Activities for kids with a low budget.
o Make a colleague- Give them newspaper and magazines and a topic in mind. Have them cut pictures out and glue on construction paper. Then have them tell you all about it.
o Garden- Plant dried out or store bought seeds in styro-foam cups transplant outside once they are ready.
o Dig it- give them a shovel and a bucket send them outside to shovel rocks/dirt/snow. Inside with a bowl and spoon shovel beans/popcorn/rice/flour/sugar.
o Dance and Sing- turn up the radio and have a blast.
o Play catch-outside with balls/water balloons/etc or inside with rolled up socks/bean bags/etc
o Sidewalk Chalk- Hours of fun
o Bubbles-make your own with dish soap and water
o Masks- Make masks from paper bag/paper plates
o Cards-UNO/Crazy 8s/Go fish/Old Maid/Slap Jack
o Play Office- give you child junk mail/calculator/pen and pencils and watch the fun begin
o Picnic-make sandwiches’ and eat outside for lunch or dinner.
o Charades-little ones can act like animals
o Treats- make cookies and let them decorate
o I Spy
o Board Games
o Journal- Teach your child to write everyday in the journal about how they feel and draw pictures.
