Ideas for the last 6 hours of ‘fun’

[Alifemoreordinary123]

As I crawl through the last day of the holidays, a shameless plea for an activity / challenge I can set my 8 & 4 year old today that will occupy them for a couple of hours through the day. My childcare has fallen through and I need to work (at home). I’ll be around but want something different to absorb them. Have all the usual toys and accessories. They’re both sensible. Any winners from your hols?

Today I have swimming then baking with the kids. Like you I’m trying to fight off the end-of-holiday blues. Good luck with it! Is your youngest starting primary tomorrow?

Den building? Give them a load of sheets, chairs etc? Then picnic lunch inside it, teddy's tea party inside it etc?

I'm wracking my brains for you OP. I'm assuming you are trying to avoid screens for at least a couple of hours? Sorry about the childcare falling through.
Do they get on well? How about getting them together to make a book of what they did during the holidays. Both offer ideas, big child write it down, little one draw pictures.

Dressing up box? Dress each other up, take pictures with your phone. The ever popular 'den' with chairs and sheets?

Water/bubble play in kitchen, assuming kitchen is near work space? You may even end up with 'clean' floor and low cupboard/ fridge doors...

Best of luck

Thank you - I think the Den is a good one (though rigging one is always a pain 😆). Water play I’ll save for when it gets desperate. @MagentaRavioli my 4 year old starts Weds (I’m off tomorrow)

Watch a film then prepare a presentation/review of it with pictures of favourite scenes, share jokes, re-enact funny moments...something to tell you about it later because you missed out when working.

1. This does involve a bit of screens but how about finding a famous scene from a film, giving them 45 minutes to choose a set, find props etc, and then getting them to act or mime it out to you while you play the sound / dialogue in the background? 2) Get a large tupperware and make a bug house, find worms, beetles etc. in the garden?

Loving these ideas! We’ve got an hour out of the den. My husband is now taking them for an hour to do mini Olympics in the garden. Then I’m going for the film and re-enactments 😆.

Marshmallows and skewers.
Bag each.
See who can build the tallest tower.
Or junk modelling - anything you have to hand.
Bug hunt
Invent a new game.
Get one to hide small objects and the other has to find them

Make an assault course in the garden and time who can get through it the fastest!