Homage to the lentil guitar....

[zippitippitoes]

let's share some ideas of make do and mend entertainment.

I used to love a book called Something to Do when I was little. It was divided into months of the year and had a bit of poetry and ideas for things to make and play that month, which didn't cost much if anything.

My dad used to make cotton reel engines..and I loved it when he did, I haven't made one for years but now I feel quite inspired

oill tell you what is intersting

gte your kids to write a list of whom they love
very realvaing

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i dont need mine any mroe thaough so its up for grabs

zippitippitoes, you are a woman after my own heart :) I am desperate for the expression make do and mend to become part of our culture again. It would be good on so many levels :)

I think old fashioned parlour games are always a good thing to have up your sleeve for bored children of all ages.

Book looks fab, Cod - can I have it?

yep
you may ( goes fof to check i still ahev it)

winnie thrift

a bag in the cupboard full of saved up bits of string..

to make cat's cradle

or string pictures
or glue the string on to a piece of cereal packet or an offcut of wood and use for printing

right you old grannies
i actually have the Preschoolers busy book hunker
must have giev nt he other one away

it si entertainilg american

do you knwo how to make a tambourine?
i do

ir a bubble pipe

( isnt that drugs paraphanaliea?0

si that one too old for oyu hm?

share then cod

tambourine
( acc to thsi book)

tow paper plates corn kernels adn staple

and have no end of thanksgiving ideas

zippitippitoes, thrift is a lovely word and absolutely brings back memories of my Gran.

Having a dressing up box with lots of different outfits is great fun. (Although I don't think dressing up in mummys clothes is as appealing to todays children as most children wear little adults clothes anyway :( )

H would be laughing at this thread as he says I would have been at home in the 1920's :)

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Thanks, Cod - DS1 is two on Monday - do you think it'd be too old for him?

yes i do atch
get the younger one
prob have iton ebay tbh

Will have a look

making ships and cars out of cardboard boxes are hours of fun as are turning the kitchen table upside down and doing the same.

I use bean polls and blankets and make wigwams in the garden for both ds (5) and dd(16) they both love it.

my grandma recycled everything, lived in a tiny cottage but had loads and loads squirrelled away..

we used to be very keen on making slides on the stairs had a book shelf which we could lift the shiny painted shelves off and rigged them up on the stairs or off the beds..also slide down the stairs on tea trays

getting all round the room without touching the floor ..involves swinging on curtains though

getting around a room without touching the floor... MMmmm only ever remember doign that in Grannys house

does anybody still make those fortune telling origami things

yes! I made these with a bunch of girls at the girls group I run a few weeks ago. I was thrilled as they are young teens and they loved it!

(Never new what they were called though!)

knew!!

oh! I LOVE those fortunre telling things. Haven't done one for ages - might do one now to help decide a few things. Can't be any worse than any other method....