What have you bought to help entertain the kids over the half-term that is worth it?

[Twiglett]

for us 6 and 3 year old

A Root Viewer - you plant onion, radish, carrot seeds in 3 plastic test tubes and can watch them grow (roots and all) ... from Amazon for £7.99

A Floam substitute from Baker Ross .. playdough with little plastic balls in it - 6 colours for about £6

Shrink Art - again Baker Ross always worthwhile

A Aquarium and fish - its a cliffhanger every night .. are they going to die?

Sky High - DVD

this is a worthy thread

you bunch of livy-livered, sucky, pirate-lovin', bedraggled, lentil-weavery, daily mail reading, grauniadistas

a 15 year old to come and play with them for an afternoon

also
a 300 piece jigsaw and Monopoly from the charity shop

pheasant-shootin', red-rug buyin', breastfeedin', no sleepin' parpers

in this sodding weather, waterproofs .

ah yes we had a 13 and a 9 year old yesterday - worth their weight in goal

I'm rather enjoying the insult bit though

ya bunch of hormone-driven, norkularly challenged, muffin-topped, style devotees

Magic Painting Book for DS (2) (just use a wet paintbrush and colours "appear" on the page) - 99p from Woolies.

Fantastic value for the amount of peace and quiet it gives me!

When the weather is right the £130 I spent on the trampoline was best money ever spent.

Have also bought colour by numbers and a fashion designer type set.

2 tickets to the local soft play area bought me 3 hours of coffee and nattering to my friends

Oh, also from Woolies Polly Pocket Set with dogs, leads, food bowls etc half price.

We bought it for DD as shes been a star this week - we've been potty trining DS which has meant we've not really been out or done anything but shes been great, not complained about being bored, encouraged DS to use potty and been extra helpful.