How are your 10/11 year olds keeping themselves occupied?

[ArtyFartyQueen]

Looking for some ideas of things I can do with DS that doesn't involve online gaming. He's really into lego so I'm going to try and get some "normal bricks" so we can do a bit more free building but would love some more ideas of things that I can do with DS or he can do on his own....

TIA

• make a stop motion film using the Lego (or something else).

• something arty - paint, water colours, pastels etc.

• Jigsaw, work on it together.

• something puzzley - crosswords, sudoku, wordsearch (either together or on his own). Or you could make a treasure hunt for him with clues and/or he could do one for you.

• baking or cooking - maybe teach him how to make his favourite meal or a selection of easy meals. He could maybe have his own recipe file and each time he learns a new recipe he could add it in.

• sewing - he could make a wall organiser for his room or cushion covers (both easy and useful)

• something helpful - if he is that way inclined, he could make face masks, write to people in isolation, cook or bake for charities that are looking for donations etc.

• couch to 5k or 30 days of yoga or another physical challenge that you could do together.

• show him some classic movies that he hasn't seen.