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I was wondering if I could pick your brains for ideas of things I could do with Jim (8) in the holidays that won't be too physically taxing for me. I know you all always have loads of good ideas.
Will be swimming regularly and there are a couple of films we want to see. Just looking for inspiration.
Thanks
Julie xx
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ooh, eight, ,lovely. ride public transport random places, or from one extreme to another. make a story up about what you see, write it.
get him to start a summer holiday blog on wordpress.
see if your local library has a summer reading challenge. the islington one here is called 'space hop'. equals about a book a week.
i cooked for my family from the age of 9, so he would be capable of safely planning, shopping and preparing a whole meal with your support. do one a week? make sure it includes interesting things like making meringue :) talk about the science of food, get him to look stuff up on the internet about where stuff is grown, how processsed. literally, make a meal of it!
set him random challenges like learning the symbols for the planets in the solar system and the order they come in? find something in the garden you are happy to have done to child standard, then let him do it, dig something over, sand wood, use hammer and nails to construct something.
buy a good bow and arrow set and go shoot up the local woods. you sit back and keep score.
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Hi Julie,
Can you get together with other Mums?
Four of us used to meet up once a week and take a picnic somewhere, eg local park. That way you have quite an easy day because the kids have each other to play with while you chat to the Mums.
Or arrange for one of his friends to spend the day at your house and then you can look forward to a rest day when it's Jimmy's turn to go to his friend's house.
Just hope for dry weather, it makes things so much easier!
Love, Doreen xx
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A game my 8 year old grandaughter loves is a treasure hunt. I prepare a couple before they arrive, wriring a list of things to find, a feather, a white stone, a blue peg, a shoe etc. I give them a clipboard and a pen and a carrier bag to collect them all in and off they go! A small prize at the end if they get them all! YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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Our local cinema runs a kids club throughout the holidays. The movie changes each week and they charge 95p per person. Not only do you get to sit on your bum for a few hours, it's cheap too!
I find if I'm really not up to much but the kids have too much energy, those soft play parks with the slides and frames, etc are really good. They usually have a cafe you can sit in with a cup of tea and a book while the kids can run around for hours expending energy.
On really really bad days, we put on a DVD on the telly in my bedroom (big treat for the kids) and I lie on my bed while they watch their movie.
The beach is also a nice option and can give kids hours of fun with little physical input from you.
Also, maybe having some toys for the garden ... that way you can sit outside and watch while he splashes in a paddling pool or builds a den with some old sheets / towels.
Hope you both have loads of fun!
Joanna
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Hi Julie, Do you have a garden chute, if not a length of polythene will do and a garden hose. Either fix it to the chute if you have one or the polythene and make a water slide. My girls and there friends have had hours of fun with this since the were little. Another idea get a length of wall paper and fix it to your kitchen wall and let him do a freeze or scene of his choice, this can take weeks to complete if you so wish. Home made play dou and lots of shapes for cutting or printing with paint and potatoes cut and shaped. Just a few ideas for you, hope you find them useful. Lorna x 
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Thank you all for such fabulous ideas - will probably have a crack at all of them. Hoping to get away for a week as well to plenty to keep us going.
Julie
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Hi
at our local liberythere are craft days I use to take Sophie also we went on day trips I loved them
hope it is some-thing for you to use
Mary L
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Hi i too use the soft play area when im to tired to go out for the day, we went to see toy story 3 today is was very good, picnics are good and like Doreen said having their friend round and then you get a day off , hope this helps.
Sophie x
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Hi Julie, Good idea all round not to plan TOO much, especially with RA unpredictable but maybe have a calendar on the wall of few extra special dates - things to look forward to, simple things are often the best, ....homemade jam tarts, taking "charge" of simple dinners, homemade lollipops, i used to take the girls to Hobbycraft free activity sessions ~ they would decorate their own mug to bring home, make hand puppets etc, they really enjoyed these days, i loved "cinema at home" - curtains drawn, all snuggled up together with pop corn and nibbles, Oooo and just remembered - Jess loved Art Attack - we were always visiting the website for fantastic step by step activities and ideas, http://www.hitentertainm...tack/menu_meetneil.html
.....so maybe summer is sorted, have fun but dont forget to join in! xxXxx
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