Sunday crafts/activities for kids

happy chick

Sun, Jul 10 2016, 11:06 am

im looking for inexpensive arts-n-crafts or activities to do with my kids on sundays (ages 7, 5, 4). we like to go out, nothing major, but my baby naps until around noon, so we never get out until after lunch. until then, (my kids are up by 6 on most days) they fight and cry and mess up every last corner of the house. they can watch videos from sunrise to sunset every day, no problem. but thats obviously not what I want them doing. what can I sit them down to do that they dont get bored after 30 seconds?

ez-pass

Sun, Jul 10 2016, 11:52 am

play dough
I got them cheap sticker projects
they ridended bikes
cheerio necklaces
beads
crayons markers. coloring
have them color letters for grandparents. etc
bake with them

PassionFruit

Sun, Jul 10 2016, 1:00 pm

did all these this summer, and going strong!

Pom pom birds on a stick
egg carton caterpillers
paint a wooden frame
DIY clay +paint it
DIY puffy pain/ paint
tie dye summer blanket
make a tent/outdoor picnic
sidewalk chalk/paint
made a paper aquarium (shoebox) with floating fish on string
DIY flubber soap and decorated box
water gun filled with paint/squirted at aisle!
window markers
shaving cream/food coloring car wash
make different types of boats and float them in a water table or DIY river
beaded necklaces
paper bag puppets
DIY rock candy
potato stamps
DIY puzzle with kids artword
decorate the letter of their names for room
paint rocks and seashells
stuff pillows
build 3D structures out of straws
build catapult and fling marshmallows
make hang gliders
makes glitter glue projects into card and mail to grandparents
collect flowers and attach to card-stock vase
pipe cleaner animals
ride cars down the outdoor slide
make tape roads around the house and use cookie sheets for hills to make a city for toy cars
put food coloring in the bath
make gigantic bubbles

myname1

Mon, Jul 18 2016, 3:07 am

How about Origami? Also balloons (and water balloons) are a lot of fun. You can get the long ones (and a pump) to make animals or a small house, or regular ones to play with. You can also tie a string across the house or outside on trees or whatever, put on a straw, and tape a blown-up but not tied balloon to the straw. You let go of the end of the balloon and it pushes itself along the string. The kids can do races.

queenert

Mon, Jul 18 2016, 1:51 pm

Lizajen wrote:

That looks like a great blog for young kids. How abt ideas for 10 yr old girls? Thanx!!

Huh...I always thought it was for older too since she has a 7 year old boy. But I only looked at the younger stuff...

Would she be interested in starting a hobby?
Some that come to mind: photography, scrapbooking, musical instrument, art, writing
Help her find contests so she has some motivation and a deadline.

queenert

Mon, Jul 25 2016, 11:07 am

Remembered that I absolutely loved those logic puzzles where you figure out who did what based on a series of clues (Girl 1 didn't wear red or white, Jen wore blue, Girl 2 has 2 n's in her name etc. and you fill out a chart). You can prob find a bunch online if someone knows what they're called.
Also making fortune tellers.