some places cater for young babies too like a enclosed soft area with lots of suitable toys and of course the over 4s with slide areas etc.In most of these places often a cafe is run too so you can sit back and enjoy a coffee whilst the kids play(bliss).Museums can be interesting too and educating at the same time or maybe a sealife centre which most kids love.I am unsure where you live so a bit difficult really.Theres also the cinema,bowling and theatres which are all indoors but sometimes costly at the same time.I think indoor play areas are your best best,only charge a small fee for each child and hours of fun for them.You could even take a picnic along especially if you find somewhere which as a suitable area for eating etc saves money on buying food although some of these indoor play cafes do have quite reasonable prices (in the uk anyway).
You could always get them into doing face painting at home and get them to demonstrate on each other and even on you.My eldest is almost 4 and i let her paint my face,we have such a laugh and she really enjoys it,board games too.Maybe get them into doing some baking with you like simple things such as gingerbread men and let them decorate their own gingerbread with some icing,see what funny characters they can make up.
It can be hard keeping kids entertained especially as they are all different age groups and maybe into wanting to do other things but the baking and face paints can be enjoyable for any age group.Anyway just a couple of ideas for you there.Hope they can be helpful for you.

Good Luck and hope you all enjoy half term

leedslass

Answer 3

Painting, drawing, sticking, play doh or modelling clay.

Or take them swimming or to one of those indoor soft play places.

Answer 4

check out your nearest leisure centre, swimming, ten pin bowling, go ice skating (i no its cold but at least its not wet!), bound to be an arcade or summat around. Check it out.
If u fancy stayin in, get some paper, card, glue, glitter, pens an have fun making things.
Make a den, play hide and seek, just forget that your a parent and go into child mode!
Enjoy your time!

Answer 5

go swimming with them, but you'll prob need someone to come with you to help supervise them.

also, are there any activities by you such as zoos, musems, castles???

or take them to the park or to a play area. the kids will love that. go to a country park with a football or frisby or something and they will get a few hours out of it.

if travelling aint a prob why not go on a train ride. depends where you live.

theres a caburys world in birmingham, fair and arcades in blackpool, zoo in chester, safari park(need a car for that) knowlesly, castles in north wales, gulivers world in warrington(theme park) waterworls in stoke-on-trent.

Answer 6

Cooking always goes down well, making collages from old magazines, giving them certain animal to learn about and then doing a quiz on them, or there is always board games

Answer 7

Quasar/laser quest for the nice, poss 3 year old as in laser gun arena.

Oh and how about going to the tiger temple near Kanchanbui in Thailand... I guess you live there.?


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Also try swimming, maybe for the 9 year old scuba diving lesson.
fencing, martial arts.

3 year old guess one of those padded adventure playgrounds

Answer 8

well im 12 and me and my mum get the yoga dvd out and try to copy the moves its so fun and i also have a little brother whos 3 he loves it too !

Answer 9

I know you said something indoors but once you travel there it is lol................

My kids love going to the natural history museum in London, its free to get in and you are there all day (does that count )

Answer 10

bungee jumping on a very short bungee ?