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WET DAYS
1. Bake some fairy cakes
2. Decorate biscuits with sugar icing (sugar & water)
3. Play a board game
4. Make your own pack of snap cards then play with someone
5. Cover the table with newspaper and paint a giant picture
6. Make a necklace from pasta tubes and thread
7. Make a pom-pom using 2 card discs and wool (see page 6)
8. Make a musical instrument (see page 8)
9. Make a boat then sail it at Bedelands pond! (see page 7)
10. Play noughts and crosses
11. Play hangman
12. Make a board game using old card then play with your family
13. Make playdough (see page 6)
14. Use your playdough to make a farm or characters from a book
15. Make puppets
16. Make a den and read a book to your teddy inside
DRY DAYS
17. Build a den in the garden and read to your teddy.
18. Plant a seed / bulb
19. Make bubbles and a bubble wand (see page 6)
20. Ride your bike/scooter
21. Make sandwiches then have a picnic
22. Chalk a picture on the patio / pavement
23. Make a kite and then fly it (see page 7)
24. Make a mud castle
25. Ask an adult / brother or sister to hide washing pegs then play
treasure hunt with them
26. Play hide and seek
FREE PLACES TO VISIT
27. Go to the library
28. Collect as many different leaves as you can at Bedelands Farm
29. Go to the Booth Museum (free)
30. Visit Burgess Hill museum (free & open Sat mornings from April)
See also:
http://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/search.php?county=WestSussex
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 I’ve done
it!
 I’ve done
it!
50 TV FREE ACTIVITIES
1. Cook – or pretend to! Use play food with real pots
2. Toss bean bags into laundry baskets.
3. Paint the outside walls with water
4. Splash in the sink.
5. Pour and scoop some pasta.
6. Mix some colours using food colouring
7. Get dressed in someone else’s clothes.
8. Turn up the music and dance
9. Play with a water table / washing up bowl with water or rice.
pasta in the winter.
10. Play dress up – use old costumes, clothes and hats.
11. Find out ‘Will it sink or float in the bath?’
12. Blow bubbles.
13. Have a toy car wash.
14. Build a block tower with empty containers
from (cleaned and safe) recycling.
15. Go to the park for a swing.
16. Shut all the curtains and play with a flash
light.
17. Go for a walk to Bedelands
18. Sing songs
19. Use dining chairs to play train / aeroplane
20. Have a bath just for fun
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21. Help with the laundry – fold up clothes – it’s great
practice!
22. Visit the pet shop and see the fish and hamsters.
23. Make playdough worms. How long can you make it?
24. Call someone on the phone and chat (great to improve
verbal communication).
25. Pretend to be animals and crawl, hop and pounce on the
floor
26. Collect rocks on a walk or shells on the beach.
27. Go to the library.
28. Explore a local garden centre – how many plants and flowers
can you name?
29. Practise putting pillow cases on. Time yourself – how fast
can you get?
30. Look through family photos.
31. Make a picture frame from pasta shapes.
32. Play ball in the garden.
33. Play with large magnets on the fridge, baking trays
34. Make a dollhouse using old cereal boxes.
35. Touch and smell the fruits and vegetables at the
supermarket – how many can you name?
36. Play Lego/Duplo.
37. Look for bugs under rocks / logs. How many can you find?
38. Do a jigsaw puzzle.
39. Make your own jigsaw puzzle by sticking a picture from a magazine onto card
from a cut out cereal packet and cutting it into shapes.
40. Paint with your fingers.
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41. Read a book!
42. Paint with blocks/toy animals/potato prints.
43. Play with instruments (or just a big pot and a few
wooden spoons).
44. Water your plants.
45. Go on a colour hunt. How many colours can you
find?
46. Cut out old newspapers / magazines to create a
story / picture
47. Make a game of skittles using old tin cans or
plastic bottles filled with water. Make the ball
using a kitchen cloth tied tightly into knots.
48. Create a miniature garden on a kitchen tray using
items from the garden.
49. Create a puppet from a sock or paper cup.
50. Learn 5 new words in the dictionary!
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HOW TO MAKE A POM POM
HOW TO MAKE BUBBLES
1/2 cup of dishwashing liquid
2 cups of water
2 teaspoons of sugar
HOW TO MAKE PLAYDOUGH
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HOW TO MAKE A KITE
HOW TO MAKE A BOAT
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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