Everyone needs a list of things to do, easy entertainment for the school holidays with the mission of saving one bored kid at a time.
Here goes:
Make a pet rock for each family member
Play Exquisite Corpse
Sort through your toys and choose three for charity
Write a love letter to Mum or Dad
Make a cubby under your bed or in your wardrobe
Turn on the pedestal fan and talk like a transformer
Graffiti the side of the house or fence with chalk
Colour each brick or paver in a different coloured chalk
Write funny notes and hide them around the house for the family to find
Sort Lego by colour into Tupperware containers
Choose a cake recipe we can make tomorrow\
Write a story and include a ginger cat, a black shoe, fairy floss and a holiday
Draw a family portrait and hang it up
Make a stockpile of greeting cards
Make a flipbook
Arrange a posy of flowers from the garden for every bedroom
Draw funny pictures and hide them in pockets of Mum’s or Dad’s clothes
Ring Nan or Pop for a chat
Colour-code all the books in the bookcase to look like a rainbow
Play Sevens with a tennis ball
Make up a song, show or dance with your sister or brother and perform it after dinner
Rearrange all the things in your bedroom
Press flowers
Choose four dinner recipes for next week
Write a shopping list
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