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  • mommydeliriousmommydelirious
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    Of course I just a bit with the title ;)

    I am a SAHM of DD1.5 that babysits 2 children (3/5)  in my home as well. They need something to do! So far Iv done some crafts, let them color, made homeade playdough (Ill post the link below) and of course let them watch cartoons/family movies on Netflix. I just didn't want them to be spending all of their time in front of the laptop, yanno? I live in an apartment near a busy clinic that uses our parking lot as well, playing outside has to be a monitored event that doesn't entail much...bubbles mostly...and so we are in the apartment the majority of the time.

    What's your best suggestions for activities? Crafts, games, things that won't make them kill each other? 
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    well behaved women seldom make history
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    well behaved women seldom make history
  • fatchickonabikefatchickonabike
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    MammaTeeRoll said:

    Butcher paper.

    Phew. For a second there, I thought you were going all Magnotta on us.
    "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof bullshit detector.” - Ernest Hemingway
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  • momsaidnomomsaidno
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    http://tottreasuresnorthbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/easy-and-fun-diy.html

    http://hippiehousewife.blogspot.ca/2012/01/mess-free-finger-painting.html

    http://ecemadeeasy.com/posts/painting-with-condensed-milk/



  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,612Administrator, Moderator
    Lol @fatchickonabike

    Hey if you want American Netflix, I can tell you how. A professor just told me how to do it, and US Netflix is WAY better!!

    Get a play pool and some buckets, Rylee will pour water back and forth forever, lol.

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  • MaryPoppins25
    Posts: 1,686Member
    We do a ton of painting, puzzles, ring around the Rosie and head and shoulders. And I have started working on letter recognition by drawing a capital and small letter at the top of a page and then small words containing that letter and having lily circle the ones she can find. I'm planning on starting circle time in the mornings where we start with head an shoulders then talk about the weather and the their moods ect.
  • mommydeliriousmommydelirious
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    @canadianmama Ooooh do tell puhlease! 
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  • mommydeliriousmommydelirious
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    @eapple I totally thought of you with this thread. I did your activity cards for the day and have them on my fridge but havn't been following then :P With these 2 older kids though they just need activities. Painting would be a good one (if I get to the dollarama or something) they get here around 5am so for me to do circle time in the morning I would have to be A) on drugs or B) Reincarnated as MaryEffinPoppins :P
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  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
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    It's a service that will make your router appear like its visiting the US; www.unblock-us.com. It's legal (huge bonus), costs $4.99 a month and will open up US Netflix with your Canadian Netflux account (Hulu and pandora are also now working for me). It's literally going from 1250 choices to over 12 000 choices!

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  • mommydeliriousmommydelirious
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    @canadianmama Thank you!
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  • MaryPoppins25
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    @mommydelirious dont worry we dont do the cards everyday, they're just really helpful on days when I have no clue what I am going to do! I vote for a reincarnated mary poppins on drugs, pleeeeease!
  • MaryPoppins25
    Posts: 1,686Member
    oh, the girls and I just made noodle necklaces from penne yesterday. its actually pretty time consuming for little hands. just have them color the penne with markers or crayons and then watch as they desperatly try to string some ribbon through them. If you want to be nice tape the end of the string or ribbon to make it like a needle.
  • NorthernMommyNorthernMommy
    Posts: 347Member

    If you've got some spare pavement, let the kids draw on the pavement with sidewalk chalk and then use a little bit of vinegar and backing soda on top to make bubbly chalk drawings; check it out on pinterest or google.

     

  • fatchickonabikefatchickonabike
    Posts: 5,496Member
    CanadianMama said:

    It's a service that will make your router appear like its visiting the US; www.unblock-us.com. It's legal (huge bonus), costs $4.99 a month and will open up US Netflix with your Canadian Netflux account (Hulu and pandora are also now working for me). It's literally going from 1250 choices to over 12 000 choices!

    Time for a conversation with the hubs about signing up! This has frustrated me for years. Thanks!
    "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof bullshit detector.” - Ernest Hemingway
  • GarrettsmamaGarrettsmama
    Posts: 101Member
    Play hot lava game, throw pillows, towels, blankets on the floors, and have them run around the house on these items avoiding the hot lava, kids love it and it tires them out! Then when your dont see who can pick up the items fastest! It wont be too much of a mess since they will race to clean up!
    I am your mother 1st, and your friend 2nd! I will always love you, but it is my responsibilty to make you a decent man for when you get older. You will thank me once your married, and will understand why I did the things I did while raising you!
  • gamommiegamommie
    Posts: 348Member
    Shaving cream art. Squirt it on ur table and give them some cars and trucks I used to do this with my 3's in day care. Also google rainy day activities.
    Oh I almost forgot let them help you cook. Kids love that!
  • deviltwinsmommadeviltwinsmomma
    Posts: 2,305Member
    dog kennels. or a huge ass empty cardboard box turns into a castle, spaceship , a submarine in little kids awesome imagination.
    my mother used to sing me a song. It went like this: "Life is short, life is shit, and soon it will be over.
  • kmetz44kmetz44
    Posts: 2,506Member
    the first thing that gcame to my mind was duct tape....is that still a no no?
    Im pretty extraordinary in an ordinary way
  • deviltwinsmommadeviltwinsmomma
    Posts: 2,305Member
    @kmetz44 lol I saw some bright pink duct tape at walmart I was itching to buy it.... wish I did these kids wouldve looked awesome duct taped to the wall right now.
    my mother used to sing me a song. It went like this: "Life is short, life is shit, and soon it will be over.
  • AllOrNothingAllOrNothing
    Posts: 135Member
    @CanadianMama Thanks for this, I had no idea what I was missing!! DH will be stoked when I tell him :)
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