It may seem that 18 years is a huge, almost endless period, but the child grows right before our very eyes, and it is important to give him enough attention, while the sweet time of childhood did not have come to end. The fantasy of the child is not limited, but it is quite difficult for him to invent interesting, fascinating entertainments on his own. The task of an adult is to help in inventing. And it is not necessary that all the fun should go to the child, while the adult was left behind. No. There is a lot of funny and interesting ways to spend your free time together.
We have collected 10 ways that will diversify your life, and will not let you get bored either you, or your child.
Pijama party
You may think this is stupid, but the child watches movies, and sees how his foreign peers organize pajama parties and have fun. Why not repeat it? Only you and your child, or you can invite overnight friends, if their parents do not object. It will be ideal if there are sleeping bags that can be decomposed in the hall. If they are not there, regular pillows and blankets will fit. Do not forget to buy snacks, board games, and of course, pajamas! By the way, fun pajamas can be sewn by yourself, together with the child. Let the son or daughter choose the theme, color and fabric, and then spend several hours together to create clothes for the whole company. You will look funny, and maybe even ridiculous, but in any case, they will get a lot of impressions and memories.
Co-operative viewing of cartoons
And no, you do not necessarily have to sigh and anticipate a few hours of boredom, when only the child will be happy. Modern cartoons have an interesting, exciting plot, they are well-designed, and you will surely like them. Pay attention to the pictures of the studios Disney and Pixar. And remember: while watching movies you always want to crunch something. You will like watching cartoons more if you have popcorn or chips near.
Culinary evenings
An activity that can brighten up pastime and fill the refrigerator with something delicious – co-operative cooking. No one forces you to dedicate your favourite child to the basics of cooking borsch, although who knows, maybe it will be your child who likes cooking borsch?
You will find a lot of interesting on the Internet, and simple recipes that will make original and unusual dishes. By the way, most of the famous chefs have got the love of cooking precisely in childhood, when they helped their parents to prepare meals. Try to cook something together, and maybe your child will grow up a future Gordon Ramsey.
Our favorites among interesting children’s dishes: cutlets “Cherepashki”, sandwiches “Bozhya korovka” and salad “Belochka”.
Games and lessons on BrainApps
Very often, children turn their noses up at what at least a little useful for them. However, also often children, wanting to mimic adults, repeat after them. Even if a child for some reason does not like to play BrainApps on his own, he will love to do it with his parent.
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The variety of games will not bore you or the child. The main advantage of this method is to spend time together – you combine benefit with fun. Developing games are divided into 3 categories to train:
- memory;
- attention;
- thinking.
Play along with the child, see how much you can achieve together. Or play in turn, compete and see who will cope with upgrading tasks better.
Drawing with chalk in the streets
Modern children, with their various gadgets, such as tablets and phones, forgot to have fun on the street. One has only to look at the children’s playgrounds: the children sit on benches, buried in monitors, instead of playing ball or swinging.
Drawing with chalk on the asphalt – for them at all, something from the category of rock art. Buy a box of chalk in the store and show the child a fun of his own childhood. You can start with ordinary drawings. As soon as you get tired, draw a field for playing classics, and then explain how to play correctly. We are sure that the child will be delighted with such immersion in the world of the childhood of his parent.
Creation of herbariums and paintings from flowers
In the summer and autumn, materials for future works of art are right under our feet, and we do not even notice it. Creation of herbariums – skill, relevant at all times, it will take you with the child for many hours, and at the same time it will once again force you to go out for a walk.
You will have to go out to collect the right material for the future herbarium. In autumn it is best to collect the leaves in September, until they just fell from the trees, and did not get wet. In the summer, you can collect green leaves directly from bushes and trees, and of course, on any flora area, you can find flowers.
When the leaves are collected, put them between two sheets of paper, put it in a well-ventilated place, and put a press on top, even a heavy book will fit. A simpler option is to put leaves and flowers between the book pages, but in that case, there is a great risk of spoiling the book. Full leaves drying takes from 3 to 7 days.
When the leaves dry, glue them on paper, the ideal option for the herbarium is an album for drawing. Explain to the child that the dry leaves should be glued very carefully, they are fragile and easily broken. And of course, do not forget to sign the leaves and flowers! The names can be found on the Internet, or just pay attention while collecting, which trees leaves collects the child.
Bead-weaving
Making jewellery from beads calms, develops assiduity, and also trains fine motor skills of the child’s hands. You’ve probably heard about anti-stress colouring that calms and helps to get rid of stress. So, weaving from beads works on the same principle, and costs much less. In addition, weaving can be practised together with the child, and as a result, you will get simple and beautiful jewellery that a girl can wear on herself, and brag to her friends.
Beads are sold in any department for needlework, buy a few small packages of different colours to start, in case the child does not like it. Instructions for weaving can be downloaded on the Internet, or pay attention to special books, they are all painted in detail and intelligibly so that even a child could understand it.
Treasure Hunt
In order to organize a real search for treasure, for example, a pirate like, you have to use imagination, and it will take several hours of free time. But it is guaranteed to be worth it because the child will be delighted!
The game is to spread out paper slips with tips throughout the house. At the beginning the child will find the first tip, he will have to solve the riddle to understand where the next piece of paper is. So, gradually moving around the house, he will finally reach the treasure, where the treasures are hidden. It should not be something expensive, the main thing in treasure hunting is not treasure, but the process itself. Hide the favourite child’s sweets in the place of treasure, or some gift. Preparations are best to be started in advance, take time to come up with all the puzzles. Lay out the paper slips until the child is at home, and when he comes, let the fun begin!
Sale of old things
If you are lucky enough to have your own, private home, or a courtyard with friendly neighbours, all that you need is a grand sale of unnecessary things. Firstly, you and your child will spend an interesting time, secondly, you will free someplace in the house, and thirdly, you will earn! At home, each of us has things that we have not used for a hundred years, but they can be of use to someone else.
Print out an advertisement for sale, collect things, prepare a table, where you can put them, or a tablecloth, or just simply lay them neatly on the floor. In order to make a beautiful sale, make price tags together with the child.
Grasping of new skills
The last piece of advice is very versatile because is it always interesting to get skills. The only question is, what skill are you going to get together? Here the matter is limited only by your imagination, and the preferences of the child. Playing musical instruments, juggling, playing mini golf, cycling, visiting a book club – there is really a huge number of activities that you can do with the child. The most important thing is to have fun. Both for you, and for him.
