What to do with 11 year old grandson. Inspiration please.

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My 11year old grandson is coming to stay - back story is parent's very acromonious split.
One parent has insisted he is not allowed to watch YouTube, only YouTube kids, and he is not allowed any electronic devices. I will respect this.
I am in my 70's. In good health but do get tired more easily. Also, not unlimited funds. My grandson is very active and I will encourage his love of football. However, I would love some recommendations for age appropriate board games or activities that he could alone or with me - at home or out and about. He isn't into crafts at all.
I am worried he will be bored. Would really appreciate any suggestions.

He needs time with kids his age and outside running. Sign him up for an appropriate activity that he will enjoy.

My 11 year old loves board games like uno and drafts. At his grandparents he plays board games, watches tv, playing swingball, loves a fire pit and keeping the fire going. They don’t get bored at their grandparents like they do at home in my experience so try not to worry

Any neighbours kids he could play with?

If you take him to a park where kids have a football game going he can soon join in, kids are brilliant at letting others in.

Get him involved eg helping you prepare dinner but make sure he has some down time.

You'll be fine, don't worry 😊

Look in charity shops for games like Uno, Dobble, Grabgo.
Take him to the local park with a football, there are usually other kids playing football.
Any reasonably priced football clubs in your area?

Cookery day? Making fruit kebabs/ cakes etc.

For rainy days browse Wicked Uncle for ideas. It has a search by age feature. You might find similar activities and puzzles cheaper or second hand.
I’m sure you could teach traditional cards and dominoes.
Pizza making, baking etc
If he arrives with pocket money could you visit charity shops, Home Bargains: B & M The Works or similar?

How long is he staying for? Many grandparents whose grandkids stay in the summer send to our (and many other) forest holiday camps to get them outdoors and because it’s a lot day after day. Other than that - swimming, football at the local rec or park, walks, cinema etc

Thank you for these great suggestions. I am not sure how long he will be staying for - at least 10 days. Love the idea of charity shop games - had only thought about buying new ones. We could collect some, play them and he could review them. Also, he's not into cooking but I could try really hard to get him interested! A fire pit could be a good start.
I really appreciate everyone's input. Thank you.

At 11 my son loved football, going on the skate park with his scooter, chess and uno. He was also heavily into Warhammer and spent hours painting models, but this is expensive although you can get reasonably priced starter kits.
Eldest son loved Monopoly, which is good as it goes on forever and takes up a whole evening! We all loved Swingball and spent the lockdown playing it, but you need the bigger one for that age child.

Driving range, even if neither of you are much good.
Jigsaws

My similarly aged DS loves Exploding Kittens (a card game), Catan, Code Names. We have a board game cafe near us - any chance you could visit one and try a few things out? Or do look on Vinted.

We also play card games like Karma, Sevens, and clock patience. He will do jigsaws but not usually by himself.

Outdoor toys he loves: water pistols, his bike, swingball etc. He also reads a lot. He likes helping to water the garden and just spend time out there (a hammock?).

(He does also love screens and video games, alas!)

Baking maybe? Mine is more enthusiastic about baking with grandparents than with me.

Re the cooking I’d use a bit of Psychology. You’ve always wanted to learn to make your own pasta/ pizza dough etc. Think how surprised Mum/ Dad would be if you offered to cook.
Shall we have a go together? Even sandwich making invent new combinations. Enjoy.

Ask him if he wants to go to sports camp or football camp. He'd probably have a great time. Most dc don't know each other.

My 12 year olds like card games like P is for Pizza or Exploding Kittens also have a look at what is on at local library mine are doing some coding sessions in the summer. Spicing up walks to make them more fun Pokémon Go App or Geocaching is a hit with ours

Baking, reading (you could read to him), museums or national trust places (try one and see if he’s interested), swimming, smart games have some puzzle type games that you can play on your own (or you could do it together/watch him) https://www.smartgames.eu walks especially if there is something interesting that can be the point rather than the r walking itself.

Give him some money let him go into a charity shop and buy what he wants

I was still reading to mine at that age - harder things than they’d tackle themselves. Maybe he’d let you share a book with him.
Also how about making a list of classic films he should see and working your way through some of those.
Mine also liked radio comedy on in the car when we were going places at that age - things like Cabin Pressure.

If you have space and funds for it a trampoline would be a great investment

10 days is quite a long time!
Are there any football holiday clubs in your area? I’d be tempted to sign him up to those for some days as then he’d get to do something he enjoys with people his own age and you still have an evening together to play games, go for walks, cook & chat.

Monopoly, cinema, library (often lend out dvds if you have a dvd player). Let him meal plan and take him to supermarket to shop. Pick your own fruit, national trust places, walks, can you borrow a friendly dog? Magazines or comics like Beano or go to a big WHSmith type place and get a magazine aimed at adults for any big interests he has. Mini golf, seaside trip, trip to town he's not visited (some will have summer holiday trails ).

Basically plan a thing to do out of the house every day to stave off the boredom. Don't be frightened to let him watch TV sometimes too.

My local library has games to borrow as well as books if he likes to read....mine has a great manga/ graphic novel section.

Get some football goals for the garden?

My DS loved doing jobs for Granny at that age.
Things like helping in the garden - pruning etc. Saws etc were a great attraction (under correct supervision obviously)
A bit of decorating - indoors or outdoors. Perhaps your garden shed could do with some weatherproof stain/paint?
Helping to cook dinner.

@workingholidaylots of local libraries have stuff going on for free and if you go to a big one it’ll be air conditioned!!!