What are you doing with your children today if you're not wfh?

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... Because I want to steal ideas.

Lockdown has been OK so far, but I'm really running to the end of my resources when it comes to devising things to do. I have a teen and a toddler. We've been on our walk. Toddler has napped. Teen has done school work. We've baked everything there is to bake over the past few months, and now I'm fat so I'd rather not. We've been in the garden. I think I've made every toddler handprint craft there is to make. I've crafted fucking gnomes with the teen.

Both of them are starting to get very bored, my toddler especially is starting to noticeably crave and need more varied stimulation and company. She is one giant tantrum today. I'd love to just be able to take her to the park, or soft play, or anything really.

I've tried so hard to stay positive and make this ok for them both, but today I'd much rather crawl into bed and wake up in six month's time.

I've just chucked bloody Bing on again, usually I'm quite strict with screen time but right now I don't have the energy

Putting them in the chokey.

Ha. If only.

Never did I so long for half an hour with a shit coffee at a soft play or some other usually hellish place

I've been horrifically lax about screen time and honestly if you're having one of 'those days,' a bit of Bing won't hurt. Or have a film day. Is she old enough to appreciate Disney yet?

The novelty of baking wore off pretty quickly for me too.

We are doing a bit of gardening lately. Inspired by Martian film, my preteen ds planted some potatoes that turned green and unsafe to eat in the pots. Also the strawberries are doing great too. We have some ladybird larvae on clematis so we are checking them out daily too. Made bird feeder and bird cakes. Loots of fun.

One of my teenagers has been doing some DIY.

He has redecorated her room and his younger sisters. The other has spent the majority of his time in his room gaming etc. Does your teen not talk to their friends? Mine are as sociable as always, just not face to face.

I don't have quite such a young one but I would t worry too much about screen time just now, in fact tbh I never did. Neither of my teenagers watch TV now and haven't done for years, one of them is a gamer, the other only really uses his phone to stay in touch with mates and what's going on in the world.

Sounds like you need a rest. Sit down and open a bottle of wine 😂

I attempted to make them do school work. In reality, both of them will only do anything if I give them one on one attention, so DC2 spent a lot of time playing cbeebies games on the ipad while I attempted to explain to DC1 what nouns/ verbs/ adjectives/ adverbs are (I am sure she should have learnt this a couple of years ago). Both of them wailed and complained about the tasks. DC2 had to be forcibly removed from the sofa because she was putting her feet on DC1's half after being repeatedly asked not to. They 'did PE' in which they went upstairs with pom poms they had made previously, practiced a routine and came down and showed me (that gave me a couple of minutes peace). At 3pm I gave up on teaching and let them stare at screens.
My answer doesn't help you at all, sorry.

Mine went back to nursery monday and Tuesday and is knackered. We spent morning putting wooden train track together. Went on a quick drive so he would fall asleep. Napped for an hour. Got his playdough out but he wasn't interested. Said he'd rather watch tv. I don't mind because he's had two full on days at nursery. Helped prepare tea. Well chucked tomato purée in chill and gave it a stir.

Watching with interest I have a 13 year old and a 3 year old

Some crazy golf type places are starting to open. My boy loved that. Today we scooted down a prom and went to home base together.

I'm completely with you, thanks for this post. I have a 15 year old, six year old and toddler.

Today 15yo has been upstairs all day working, 6yo worked, we read, did yoga, watched the bbc bitesize programme, did some work towards earning a Blue Peter badge, toddler and 6yo have played in the garden, a friend came for a social distance chat from the end of our front garden, watched Cinderella, I've made an obstacle course from my pilates equipment for the two little ones, I've played with dolls, puzzles, drawn with them, you name it. How the actual hell is it still only 17.00?

Here are some of the things we've done over lockdown, hopefully my list will help others but I'm really struggling for ideas and motivation now

As the op says we've done lots of baking, toddler has done lots of sensory play with Jelly, slime, rice play, ice play, flour/water/food colouring, we've done face painting, experiments, grown vegetables and sunflowers, drawn hopscotch etc with chalk on the patio, painted rocks and hidden them, built dens, toasted marshmallows, tie died, made bird food and feeders, lots of painting, played with play dough, salt dough, coding, magic tricks, made ice cream, painting with bubbles in food colouring, scavenger hunts, camping in the garden, made a volcano and created an eruption, made planet shaped magnets, lots of water play, played in the sand pit, paddling pool, glitter.

Shielding so haven't left the house in four months, I'm losing the will to live

We've done crazy golf but I've only got a teenager.

We have home schooled until 12:30 with a half hour break. Then lunch. Then they played football outside until about 2ish. Older DS did an hour online learning while younger one messed played with dinosaurs and smiggle stuff and scratch art. At one point we were watching tv together for about half an hour

Went for a walk for an hour

Older one was allowed an hour of online social time with his friends. He then had online webinars 4pm and 5pm

4pm -5pm younger one had his social tome
5:30 some attempts to tidy up/ squabble/ get on my nerves
Then early dinner.

They're now playing football cards together. They'll be showering at about 7 then we shall either play some games or watch bake off professionals together, read and put them to bed at 8:30. They're 10 and 6.

Our 1 year old comes on the crazy golf. We just ask for a club and ball for him and he totters around getting involved, occasionally messing up our game but we never keep score anyway.