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Babysitting cousins
I babysit my cousins who all love attention. Theres three of them and it's hard to give them all attention. What can I do to keep them busy while paying attention to all of them?
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It depends on their age.
If they are about 6-10: Try Board + Card Games.
If they're about 3-5: Try T.V.: Disney Channel + Nickelodeon.
If they're in between: A Rated G or PG Movie
Also, if that doesn't keep them entertained, you get them to help out making dinner or snacks, cleaning up the house, etc.
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Board games that are good for a their age range. My son and nieces and nephews range from 6 to 16. The younger ones demand the attention of the 16 year old and they all get at each other's throats. When all the kids are visiting, I bring board games out and they are occupied happily for hours. My favorite games are the ones made by Cranium (cranium.com, not affiliated, just a very happy customer). Their motto is "everyone shines" and the games are made so that they emphasize multiple talents (like art, facts, performing, and words) rather than just one (such as scrabble which is only words, or trivial pursuit with only facts). This makes the games more fair for a group of kids who all have different skills. They are also very active games and typically need the kids to work in groups. The kids in my family love them. So do the adults!
Crafts are also a good idea. Get a package of pipe cleaners, a bunch of puffballs, and some glue. Lay out a bunch of newspaper or an old blanket and let them loose. I kept two six year olds occupied with this for a couple hours a few days a week (started with just one day and they kept requesting it after). Just make sure they each have their own bottle of glue, or they will fight over it. And, if they are really likely to fight, divide the other supplies evenly (paying attention to color and size as well as number for the pipe cleaners and puffballs).
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well since there are three of them i suggest you set different activities up and different timing to do the activities with them or just have them do activities all together.
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I would do crafts or baking.. something where they can all be involved and all do stuff with you at the same time. Also bring a friend or a sibling to help (if you aunt pays you tell her you wont charge her extra) so there is more attention to go around. You didn't say the ages of the kids so it is kind of hard for me to give you anymore advice. But if you would like more just drop their ages and your question in my inbox and i would be happy to help you because i babysit alot
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Try doing something they can all enjoy. Are they at a "COLORING IS SO MUCH FUN LIKE OMG LETS COLOR ALL THE TIME" age? Break out the crayons and paper/paper plates/cardstock and they'll be occupied for hours. If you make an attempt to help them and/or sit down with them for a few minutes, they'll love you forever.
Disney movies never fail either. They'll old everyone's attention. I still watch them, and I'm fourteen! :) This works especially well around naptime, since after the movie's over the kids'll be all sleepy, or at least calmed down.
Basically, any activity that keeps them all occupied and in the same general area is golden (which is why hide and seek doesn't work with REALLY small kids- you never find them until they make noise! For any age after three, it'd great though, because they'll always hide in the same spot)
Good Luck!! =)
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Try little games that you can all play together.
Maybe something like duck, duck goose...tag.. hide and seek..
things that involve groups.
Maybe arrange a little play that they all get a part in??
Good luck!!
Maybe even have friends over who can help you with giving attention lol.
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