Rund's Halloween Makeup TutorialOct.27.2020
No matter in which part of the world you live, whether you have the exposure to nature, or you spend most of your days in acclimatized environments, families with children have the constant challenge of finding activities to keep their children amused and entertained.
Whether it is the weekend or longer school breaks, school children are often wary of playing with their old fashion toy box. They would come to you with their grumpy tiny faces saying, “I’m bored!” or “I don’t have enough toys!” or “can you buy me a new toy?” or in most cases “can I play electronic games?”
The biggest challenge in our time for children, in my opinion, is the digital world. Our children want to constantly indulge in living their days and nights on electronics which is for sure depriving them of motor skills’ development, imagination triggers, and communication proficiencies.
We don’t want to deny the fact that some electronic games or programs are targeted for the academic, educative and exposure purposes. But losing the interpersonal relationship with friends and family in addition to the addiction to the digital world is taking over the minds of our little ones.
If you are stuck at home with your children on a long sunny day or a cold rainy day, it is the perfect time for you to find ways to bond with them as well as boost their motor skills and imagination in homemade activities.
Who wouldn’t enjoy a board game? Whether it is Monopoly, Sequence, Ladder and Snake, Checkers, Chess, Bingo or any other type of community games, those games gather the whole family around for chit chats, laughter and fun times.
Make sure to choose the best age group for your children and it would be great to give a purpose to the game. For example, you could say that all the players are getting treats but the winner will be getting an extra treat.
A charade or a taboo game will keep the players all attentive and competitive! It is capable of creating big chaos of laughter and shouting out the answers. Just make sure to prepare words or phrases which are suitable for the language proficiency of the players and are attractive enough to keep them playing. A timekeeper is a must in those games!
Give your kids a roll of crepe paper and some masking tape and let them go crazy designing mazes and working their way through them. You need a corridor or a narrow reception area to be able to set up the mazes. A timekeeper is also good to have as the winner will need to finish the fastest to get to the “Gem” (this could be a small prize depending on the interests and age of the players)
A Treasure Hunt game can be accustomed to all age groups! This is a game which needs a bit of preparation from the game master, but it can have a lot of variations: like a game theme or different teams’ theme or treasure “levels”. You will need to send your children outside the house for a while until you are done planting the clues in; this will raise the excitement level up!
You may explore all type of crafts your children will be up for. From simple paper plate fish making to sophisticated Origami, these activities would keep them busy for a long time especially if a challenge is put ahead.
You can also promote the little artists’ painting skills by painting on rocks or wooden sticks, which can eventually be useful as paper weights and bookmarks.
Maybe not all kids are interested in the kitchen, but when their favorite muffin or cake is being prepared, they will put an effort to be part of the ‘creation’ phase. Children tend to be experimental, so they would love the messy part of baking. Indulge the least messy ones in getting the ingredients from the pantry or reading the recipe. Older children would help with any chopping activities or putting the tin in the oven.
