I will be babysitting a friends son this summer and both he and my daughter are 5, does anyone know somethings that I can do with them that are either cheap or free?
2007-05-25 09:50:20 · 8 answers · asked by jrseeg1rl 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Luckily pretty much everything fascinates little kids! Here are some activity ideas:
~ Swimming
~ Play Pretend
~ Take them To A Park
~ Go to the Pound and Play with A Puppy - My local pound always enjoys having visitors to give the dogs company.
~Rent a Movie
~Do some fun, safe cooking together!
~Get some CD's and Play "Dance Class" - This game is great because they get excercise, too! Be sure to give them a chance to be teacher!
~If they behave take them to a dollar store and tell them they can each pick up any 1 or 2 items they like.
~Go to Toys R Us and pick up a 5 or 10 dollar craft kit for hours of fun!
~Make clay sculptures, paintings, drawings etc. And then make an "Art Museum".
~Play "Gymnastics" and teach them basic twists and turns along with a few group moves. Somethings like airplanes, summersaults, fish flops, baby cartwheels etc.
~Play "Mommy For A Day" Where for a period of time you are the kid and they are the mom/dad/guardian. Kids love this one!
Good Luck!
2007-05-25 10:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sidewalk chalk, if you have a place to put it.
Make a beanbag toss game. You can use paper plates for targets if you need to.
Ask a newspaper if they have roll ends of newsprint. These are sheets that are 3-4 feet wide and maybe 20-100 feet long. They make large, cheap, great sheets for coloring on. The kids can trace each other, and color their own image. Then they can do each other, too.
Trips to the zoo, the park, the beach, or just to a Dairy Queen are huge fun for that age.
They can learn basic cooking - nothing dangerous, but maybe no-bake cookies, or something like that.
Get a subscriptions to "Highlights" magazine - we had one when I was young, and I loved getting mail when I was young. The stories are interesting, and there's suggested activities, too.
Search online for "Kids activities", "kindergarden crafts", and stuff like that. I bet you can find a bunch of guide books.
2007-05-25 10:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever give a kid a gift and have them play with the box? Get some clean boxes of different sizes for them to play with/make forts with/crawl in and out of. Some kids also willingly help with your chores - expecially if you take a walk or play a game with them afterwards.
2007-05-25 10:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, remember you may desire to consistently supervise young little ones whilst they're outdoors. assemble slightly fortress for them the two to play in with chair and a sheet over the chairs. Coloring books are a great concept to maintain them occupied. infants additionally love barbie dolls. young little ones at that age are trouble-free to delight. watching television, drawing and a great variety of different trouble-free activities will cause them to chuffed. in case you have a tent or slightly shield they might play in outdoors that could desire to be great. If not, you may desire to establish slightly teddy bears picnic for them with plastic cups and plastic plates and teddy bears. yet another outdoors activity is working races. permit all and sundry race and that they might have a blast. in case you run out of issues to do, Bubbles never fail. sons and daughters consistently love bubbles, it never ceases to amaze them! they might additionally like plastic bouncing balls. Their mothers and fathers will probably come notably arranged with lots of toys and issues to maintain them occupied. in the event that they have DVD's for them to visual show unit, this might desire to completely occupy them! If not, take them to the video keep and hire some young little ones DVD's that they %. out. If there's a close-by park close on your place, a walk all the way down to the park and a play on the park might desire to tire them out (and for this reason cause them to extra ordinary to handle for the reast of the day!). while you're desperate you may desire to prepare dinner a team of cookies and enable them that may additionally assist you. solid success, desire this has helped.
2016-10-13 21:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to doverpublications.com and get on their mailing list for samples - weekly coloring pages some of the children ones are quite simple and it's free
2007-05-26 08:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by Nannette C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petting zoos are great.
Or swimming pools, supervised of course.
Make your own popsicles.
Make homemade edible playdough.
2007-05-25 09:54:56 · answer #6 · answered by donnabellekc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can take them on a trip or take them swiiming.what about
the movies?
2007-05-25 09:59:13 · answer #7 · answered by Psygnosis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
swimming!!!!!............
2007-05-25 09:57:17 · answer #8 · answered by Poseiden 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋