It is normal to find it hard to have to constantly entertain your kids during their summer vacation. With these ingenious ideas, you will be able to create spaces so your child can express its artistic side or even show her/him how to tell time in a creative way. The best part? These 14 suggestions are affordable and will entertain your children, there’s no doubt about that!
1. Nightclub bath
Place a few glow sticks in the bath and close the lights to transform your bathroom into a nightclub! Be careful, however, that your child does not put the glow sticks in their mouth.
2. Bedroom hopscotch
Why not create a hopscotch with masking tape in your child’s bedroom? Simple and practical.
3. Teach them how to tell time
Colour a clock to teach your child how to tell time. It is creative and educational at the same time!
4. Giant bubbles
Make giant bubbles with water, soap, a bowl and a straw. They will have a lot of fun, we promise.
5. Shoe stickers
If your child does not yet understand the difference between right and left when he/she puts her shoes on, cut a cute sticker in half and stick the left side in the left shoe and the right side in the right shoe. This is a fun and quite ingenious way to teach your child how to put their shoes properly.
6. Stuffed animal hotel
Make a creative project all while keeping things neat with this stuffed animal hotel! All you need to do is paint an old wooden box and add some paper towel rolls to store all the stuffed animals.
7. Colouring box
Recycle an old DVD box, add some white papers, a few coloured pencils and you’ll have the perfect portable colouring kit. Your child can colour wherever they go!
8. Infinite tableau
Place a giant roll of paper under a frame. This way, your child will have an infinite amount of paper to express their creative talents (and will avoid your crisp white walls).
9. Temporary tableau
Create a temporary tableau with some salt inside a wooden case. Your child can express their creative genius as they please with this salt box.
10. Rock paint
Paint a few rocks you find outside your house with your child. You can decorate them like you wish and then place them in a clear vase or even play tic-tac-toe!
11. Spy game
Install a few elastics in your house to play “secret agent” with your child. We bet this game will entertain them all afternoon.
12. The board that can easily be erased
Stick a plastic pouch on top of a cardboard. Your kid can paint and erase their masterpiece whenever they want.
13. Ice cream that does not make a mess
To avoid your child making a mess at the ice cream store, slip the popsicle stick through a coffee cup lid or through a cupcake mould.
14. Monster repellent
If your child is scared of monsters at night, create a magical spray with them that will ward off all monsters when night comes.
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