I am babysitting a seven year old girl and she is bored and we don't know what to do. Any Ideas???

Question

Ok, I am babysitting a seven-year old girl and she is really bored and we don't know what to do. She really wants to go swimming but it's not really an option right now. She is getting kinda whiney from boredom and so we need something fast. I am 12. Don't yell at me for being on the computer while I'm babysitting because it's at my house and my Co-babysitter (my friend, she's also 12 and she's helping. She lives next door) is distracting her.

Answer 1

tag! (but kinda let her win)

Answer 2

play a board game

color

put makeup on eachother

do eachothers nails

make pretty masks with construction paper

put together an obstacle course outside & time yourselves running thru it

put on some music & dance

play dress-up

read a book to her

put on a movie

help her clean her room

make decorations for her bedroom walls

exercise

practice math problems

play cards

Answer 3

Get out and play tag, hide-and-seek, or red light green light, catch, frisbee, baseball, walk around the neighborhood, whatever. When you get tired, go in an make iced tea or koolaid, and snacks. Doing things together.

With the age difference, she may be interested in what you older, more sophisticated girls think and talk about.

Answer 4

Ok... u may not want 2 do this, but play make believe.  Atleast it might keep her busy.  

Have her bring some toys over when you babysit her.

Make little snacks that won't be difficult that you don't have to cook.  Maybe like celary & peanut butter.  Not 2much of a mess.  

Put in a movie for someone her age.

Have her pick out a book.

Maybe, u could say, "I bet you can't clean this up!"  U know... revercycology.  Any little kid would fall 4 that.

Answer 5

Fly a kite, go bike riding, watch a movie, play a board game

Answer 6

board games cards hide and seek tag scavenger hunt i spy give her words to spell red light green light tag

Answer 7

TELEVISION...or maybe play a board game with her

Answer 8

does she have dollies to play with? if so both you and ur friend play with her, and if your aloud to go outside take her out side and just let her run around

-painting

-drawing

-turn on the tv to a music station DANCE!!!

-turn on the radio and have a little dance party just the three of you

Answer 9

movies!!! and games and lots of fun stuff. Like making and baking products. watch movies with popcorn. make crafts and what not. look it up on the internet for "fun things to do when babysitting."

Answer 10

LET HER ON COMPUTER SHE WILL PROBABLY KNOW MORE THAN WHAT YOU DO

Answer 11

not mad but you have a job that your getting paid for right?  You can be on the computer anytime do what the little girl wants its about you doing a ggod job and anything to avoid whiney kid. RIGHT

Answer 12

you can,

ask her to send you letters describing whst they want the next time you babysit.let them seal the letters in evelopes and drop them in to a paper bag mail box

or

give her an old magazine or catalog aong with a list of things to find cut out an glue on paper

Answer 13

play a game like twister or gold fish or do a fashion show its pretty easy entertaining a 7 year old

Answer 14

just leave her 2 her own thing and keep an eye on her

Answer 15

Get a bunch of blankets and pillows.  Get some chairs and make a circle.  Use the blankets to make a tent , using the chairs as the pillars,add a big fluffy space inside the tent with the pillows.  Fix some snacks and and get your girl stuff (curlers, makeup fingernail files etc)  Then have your little tent spa.  You can relax and have your snack and have fun getting dolled up.

Answer 16

have a snack and watch a movie

Answer 17

parks,movies,games,tag(let her win)

Answer 18

Board game... Reading, TV - computer game...?

Answer 19

play dress up! find old clothes, funny clothes, colorful clothes...and have fun. good luck. (:

Answer 20

Do you have a sprinkler and if you do she could be playing in that. Watch a movie or play a board game with her. If she is in to webkins or the buildabear bearville you could go on the computer with her.

Edit: If she has an extra set of clothes... Experience with my cousins we let them in the sprinkler in their clothes.

Answer 21

bake something.

get playdough?

MAKE ICECREAM!!!! xD

Answer 22

make over.

Answer 23

Make up, dressing up, making up a dance routine, kareoke, simple cooking (if you are allowed!), hair styling, playing with her toys, games, cards, tv, pictionary, hangman, naughts and crosses etc etc  you like my ideas?, any good?

Answer 24

think of a game, DVD, food, paint her nails, dunno where u r in world if its day play in the garden or something if its night then say if she cant behave shell hav 2 go 2 bed as clearly tired thats y she is bein whiney

just dont let her see u get stressed as she will b 10x worse

or catwalk my little girl loves this and we take such kl pics

Answer 25

try going outside or to a park close by

Answer 26

do a craft, play hide and seek, play in the dirt, give her a bone, anything

Answer 27

Here's some things that my young girl cousins like to do when I babysit them:

Make dens

Play hide and seek, musical bumps, musical statues, ect

Have a picnic (inside or outside)

Do some arts and crafts, making jewellery and models

Let her put make up on you two, or do your hair

Watch her favourite movie with her

Make a cake with her (let her do most of the mixing ect just oversee her and tell her what to do, my cousins LOVE doing that, when they see the cake come out once it's finished they always look so proud of themselves)

Hope one of those helps!

Answer 28

play dress up

dolls

color

make up

Answer 29

try getting her a webkinz or somthing

Answer 30

do something like "simon says", color with her, go for a walk, play memory...or whatever games you have there at your place that she could play...or why dont you ask her what she wants to do besides swim and tell her why she cant or why its not possible at that time??

Answer 31

Show her "the mean kitty song" on youtube. Go outside with her, ask her what her parents do when she's bored.