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Are Toys & Video Games The Right Christmas Gifts For Kids?
It’s the age of innocence when their eyes a little brighter and their smile are full of possibilities. Their minds are being shaped by everything around them and it’s important to make sure that those surroundings are positive and promote good...
Homemade Baby Shower Decorations
No baby shower would be the same without decorations. While you could spend quite a bit of money buying decorations, an additional option is to make them. The thing is that homemade decorations are not difficult once you know how. In this chapter,...
Hula Hoop Hoopla
Which favorite toy pastime is fun for all ages and makes adults nostalgic for their childhood? Hula-hooping, of course! Stock up on inexpensive hula hoops and try your hand…er, hips…at these silly games.
1. Hula Hoop Contest: Challenge your...
The Desired Effect of Music On Child: Transform Him or Her Into An Angel!
To get your kids to listen to child music is a powerful way to enhance the time your kids play with toys. Perhaps you are thinking of buying music to enhance your child’s play space. You might be asking: What music should I buy for my child?...
What You Can Learn About Life From Your Children
You can learn a lot from children.The best part of all is the advice is priceless.
Walls looked so much better when they are decorated with artwork. Markers and crayons work best.
The living room is so much better for running around and...
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Summer Anti-Boredom List
Before summer vacation turns into a boredom fest, sit down as a family and make a summer anti-boredom list. Write down a mixture of long overdue chores that you’ve been meaning to get done, along with goals and dreams that you’ve always wanted to accomplish. Don’t leave out the fantastic! If you’ve always wanted to ride on a unicorn, even though there is no such animal, write it down. You may read the list one day when you’re bored, see the unicorn wish, and decide to take horseback riding lessons.
With an anti-boredom list displayed prominently on the refrigerator, fun is just around the corner. Take a look at my family’s summer anti-boredom list to get an idea. By the way, can you tell which entries belong to our five-year-old son?
- Learn karate.
- Order room service.
- Become one with a hammock.
- Start a worm farm.
- Write a new short story.
- Start a snail farm.
- Have snail races!
- Repaint the fence.
- Let’s go swimming with dolphins.
- Go fishing with Pappa.
- Actually paint pictures
every week instead of just watching lessons on Channel 8.
- Landscape the backyard to resemble a jungle.
- Swing through the trees like Tarzan.
- Organize the boxes of family photos.
- Read an entire novel in one sitting.
- Decorate Mom’s car with candy and marbles and toys and broken clocks. Let me glue everything on.
- Create an entry for the Art Car Parade.
- Write an entire novel in one sitting.
- Go to Disney Land!
- Challenge Tiger Woods to a one-hole-winner-take-all match.
- Go to Disney Land!
- Open the first coffee shop/cool bookstore in the neighborhood.
- Go to Disney Land!
Deborah Shelton is a mother, freelance writer, and author of the brand new book, "The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones." Visit Deborah's website for more family-friendly ideas: http://www.fiveminuteparent.com
deborah@fiveminuteparent.com
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