More things to do at home on isolation with the kids

So things have been posted on FaceBook (FB) and ive saved them so i can share with others. Please do the same (in order to keep each and every mum sane during this time)

Many schools have sent out/home homework packs for children to do, but please remember they are just as scared (if not more so) than us adults are. My thoughts are yes do some of the work everyday BUT it's more important to be there for them, so play some board games, read a book together, get a notebook/diary and log down what you do (it's proof they weren't watching tv or on a pc for the next however many weeks.)

This was shared as a joke on FB and it did make me smile, I hope it does you as well. However, my sons Godmother said that after they have counted the rice they need to write one word on each grain of rice and then make stories. That made me laugh even more than the post did.




Before i start adding activities i will share a few websites that WILL be a godsend to all parents/guardians.

• Pinterest has hundreds (more like thousands) of things you can do, it is free to join and you can save all the things you like in one place, make different sections etc, you can find crafts, meals, school worksheets all sorts on there.
• Twinkl has loads of free worksheets and activities use code PARENTSTWINKLHELPS to get more free ones.
• Scouts UK has shared activities you can do at home (you could even make your own certificates and badges to award).
• This blog  has a list of loads of free worksheets and websites, ive not looked at them all but they may help someone.
• Quirky Momma on FB has shared many things including virtual museums  and places you can "visit" online.
• colouring pages can be found everywhere online if you dont have books at home, and this page on FB has shared loads for free - you just need to print them.
• glasgow science center is doing online science bits
• cre8tive resources has loads of free worksheets 

if you google "free school worksheets" there are pages upon pages that come up.

Now for the activities ive saved.

• Make your own monopoly board - use  local places etc, this would be best done on cardboard and use proper monoply money if you have the main set. There are blank templates online for monopoly boards.

• Make a RAINBOW and put in your window - the idea is for people to create rainbows for others to find when they are on a self-isolating walk, there are many groups popping up on FB linked to it, this one is linked to Whitehaven, Cumbria. I have also seen groups doing similar with hearts.
• my personal pinterest boards have hundreds of items saved type in "yummymummyamy" and you should find it.

• In summer 2014 i made an activity journal/book for my sons, yes it's mainly summer themed BUT i'm happy to share it and hopefully you can make use of it with your children. I didn't make the worksheets they were found all over the internet. 

There are also loads of websites offering free courses for adults to do, alison.com, skills network, futurelearn, and the open university have some

i hope this info helps someone.

Shut in with the children - things to do

SO, in light of the current situation around the UK linked to Coronavirus Covid-19, you have found your self on isolation with the children and you don't know what to do. I  have added some ideas below, not all are mine but some have been copied from posts on Facebook and other sites (I will credit where this is due.) They also don't include them being on technology (bonus). Many can be done with things you have around the house so wont cost anything.

The following items are things i have on a chart from school holiday activities for my children to do.

I hope that the above is readable.

The following lego ideas were taken off a page on Facebook (no idea of the original creator). They do seem a bit hard for some children, but you could alter them to the age of your children.

Also with lego you could make a model and then explain to your children how to make it without them actually seeing your model. EG you need a red piece with 8 raised dots, fix that to the bottom of a green 8piece so you have an "L" shape. this can be a fun activity as you get a wide range of models made.

• Pinterest is a godsend for ideas of things to do and you can find many for different ages.

• Teachers pay teachers website has worksheets if you want to do school type work (there are many free sheets as well as paid ones)

• twinkle has a good selection of worksheets and activities, as does activity village, some are free some are not.

There are many other ideas on my blog, please take a look for some ideas.

Take this time stuck at home to enjoy your children, make it a fun time to take their mind off the worries linked to the virus.

May 28th 2015 - Would you rather.....

May 28th 2015 - Would you rather.....

My boys are always asking questions when we are in the car, so I thought I would see if I could find them a quiz type thing that I could print off.  I came across this Would you rather..... link on pinterest and it seems ideal.

So I set about copying the questions from the link as well as loads of others I found on the net and added them to a word document/table.  I will print them (when my ink arrives) and laminate them, so that they can be added to a carrabena type clip to keep in the car.

The questions I have are as follows:


Would you rather have an elephants trunk or a giraffes neck?

Would you rather swim in a pool of marshmallows or swim in a pool of skittles?	Would you rather eat carrots or apples all day?	Would you rather have bright blue hair or bright blue feet?
Would you rather have pink and green hair or pink and green skin?	Would you rather live in a place that was always hot or a place that was always cold?	Would you rather live in a desert or in the snowy mountains?
Would you rather wear your shoes on the wrong feet or your pants back to front?	Would you rather have a bucket stuck on your hand or your foot?	Would you rather ride on a camel or a tiger?
Would you rather eat a whole pack of biscuits or a whole cake?	Would you rather go sledging in winter or outdoor swimming in summer?	Would you rather have super hero power of flying or being strong?
Would you rather clear the table or clear your toys?	Would you rather have chocolate or sweets?	Would you rather go to the zoo or an aquarium?
Would you rather play a trumpet or a flute?	Would you rather drive a convertable car or a motorbike?	Would you rather have a pet goat or a pet chicken?
Would you rather eat cabbage or brussel sprouts?	Would you rather have a pet cat or a pet dog?	Would you rather eat cookies or donuts?
Would you rather be a teacher or a doctor?	Would you rather be a fire fighter or a policeman?	Would you rather have a toy robot or a toy space ship?
Would you rather stay up late or get up early?	Would you rather go for a long walk or a long bike ride?	Would you rather sleep in a tent or under the stars?
Would you rather have all white clothes or all black clothes?	Would you rather go up and the stairs or up and down a hill?	Would you rather have ice cream or cake?
Would you rather go to school by bus or car?	Would you rather have a dog or a dinosaur?	Would you rather play football or basketball?
Would you rather paint pictures using brushes or your hands?	Would you rather have a chocolate flake or sauce on your ice cream?	Would you rather go to the park with swings or water park with slides?
Would you rather keep an otter or an octopus in the bath?	Would you rather be a plumber or an electrician?	Would you rather be a deep sea diver or an astronaught?
Would you rather whisper for ever or shout only once?	Would you rather have long hair or be bald?	Would you rather be a doctor or a vet?
Would you rather mix all your food in a bowl or have to use a spoon for everything including drinks?	Would you rather live in an igloo or a teepee?	Would you rather sleep on the floor with a cover or an 20 mattresses with no cover?
Would you rather be a princess or a fairy?	Would you rather play football or rugby?	Would you rather be clean and unhappy or dirty and happy?
Would you rather walk backwards for ever on your hands for a day?	Would you rather have a lizard or a snake?	Would you rather be a pig or cow?
Would you rather go on a train or an aeroplane?	Would you rather be inside or outside all day?	Would you rather live in a top floor flat with nice views or the ground floor flat with your own garden?
Would you rather wash the dishes or clean the bath?	Would you rather live in the busy town or the quite countryside?	Would you rather have a tv or a computer?
Would you rather go skiing or snowboarding?	Would you rather cartwheel or walk on your hands to get about?	Would you rather have antlers or a fluffy tail?
Would you rather have short straight hair or long curly hair?	Would you rather be tall or short?	Would you rather wear ballet shoes that are too small or clown shoes that are too big?
Would you rather have a clown wig or clown nose?	Would you rather live in the past or now?	Would you rather eat pizza or hot dogs forever?
Would you rather stay in a hotel or a caravan?	Would you rather be a dancer or a gymnast?	Would you rather write with a stubby wax crayon or a permanent marker pen?
Would you rather eat burgers for breakfast or cereral for tea?	Would you rather eat all food hot or all food cold?	Would you rather go everywhere by skateboard or scooter?
Would you rather have brothers or sisters?	Would you rather drink milk or water?	Would you rather have a cold bath or no sleep?
Would you rather have a big garden with no tree or a small garden with a tree?

Would you rather have stripes or spots?

 Would you rather wear a bobble hat or gloves?

 Would you rather swim with jellyfish or starfish?

 Would you rather live in a beach house or on top of a mountain?

 Would you rather shovel snow or rake leaves?

 Would you rather no electricity or no water at home?

 Would you rather have a peg leg or an eye patch?

 Would you rather drive a race car or be a pilot?

 Would you rather eat from a napkin or the floor?

 Would you rather pull up weeds or cut the grass?

Would you rather wear a snowsuit in the sun or a swimsuit in the snow?

 Would you rather be stuck in a room with 30 screaming babies or 1 hungry crocodile?

 Would you rather be a famous pop singer or a famous actor?

 Would you rather have no teeth or no hair?

 Would you rather be a unicorn or a leprechaun?

 Would you rather find out your mum & dad are aliens or witches?

 Would you rather be a pencil or an elastic band?

 Would you rather celebrate halloween or christmas?

 Would you rather celebrate your birthday or christmas?

 Would you rather have mcdonalds or chinese as a takeway?

 Would you rather go fishing or sailing?

 Would you rather be a lion or a tiger?

 Would you rather kiss a frog or hug a hedgehog?

Would you rather be a snail or a slug?

 Would you rather have 2 houses or 2 cars?

Would you rather be a pirate or a ninja?

 Would you rather build a snowman or build a sandcastle?

 Would you rather make a snow angel or have a snowball fight?

 Would you rather drink hot chocolate or chocolate milkshake?

 Would you rather be a princess or a mermaid?

 Would you rather go on a 1week holiday to a foreign country or a 2week holiday in your own country?

Would you rather have no pudding or no sweets for a year?

 Would you rather be able to control the weather or talk to animals?

 Would you rather live in narnia or hogwarts?

 Would you rather have 1 eye or 2 noses?

 Would you rather be father christmas or the easter bunny?

 Would you rather sing jingle bells everytime you walk into a room for a week or dress as an elf for a week?

 Would you rather live in a rubbish bin or a pond?

 Would you rather ride a flying carpet or a flying car?

 Would you rather raise a cow for milk or chickens for eggs?

 Would you rather have hands for feet or feet for hands?

 Would you rather have a ladies name or ladies hair style?

 Would you rather have a mans name or a mans hair style?

 Would you rather eat a tin of cat food or 3 lemons?

 Would you rather have a pet dragon or be a dragon?

 Would you rather drive a beautiful, sleek sports car that was unreliable OR an ugly, dented, rust-covered beater that never broke down?

 Would you rather be batman or spiderman?

 Would you rather read a book or watch a dvd?

 Would you rather grow your own food or make your own clothes?

 Would you rather be a tree or live in one?

 Would you rather ice skate or roller balde?

 Would you rather be a caged animal or free in the wild?

 Would you rather shot fire or shoot ice at people?

 Would you rather be a big giant or a tiny person?

 Would you rather fight 10 duck sized horses or 1 horse sized duck?

 Would you rather answer all questions with "ha ha that's funny" or "sorry your an idiot"?

 Would you rather be the oldest or the youngest brother/sister?

 Would you rather be a piece of fruit or a vegetable?

 Would you rather be a cat or a dog for day?

 Would you rather fall into a watery puddle or a muddy puddle?

March 29th 2015 - Boys Bedroom (or total tip?!?)

March 29th 2015 - Boys Bedroom (or total tip?!?)

This is the million dollar question!  Is it a bedroom or a total tip???  I am led to beleive that it is MEANT to be a bedroom BUT it looks like the local council tip/waste dump!  I told the boys (9 & 12) to tidy it this morning, they came down with armfuls of washing (supposedly dirty, yet some was folded) and then a while later came back down and said they had done it, I believed them (more fool me!) and I said they could play on the Wii (mine!).

When I next went upstairs I decided to stick my head in their room to check if it was tidy and they had picked everything up off the floor, and yes I could now see the floor which I couldn't before (and no it wasn't piled on the bed like pinterest pic. lol) BUT I could also see a nice pile of "stuff" sticking out from under the bed.  There was clothes both clean and dirty screwed up with toys and games and books thrown in for good measure, not to mention the random lego bricks on the floor!  So I did what most mothers would do drag all of it out from under the bed and dump it in a heap in the middle of the floor and told them to get off my Wii and get upstairs to sort it out - they had 20minutes!

This was part of the pile I pulled from under the bed:

They seem to get distracted very easily whilst tidying up - they find things that were deemed "lost" and start playing or they get into a fight over "whose mess it is anyway" or "that's mine!" and start shouting at each other as "the others not helping".  This causes me to get even more worked up as they are not tidying up their room as I have asked them to!

However, after the battle today I have made a decision there room is now going to be a "no-go zone".  I am not going in it unless it's tidy or there is an emergency!  There is going to be some rules though, and they have been told them -
1. No food or drink or plates/cups will be allowed upstairs. 
2. Clothes WILL be brought downstairs for washing daily. 
3. Clean washing WILL be put away in the wardrobe and drawers. 
4. Room needs to be tidy if they want friends round

Apart from these they can do what they like - if this means they tread on lego and hurt their feet on the "plastic carpet of bits" their problem.  If they have lost game pieces under the bed or on the floor then they cant play their games.  If their books get ripped then it's their problem I am not replacing them.  If they wish to have a pile of paper work, drawings and magazines on the floor they can.  This may sound harsh but they have got to learn and I am fed up of arguments and battles over the state of their room. 

I appreciate that they need "their space" and want to have all of their figures set out in "battles" but they need to realize that if they want their friends to come round then their room needs to be half tidy!  Neither of the boys are great fans of spiders and bugs and really freak out when they find them in their room, yet they don't seem to believe me when I say that bugs like mess!

January 2nd 2015 - Do you wana build a snowman???

January 2nd 2015 - Day 2 of 365 challenge

Do you wana build a snowman???  Sadly we have no real snow to do one, but I found this dice and drawing game and printed it out.  Me and the boys had fun for about 45mins playing it.  The pic shows a couple of our snowmen pictures.  I think I may laminate the game and put in a folder to start a games folder of easy things they can do in the car.

Things to Make and Do with your kids bucket list of 200 things!!! 

(I have spent many hours trawling the net to find things to do with my boys, and had things saved as documents, scraps of paper etc so decided to compile them into 1 list.  Some of the things in list are my own ideas, others are not, HOWEVER all photographs are mine.  Although some of these say "Mum" any adult or older sibling could do them, some may not be relevant to you/your family but hopefully you will be able to make use of some of these.)

1. Make a video which Mum records on her camera.
2. Make nature books - print pages off the net of wordsearches, animal tracks, types of flowers etc, glue into a notebook and take them with you on a trip to the park.
3. Make your own butter.
4. Spend an evening at the beach and come home late.
5. Spill some sticky food on the floor, wait for the ants to come and watch them.
6. Learn to make daisy chains.
7. Spend a day dressed as pirates.
8. Go for a walk in the rain.
9. Collect rocks and paint them - insects, your name etc
10. Spend time playing board games.

11. Read some books.

12. Make a poster from pictures in old magazines and newspapers.

13. Paint pictures on the path using only water.

14. Climb trees in the park or woods (but don't fall out).

15. Make a junk model from recycled things.

16. Have a picnic.

17. Make pizzas and eat them for tea.

18. Go out on your bikes.

19. Go to a museum.

20. Tidy your bedroom.

21. Have a party, dress up smart, close curtains, turn music up loud and add disco lights if you have any.

22. Have a family sleepover in the lounge - watch a dvd or 2, sleep in sleeping bags on the floor.

23. Have a friend over for a sleepover in the lounge.

24. Take photos everywhere you go and make a collage/scrapbook even if heads and feet are missing from the pics.

25. Have a movie afternoon, close the curtains, have popcorn and watch dvds.

26. Drw pictures from instuctions - draw a square with a triangle on top, draw 2 sqaures inside the big square at the top, add a rectangle at the bottom - makes a house. etc.

27. Go to the park at night.

28. Make gloop! (corn flower and water mixture).

29. Make cakes and ice them.

30. Go to an indoor play area.

31. Make cookies.

32. Make and race paper airplanes.

33. Sience experiment - float or sink.  Get each child to collect 3 or 4 things each, write down what they are and whether they will float or sink, then try them in bowl of water and see who was right.

34. Take the dogs for a walk.

35. Have a day with no tv, dvds, laptops or ds's etc.  It doesn't matter what you do as long as it doesn't involve them or things like them.

36. Make your own bread.

37. Collect bugs and look at them. (Make sure you let them go afterwards.)

38. Have a colour day - wear it, eat it etc.

39. Get things out of an ice block with a spoon.  This needs making the day before - place small things like cars, toy soldiers, small animals into water and freeze.

40. Make and play hopscotch on the path.

41. Have a PJ day!!!

42. Play colour I-spy.

43. Use face paints on each other.

44. Save stale bread and go feed the ducks at the river or lake.

45. Go swimming.

46. Have a space day - make space outfits (see 1 of my photos), make a rocket from boxes, read space stories, play songs with space and stars in them etc.

47. Have a letter day - use the 1st letter of your child's name, see if you can find items beginning with it, cook food that starts with the letter, do crafts for the letter etc.   This can be repeated for different letters.

48. Be postmen!  Keep any junk mail and freepost envelopes that come through your door - place junk mail in the envelopes and put in a post box!

49. Go on a dinosaur hunt - Mum hides 20 or so dinosaurs and you have (??? minutes) to find them all.

50. Make orange juice with proper oranges.

51. Plant some seeds and watch them grow over a few days or weeks.

52. Find out about ghosts in your town and maybe go on an organised ghost hunt (deppending on ages).

53. Buy some marbles and learn how to play.

54. Go out in the rain and jump in puddles.

55. Make and fill a time capsule and bury it in garden or hide it in the roof.

56. Have a country themed day - wear clothes from chosen country, eat food from it, research it on the net.

57. Buy some "funny old clothes" in a charity shop and wear them.

58. Smile at everyone when you go for a walk and see if they smile back.

59. Walk in different ways - giant steps, fairy steps, hop etc.

60. Play on the wii/x-box. 

61. Wash Mum/Dads car.

62. Have a bbq - AN ADULT NEEDS TO DO THIS ONE!!!

63. Make and fly kites.

64. Go 10-pin bowling.

65. Write your name with anything you can find - leaves, twigs, stones etc.

66. Give everyone (in family) £2-3 (all need the same amount).  Go shopping and see who can buy the most with it. (Think charity shops/£1 shop etc).

67. Take photos of everything you do - craft things etc and make a collage/scrapbook.

68. Have a "silly day" wear silly clothes, find things in wrong palces etc.

69. Make paper plate masks and decorate them, add a stick or string.

70. Have a circus day - dress as clowns, face paints, try to juggle, throw beanbags into a bucket, hula hoop etc.

71. Mirror drawing - cut a picture from a magazine and then cut it in half, stick to a piece of paper, get your child to draw the other half of the picture.

72. Host a mini olympics, make your own medals, do events like running, egg and spoon, sack race etc.

73. Make a band with homemade instruments.

74. Write a story.

75. Visit a farm.

76. Sing at Kareoke.

77. Go to the library and borrow some books.

78. Buy a day ticket and tour the town by bus.

79. Make puppets from socks.

80. Learn to x-stitch or sew.

Painting leaves on the lino floor (it cleans off really easily)

81. Make lemonade from real lemons.

82. Find items round the house for each letter of the alphabet.

83. Make placemats and laminate them.

84. Play with bubbles.

85. Buy some nets and go pond dipping.

86. Go ice-skating.

87. Go to the park.

88. Make some cards - birthday, christmas etc.

89. Go on a scavenger hunt with clues (a good programe for this is Riddle me.)

90. Find out where foods come from.

91. Go for a walk down by the river.

92. Make papier mache masks and paint them.

93. Go on a train ride.

94 Paint with potatoes and other vegetables.

95. Play "pooh sticks" - a simple game which may be played on any bridge over running water; each player drops a stick on the upstream side of bridge and the one whose stick first appears downstream is the winner.

96. Make gingerbread.

97. Bob for apples.

98. Collect snails and race them.  (Let them go afterwards).

99. Go to the park and smell flowers.

100. Toast dough on sticks on an open fire.

101. Try and eat a chinese with chopsticks.

102. Change the colour of a carnation by adding food colouring to its water.

103. Make a papier marche pinata, fill it and then break it open.

104. Go on a colour spotting safari at a local park.

105. Go and help out with (aunties) horses.

106. Learn about the different types of clouds and keep a cloud diary.

107. Lay down and see what shapes you can see in the clouds.

108. Ride a donkey.

109. French skipping (buy piece of elastic from craft shop)

110. Make (or buy) and play cats cradle.

111. Go rock pooling at the beach.

112. Go to Nanny's house.

113. Make friendship bracelets.

114. Make paper/plastic cup towers.  Who can build the highest?

115. Have a friend round to play.

116. Go to a friends and play.

117. Build a house from playing cards.

118. View the stars at night.

119. Make jelly.

120. Which item is missing?  Place a few items on a tray, let the children view them for a minute, Mum covers them all and removes one, the children have to guess what it is.

121. Guess whats in the bag.  Have a dark coloured non see through bag, place things in it - pine cone, toy car, a key, a pencil etc and the children put their hand in and feel the items and guess what they are.  You can do this with 1 item per bag only.

122. Paint with feet.

123. Paint leaves and print with them.

124. Make your own crazy golf course with plant pots and things.

125. Paint with hands and fingers.

126. Plan a trip round the world, go to the travel agents and get a few brochers and plan where your going and where your going to stay.

127. Go out with a family member for the day.

128. Make your own list of things to do and mark them off as you do them.

129. Draw a fire with chalk on the path and then "hose it out" with a water gun.

130. Heads or tails with a coin - guess what it will be then do it.  Repeat 10+ times to see if there is a pattern.

131. Be a pop star and sign your favourite song, Mum can record it.

132. Make your own super hero, draw it, name it write about its powers.

133. Have a "hold your breathe contest" who can go the longest without laughing?

134. Take your favourite toy and get photos of it in as many places as you can.

135. Beads and Tweezers - have a pot of beads and a set of tweezers, get your child to sort them into piles of colours using only the tweezers.

136. Have an indoor snowball fight, scrunch up paper into balls, have an equal number per team, a tape line in the middle of the floor and off you go.

137. What's in Mums bag???  Only Mum knows what is in her handbag/baby bag.  No need to add new things as there is usually lot if items!  Kids write them down. 1point for each item that is guessed.

138. Plan the picnic (number  16 ), work out what you need and go shopping for it.

139. Make an outdoor fire and cook on it.

140. Pretend your someone famous, wear a hat and sunglasses everywhere you go for 1 day.

141. Write a list of everything you can think of that is (?????) in colour.
142. Have a spelling test including hard words.
143. Draw a picture and write about it.
144. Make a list of things you can only do in winter. 
145. The year is 201., can you write down this many words! None can be the same.
146. Write a story about your pet (or an animal if you don't have a pet.)
147. Try and jump on each others shadows.
148. Measure things in your house using only your hands, write them down & make a chart showing results.
149. Write 10 sentences, BUT they must all contain a colour.
150. Make a reading list, and try and read them all by the end of the holidays, mark them off.
151. Draw a dot grid on paper see what monsters you can make by joining the dots.
152. Cut shapes from card, cover in tin foil, add pipe cleaners as arms/legs, eyes and nose for strange creatures.

My son glass painting a clown

153. Make/buy a note book with (????) on the cover, cut out words and pictures that relate to the cover and let the kids stick them in to make their own book.
154. Draw 6 "car park spaces" on a piece of paper, take turns to roll dice and park a car in numbered space - 1st to get all 6 wins.
155. Make a paper dice and add these to each side - flap arms like a bird, do 5 star jumps, hop on 1 foot, dance, run from front door to back, spin round.  Roll the dice and do it!
156. Use a small box, cut the top off, cut a small hole in 2 opposite sides (1 top 1 bottom).  In the middle of box glue sticks at angles to make a maze, add marbles to play.
157. Paint pictures using car wheels.
158. Paint pictures with animal feet.
159. Make toilet roll pirates - cut fabric strips to make clothes, paint faces, draw on mouth/nose add googly eyes and wool hair.
160. Make salt dough models.

161. Walk around the block.

162. Build a den in the local park/woods from fallen branches and leaves.

163. Make an a-z of places and see if you can visit them.

164. Take nets to the river and see if you can catch anything.

165. Build with lego - 2minute challenges, highest tower, build using only 1 colour etc.

166. bean bag toss game, write scores 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 on paper plates, spread plates round, throw the beanbags to score.

167. Put a toy inside water balloon fill with water and freeze.

168. Attach string across the garden, add paper to it.  Add food colouring to water and put in water guns, aim water guns at paper and make pictures.

169. Pick a car each, stick a small label on roof so you know whose they are, then race them - whose goes furthest from start line (masking tape).  Can any reach the finish line? (tape)

170. Make bingo cards, with numbers or pictures on, laminate them and a list of all items on cards.  Play bingo. 1st to cover all items wins.

171. Make a 3d picture of your hand - see here: http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012/03/optical-illusion-handprint.html

172. Make your own ice lollies in plastic cups and freeze them.

173. Write a list of things you can only do in summer.

174. Bounce on a trampoline.

175. Do raised salt painting -see here: http://www.housingaforest.com/raised-salt-painting/

176. Everyone pick 1 item from the house - clothing, a toy, a book etc.  and then find something for all of you to do using them, take photos.

177. Go stand at the top of the road (safely) and mark down how many cars, bikes, lorrys go past on a chart.

178. Make a doodle wall and add to it over the holidays.  Stick sheets of paper together and stick on a wall etc.  Draw or write on it.

179. Make a family crest/emblem.  Look on the net for information about your family name.

180. Go on an ABC walk around town and take photos of things that look like the letters of the alphabet.

181. Make a water table from a plastic tub, add boats, animals, plastic tubs etc.

182. Make a marshmellow popper - see here: http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2011/09/mini-marshmallow-shooters-or-pom-pom.html

183. Have a water fun run, fill a plastic cup with water, hold it above your head and run down the garden and back!

184. Play hand tennis using a balloon.

185. Find items and do rubbings - leaves, tree bark, grave stones etc.

186. Go to a local carnival/fair/concert.

187. Write a list of all the animals you can think of.

188. Using black and white tape make a road on the floor (it peels off lino easily!)

189. Make a jelly fish in a bottle - see here: http://bhoomplay.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/diy_jellyfish_eng/

190. Make watermelon smoothies - see here: http://pinterest.com/pin/164803667584586175/

191. Put finger lights on cars and play in the dark.

192. Be an animal - stomp like an elephant, slither like a snake, climb like a monkey.

193. Make a car from a cardboard box big enough for you to sit in.  Paint it.

194. Write a list of things you can only do in winter.

195. Play tennis in the park.

196. Have a day at the beach.

197. Play on laptops etc.

198. Help Mum with jobs so you can do fun things.

199. Have a fancy dress day.

200. HAVE FUN!!!