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Recommend me some fun things to do with 10yo & 8yo

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blossomwilloughby · 10/04/2020 02:45

I feel as though my DC have pulled one of the shorter straws in this situation as, whilst we're all fit & well and have a good sized house and garden, DH has been working 14-16 hour days M-F for the past month and a few hours each weekend day and I've spread my work out so I've been doing 4-5 hour days 6 days a week.
For the first fortnight, when I wasn't working, I was supervising their school work. This week, I've made sure we've been out for a bike ride or walk, spent an hour or so playing board games and done some cooking or "fun" housework (such as washing down the outdoor furniture which descended into a water fight as I knew it would) together each day.
It's now the long weekend and DH and I are hoping to have no more than a couple of hours work each day and mine may even be less than that.
So what to do with the DC? I feel as though we have already exhausted the usual repertoire of family things we'd do if we were at home.
In the time when I've been working, they've been playing with Lego, Match Attax or Playmobil, doing art & craft and building dens as well as going on tablets.
None of us are particularly creative - for example, we'd much prefer to do a colouring book than draw something free hand.
Please inspire me!

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midwesteaster · 10/04/2020 03:13

My dc (11) enjoyed a scavenger hunt that DH set up through house and garden.

We are going to camp in the garden.

DC are going to make ice cream.

I need some more ideas for the rest of the break!

HathorX · 10/04/2020 03:49

Easter egg hunt, if you’ve been able to get your hands on some choccies.

DD had enjoyed doing some online workout videos as a whole family (DD, 9, does MMA)

Make popcorn and have Family Movie night, stay up late in your PJs and watch something the kids haven’t seen.

Find some friends with kids and play a game over FaceTime or Skype. If you both have the same game it works eg Articulate.

Spectacularpubquizzes.com have themed online quizzes, eg Marvel, Harry Potter, Disney at set tones during weekend. Sign up, maybe get the kids’ friends to join the same quiz nd see who wins.

For our house, the long weekend is - paddling pool, continue planting our veg garden, bike ride, Easter egg hunt, make banana bread, watch Jesus Christ Superstar on YouTube’s The Shows Must Go On channel. Nothing too exciting I’m afraid!

Duckchick · 10/04/2020 04:15

My DC are younger but my nieces are that age. I don't know what your budget is, is buying stuff an option? They have a new netball net for the garden which is going down welk. My DM has also bought them science kits (these ones but I'm sure there are others curiosity-box.net/ ). They've done a sports day at home with stuff like a 3 legged race. They've also been set individual challenges by other family members, like coming up with a new gymnastics routine or making a dolls house out of a cardboard box

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