Ideas to keep a five year old entertained in the house?

Question

Rather than watching television/dvds has anyone any interesting ideas? We have done baking and craft things....is there anything else you can think of?

Answer 1

Chores for his or her size and a reward system. That'll keep em busy for days.

Answer 2

Drawing pictures board games like Frustration that little kids might like to play

I don't know hope i helped anyway x

Answer 3

How about making cards for people?

Maybe also make the cleaning into a game for him

HIde and seek

Do the gardening, let him help

Answer 4

Build a camp/tent. Kids seem to love this, use the back of the sofa etc, use bedding, sheets, cushions, pillows etc to make a canopy & tell them its their castle/fortress.

Answer 5

good question!!

Answer 6

cut out things from a magazine or newspaper and make pictures like a collarge, or organise a treasure hunt with a little something as the prize, they are only 5 they wont really mind

Answer 7

my 5 year old loves just being involved with wat i doin. she like helpin with the house hold stuff ie ploish n sweepin ect, she also like playin board games together, jigsaws, reading,colourin, n drawin, she like makin puppets with paper plates and craft stuff x

Answer 8

my daughter loves painting, baking, stacking bricks, jigsaws, we also put a cd on that she likes and she likes to listen to it and help me clean and tidy up. i got her, her own cleaning set which she loves and it also means you get you cleaning done while entertaining your child at the same time.

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Answer 9

Make customes and play dress up

Build a fort out of chairs and blankets

Make up a new song and dance

Put him in the tub with a patch on his eye and a scarf on his head, and let him play pirates

Look at old photos and teach him about the people in them

Help him create his own scrap book

Play card games such as memory or go fish

Call relatives

Make a video to send to a distant relative

"Write" stories and bind it up into a book for a keepsake

Answer 10

What about reading together? Board games like ludo and snakes and ladders ... dominoes ... Building with lego? Teach him to knit? Pretend play - make a wendy house out of the clothes horse, stuff like that?

When all else fails, he can help with the housework; he's big enough to dust and hoover. Pairing the clean socks, sorting the undies ... have a giggle while you're doing it.

Mind you, if he's 5 and in the UK, shouldn't he be at school?

Answer 11

How about writing letters to someone. It keeps them busy. And then when the letter is finished, you tell them they have to have a picture to go along with it.

Answer 12

Play Halo 3.

Answer 13

how about things for the garden, get out there and get him/her helping you plant and de weed etc.  is there a hobby that you could get him/her involved in that you also like

Answer 14

play dead lions.

keeps them still and quiet =]

Answer 15

board games and card games

play dough

painting

drawing / coloring

making jewellery

barbies

lego

listening to music

playing schools

Answer 16

I have 8 siblings ranging from ages 8 months to 11 years. so i know how to keep any age group of child preoccupied. 5 year old children (dependant on a boy or girl) are really into the plastic toys such as barbies or bionicals.

they also all like to play tag.

baking brownies or something is always good.

also cut and paste arts and crafts are good.

painting is also a good idea too.

Answer 17

Nintendo WII, It's one of the best 'electric nannies' ever invented.No seriously though, try here for ideas....

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