What entertains 7 to 8 year old boys?

Question

I have a babysitting job with a grade two boy and I have no idea how to entertain him! I'm a girl, for crying out loud, what do you expect! Anyway, is there any fun crafts, snacks or movies that grade two boys like? Please help me this is urgent!

Answer 1

try toy guns or let them go to a friends house to get them out of your hair.

Answer 2

riding bikes

going to park

going for a walk

watching movies like spider-man 1-3

drawing

playing school (my nephew who is 7 suggested this)

making an easy snack

Answer 3

I have a nine year old son, I am 27, just ask them, at that age they are very easy to talk to. Video games will probably be your best bet. I don't care what people say, video games are a great source of learning. Engages them to use abstract thinking, motor skills, problem solving, etc. Snacks are usually easy at that age, for they are growing a lot, at that age, they eat all the time. If you would like to get them outside suggest a race, boys love to compete.

Answer 4

First of all do NOT get him toy guns, in this day and age they are just not a good toy..and you especially dont want to give one to a child your babysitting for without knowing the parents views on such things first.

I have a 7 yr old son. Some of his favorite things to do are:

go for walks and collect things...bottle caps, pine cones, pretty rocks, etc that he finds along the way. You can then use these to make collages when you get home.

Anything to do with WATER! Save a couple of the squirt type dish soap or shampoo bottles..go outside on a warm day with a bucket of water and have a squirt battle with these! Water balloons are also a favorite!

hot wheels cars (i think all little boys have a collection of these) if playing inside take a big piece of cardboard or use tape and tape several pieces of paper together. Then lay it on a table or the floor, get out crayons or markers and draw a village...roads..stop lights, stores with parking lots, etc. Then drive your cars on it.

**cars are the most fun however to play OUTSIDE with. Find a inconspicious place in the driveway or side of the house (make sure its ok with the parents first and dont put it somewhere it will easily get stepped on.) use an old teaspoon or an old household paint brush (1 in or 2 inch work best) and use them to make "roads" by clearing small paths. These are awesome cause they actually look like tiny miniature dirt roads! a small patch of grass trimmed short with scissors and some plastic cows added makes a field. small weeds left in the ground become bushes and trees, you can even use small rocks to line your roads or to make boaundaries for buildings, fences, sidewalks, etc. Use your spoon to dish a small dent in the ground...add water and fashion a "bridge" acorss it for the cars. This game can last for hours or even days of the weather and people walking dont get to it!

sock puppets! then put on a puppet show.

modeling clay or play dough

GI Joe guys are great fun to play with.

drawing pictures and making up stories to go with them.

bike riding

passing baseball or football

any kind of arts and crafts that is not "girly". my son loves to make puppets, gifts, bookmarks, he even loves to scrapbook with me...but he wont do jewelry or anything else he thinks of as "girly"

growing things. Get a pack of seeds pf an easy care flower...like marigolds and couple paper cups..plant seeds, sit them on a windowsill where they will get light and water them every day. When they are about 4 or 5 inches tall, replant outside.

thats just a few things...hope they help ya out

Answer 5

movies, video games, going somewhere like the park, sports,tv, stuff like that

Answer 6

you can play hide and seek or some other games,also u can do a craft with them something fun.

movies

taking them outside or to a park.

Answer 7

Animals and/or f**t-related humor work best.

Answer 8

Video games and television.