After school Ideas

[Ohfrigginghellers]

Looking for ideas to keep my two kids entertained. It's not always easy as they are both very different.
They both do one after school activity once a week and swimming on a weekend.

How old are they? What do they like doing?

4 and 7. Youngest is a girl eldest a boy.

Entertained at home or sports club/activity?

Do you mean a club?

Kinda hard for ideas for kids that you know but we don't

Well if it’s any help I have 6 and 4 year old girls. They do gymnastics on a Monday, 6 year old has rainbows on a Wednesday. Other than that after school we do things like colouring, play doh, 6 year old takes herself off to read/write stories, occasionally some baking, I often just send them off to play with their toys (I also have a 10 month old baby so can’t amuse them all the time) and they have a bit of TV before dinner. If it’s dry we stop at the park on the way home so that kills half an hour.

Do you have a local climbing centre? My daughters looove it.

Is one activity a week enough? It would be for my dd. Otherwise look at other clubs, drama, xance, football whatever.
Or just take them to the park.
Not sure what else to suggest really

Youngest does do gymnastics. Climbing sounds good will consider that. Eldest does a group once a week. I just get tired of dealing with their squabbles.

Please let them relax and watch TV or whatever they chose to do they want at home...regardless of gender.

Tennis is good because they could do it at the same time and often indoor facilities
Brownies
Cubs
Rainbows etc
Any after school clubs or coaching things?
Musical instruments?

Roisin don't worry they do plenty of that. It's mainly my youngest who is always wanting to do something

4 and 7. Youngest is a girl eldest a boy.
All the information needed is 4 and 7

Reading (school books or own)
Simple board games
Start to write Christmas cards
Help with tasks (lay dinner table, sort washing piles etc)
Playing with lego/mini figures/cars/whatever else they are interested in
Craft
Play dog

Visit library
Shopping with you?
Rainbows/Beavers
Soft play
Trampoline park
Playdates

At that sort of age I found mine would play better if I had something out when they came home so I'd set up a train track or have the play doh on the table or a half done puzzle. They weren't very good at being sent to 'play with their toys'

Park on sunny days and a lot of vegging out in front of the tv once homework was done.

God forbid they just go home and chill.
Like even watch telly?
Cos adults don't look to relax at the end of our day?

Mine are the same age (and sexes but that isnt massively relevant)

They do a club each a week and maybe go to granny's one afternoon a week but that is plenty at that age (and this time of year)

Mine need the rest and the downtime.