October 30, 2012 10:33 AM
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DIGITAL SCAVENGER HUNT
This is a great activity that you can do indoors, or out.
Step one ? Dig out that digital camera (since you need to conserve what cell phone battery you have left).
Step two ? Take extreme close-ups of various items around your house or yard. If your kids are younger, keep the pictures a little wider.
Step three ? Set them loose with the camera to find the items in the pictures.
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BOARD GAMES WITH A TWIST
By now you?ve likely cycled through all of the tolerable (and some of the intolerable) board games in your collection. So challenge your kids to make their own. Mixing and matching pieces from games they have, or adding in household objects, have the kids create their own game with their own rules. But make sure the rules get written down! Now as you play, your kids will have to problem solve through the inevitable twists and turns of the game that they didn?t anticipate.
BUILD A FORT
Toss a pile of sheets and blankets in the living room, let them know what furniture is off limits, and set them loose. A couch, two folding chairs and a sheet transform into a cozy bungalow. Add a card table and suddenly you have a multi-room suite. Your kids will have to use their creativity and work together to build a structure that suits them all.
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CREATE A COSTUME
Weren?t planning to dress up with your kids for Trick-or-Treating? You are now ? and your kids are in charge. Challenge them to come up with a costume for you, using only items found in your house. You may end up wearing a mop for a wig, or dressed as a member of the opposite sex? but if you?re willing to check your pride at the door, this could be a lot of fun.
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MAKE ROOM FOR SANTA
What better way to get a kid to clean out their closet or toy room than to remind them that there?s no room for new loot. Santa is only allowed to deliver toys that fit? so let?s motivate and make room! They may not get very far, as they discover toys they haven?t played with in months or years? but isn?t the point to keep them busy?
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