Here Are 33 Cheap But Brilliant Ways You Can Keep Your Kids Busy. I Wanna Do #15!

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11.) Tape a paper towel roll to the wall to make a simple game for your toddler.

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12.) Or run some pipe cleaners through a colander.

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13.) “Sew” through burlap using plastic needles, making fun designs.

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14.) Let kids practice their letters in this sugar writing tray.

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15.) Go camping indoors and let your kids’ imaginations run wild.

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16.) Let your kids experiment with water marbles.

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17.) Create alien bubble science projects.

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18.) Extract DNA from strawberries as a fun experiment.

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19.) Balloon rockets teach a lesson, plus they are just fun.

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20.) Make a mini bowling game with pencil erasers and marbles.

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[Catty1]

21.) Got yarn? Let kids crawl through a safe playground you create.

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22.) Pretending the floor is lava can be turned into a fun, educational game.

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23.) Make soap clouds by putting a bar of soap into the microwave.

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24.) Let your kids compete in a Popcorn Olympics!

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25.) Balloon ping pong is a fun activity your kids can safely play indoors.

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26.) Strands of painter’s tape can form a fun, sticky spiderweb.

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27.) Transform an old box into an indoor slide.

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28.) Go outside and let your kids make a rainbow bubble snake from simple ingredients.

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29.) Create a giant, DIY bubble wand.

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[Catty1]

30.) Fill balloons with Play-Doh for a fun new toy.

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31.) Help kids create their own t-shirt designs with crayons and sand paper.

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32.) Cut a pool noodle in half to make a marble race track.

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33.) Or use those pool noodles to create a backyard obstacle course.

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(H/T BuzzFeed)
Pretty much all of these ideas require some parental supervision, but it should be fun for everyone involved! Give them a try this summer, or at least share this article so other parents can!

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[Karen]

No one is stopping you!

Some of these look really fun! I will have to make sure my cousin sees these - her boys are 6, 3 1/2 and 3 months!

We used to draw hopscotch games in the dirt in our driveway, and with chalk on paved playgrounds, but tape on a deck would work!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

There are many great ideas here!!
I would surely try those out, but....... they are 29 and 25 years old now....

[Karen]

There are many great ideas here!!
I would surely try those out, but....... they are 29 and 25 years old now....

Hee hee - keep them in mind - you may have grandkids some day!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Hee hee - keep them in mind - you may have grandkids some day!

Yeah, you are right!! I am so looking to having grandkids!!
Our son Jo is 29, and at the end of this year, he will go living together with his girlfriend Tiffany. She is much younger, 21.
They won't get kids right away, but I am sure they will get some one day!!
Our daughter Indra (25) already lives together with her boyfriend Adriaan, but as they are both still studying, they won't get kids right away either; But I know they want at least 2!! They have a really beautiful border collie Mac; he is their "kid" now

These ideas for keeping kids busy would also be great for teachers! I wish I had known them when i was still teaching in primary schools!!