6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·30+ min
Building Block Free Play
🛒Materials: Lego, Duplo, or any blocks
- 1Set out a bucket of blocks.
- 2No instructions — free build.
- 3Only rule: must name what they built when done.
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#2·20+ min
Book Club for One
🛒Materials: Books
- 1Let your child pick 3 books.
- 2They read (or look at pictures) independently.
- 3Later, ask them: 'Which was your favourite and why?'
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#3·15–25 min
Obstacle Course
🛒Materials: Pillows, chairs, tape, blankets
- 1Design a course with at least 5 stages (crawl under, jump over, balance on).
- 2Time each run through the course.
- 3Challenge: Can they beat their personal best?
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#4·15 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.
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#5·20–25 min
DIY Puzzle
🛒Materials: Paper, pencil or crayons, scissors
- 1Draw and colour a detailed picture on thick paper.
- 2Cut it into 10–15 irregular puzzle pieces.
- 3Swap puzzles with a sibling or mix up and reassemble.
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#6·10–15 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.
