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Some ideas for activities at home:

1. Read to them – look at picture books
2. Get them to read to you
3. Get them to read to each other
4. Design and make a book mark
5. Cooking and baking.
6. Den building inside or in the garden
7. Lego and construction activities and challenges - can you build a vehicle from only 10 pieces of lego? https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/lego-challenge-calendar-ideas-kids/
8. Puzzles – time how quick you can put a puzzle together/try a more challenging puzzle over a few days
9. Craft kits or pin interest craft ideas – junk modelling
10. Make playdough https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/playdough-recipe
11. Drawing and painting
12. Teach shoelaces, plaits and knots - use YouTube clips to follow
13. Singing, karaoke and playing instruments
14. Make instruments from old boxes, plastic bottles and strings
15. Dressing up – make a shop, a garden centre, a farm
16. Reorganise bedrooms and desks together
17. Parachute games with a bedsheet and a ball in the garden with siblings
18. Finger painting, potato printing
19. Host a party or café outing for a favourite toy – makes invites, food and play party games
20. Pasta and rice pictures
21. Memory games – how many things can you remember on the tray?  https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/15-amazing-memory-games-for-kids/
22. Simple magic tricks and card tricks
23. Card games – together and by yourself
24. Learn how to use chopsticks or simple DIY skills https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-m-470-scissor-cutting-skills-workbook
25. Planting and sorting in the garden
26. Dance routines and gymnastic routines - film and show to the family
27. Obstacle courses in the house or garden https://handsonaswegrow.com/9-ideas-obstacle-course-kids/
28. Indoor bowling and skittles with plastic bottles
29. Indoor ring toss/boules
30. Scavenger hunts/treasure hunts in the house and garden (or woods if possible)
31. Code messages to send to friends
32. Write a diary
33. Make a photo diary https://iteachwithipads.com/tag/idiary-app/
34. Cardboard tube marble run
35. Face painting
36. Make sock puppets, simple sewing activities
37. Look through old photos and make an album
38. Balloon tennis
39. Make a bug house for the garden https://www.redtedart.com/simple-bug-hotel-for-kids/
40. Clay sculptures
41. Sculpt your name or letters out of natural or household items
42. Write a letter or postcard to a friend or family member
43. Design a card or poster
44. Home cinema with popcorn – write a movie review
45. Make a home movie
46. Write/learn and record a song
47. Write/perform a play or poem