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i babysit one 5 year old girl and one 7 year old boy every tuesday, and i dont know what to do with them. they only can watch tv or play video games for a total of 1 hour and 30 minits. the girl always wants to play barbies or computer games with me and i can tell the boy gets kind of bored. could someone help me come up with some crafts or games i can play with both of them? thanx i rate high
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try playing in the backyard with them!
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i know what your going through, i babysit 5 kids everyday (ages 4-12). Ask the boy what he likes to do...see if he wants to play any specific games. otherwise you can go to
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this is the website I go to when any kids are bored, there are a ton of crafts you can do with things around the house. there are so many crafts, you will never get bored! if they dont have anything around the house, you can do what they did in the Babysitter's Club books. bring a kid kit. just use like and old lunch box or shoebox, and fill it with craft supplies (the whole thing probably doesn't cost more than $10 to make) and it is sooo worth it! you can put construction paper, glue, tape, straws, safety scizzors, crayons, markers, stickers, yarn, whatevere else odds and ends you can get. Even throw in some old board games that you don't use anymore if you can...trust me, this is the type of thing kids like, I have had 5 years experience. Hope I helped...plz rate!...hersheylover...
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ok well you can play a board game with them just something east to understand. or color play with puppets even do a puzzel and have them vote on it each day. also sound excited and sometimes they will be too! so good luck! ;)
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ok i have little cousins so i have agood idea , they could color or if theyre responsible enough they could paint then you can give them ideas of things to paint! Also hide and seek, follow the leader or even siamin says
hope this helps
dreamist16
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you could play card game with the boy and if the girl wants to she can too but if she doesnt she can play barbies or watch TV for half the time and then you can play with the girl and the boy can play video games or watch TV. good luck
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Ask parents if you can: bake cookies, go to the park, roller skate in the driveway...
You could bring them coloring books, buy crayons. You can play this game where you dump all of the crayons into a lunch sack and pull out 5 for each kid. Let them draw youa picture using only those colors.
You can bring a deck of cards and play go fish. Play easy games like Hide and Go Seek, Tag in the backyard, freeze tag, Cartoon tag (person about to be tagged can save themselves by touching the ground and saying a cartoon before you tag them), and TV tag(same thing).
Sorry so short- Hope I helped!
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hey i babysit my brother and sister allllll the time and i never no wat to do with them either... so me and my brother tryed to teach my little sister how to play monopoly she did ok to say shes only 5...u guys could go for a walk or go to the park, make a vote and ask them wat they want to do today! and soud excited and sometimes they will be too! so good luck! ;)
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I have a few ideas, but here is one that sticks out in my mind. Collect some old magazines (Ones that kids can flip through. NOT Cosmo or Sports Illistrated), like Family Circle, Parents, Home and Garden, or things like that. Make sure there are lots of ads in the magazines also. Then make two cards (Like bingo). Instead of number in the squares write things like "Lipstick" or "Macaroni and Cheese". Give each child an equal amount of magazines and have them cut out the pictures they find that match the word inside of the square. Once they have a bingo they can win a prize. It's a really fun game for them, but make sure you flip through the magazines to be positive that the words you write on the cards are in the magazine.
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The boy get bored playing computer games? What a loser. Tell him to gain some testosterone and start playing computer. If he doesn't enjoy playing computer now, he'll only grow up to enjoy killing people and eating dogs.
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I'm glad you noticed the boy is feeling a left out and want to address the problem fast. Here is a website filled with ideas: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
The ones I'm finding good are fancy dinnerware, peanut people, nature bracelet, and pie plate tambourine. The others are a bit too messy or inappropriate for a 5-7 year old (either too elaborate or too many uses of the stove or scissors which the kids are bound to want to help).
Another idea is giving each kid 3-5 different colored crayons and asking them to draw whatever they want, but they can only use the crayons given to them.
www.amazingmoms.com also offers great ideas. Go to the K-5 section and the Quick and Easy section for great ideas.
Remember that going outside is important to their physical development. Give em a ball and play along, making sure they're both included. Here are some adorable outdoor games I've found: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
You might want to get the parental ok (and any supplies you need) before you get started on these activities. Remember activities that seem dangerous or too hard for them to understand, you're probably right. There are plenty of activities to choose from. Have fun ;)
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