6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·10–20 min
Sock Puppet Show
🛒Materials: Old socks, markers, buttons
- 1Put a sock on your hand.
- 2Draw a face with markers or glue on buttons.
- 3Put on a puppet show behind the couch.
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#2·5–10 min
Tape Maze on the Floor
🛒Materials: Painter's tape
- 1Use tape to create a maze on the floor.
- 2Challenge your child to walk only on the tape lines.
- 3Add 'obstacles' like pillows to jump over.
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Use a timer to make it a challenge!
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#3·15 min
Cloud Dough (2 ingredients)
🛒Materials: Flour, baby oil
- 1Mix 8 parts flour with 1 part baby oil.
- 2Let your child knead and shape it.
- 3Add small toys for extra play.
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It smells amazing and cleans up easily.
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#4·10–15 min
Mad Libs Story
🛒Materials: Paper, pencil
- 1Write a short story leaving blanks: 'The ___[animal] ran to the ___[place].'
- 2Without showing the story, ask for random words to fill the blanks.
- 3Read the finished (hilarious) story aloud.
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#5·15–20 min
Scavenger Hunt
🛒Materials: Paper, pencil
- 1Write a list of 10 things to find around the house or garden.
- 2Include colours, textures, shapes, and specific objects.
- 3First to find everything wins — or race your own best time.
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#6·15 min
Paper Origami
🛒Materials: Square paper
- 1Search 'easy origami for kids' and pick one design together.
- 2Follow along step by step — pause and check at each fold.
- 3Make a few different designs and display them.
