What does your DD do or do you do with them for fun?

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DD does dance twice a week and loves that but beyond that doesn’t seem to have any interest in anything other than her tablet.
The Tablet is limited so she can only go on there for a set period of time but she pushes that to the limit, beyond the tablet she would happily watch Netflix all evening.

DS was into science and engineering at her age and so would spend a lot of time tinkering with mixtures/lego or would be watching educational type videos on internet but retained the information well and carried it into his day to day life.

I want to encourage DD (10) to hone in on other interests but not sure where to start.

any ideas appreciated 😊

Baking, painting/ crafts, watching tv shows together, immersive art like Frameless and Dennis Severs House, board games, park, bike
rides. My DD does no screen time - I don’t know why, she has a tablet but won’t go on it. So I’m pretty expert in non screen activities with pre teens.

I go roller skating, play badminton and go swimming with my similar aged DD.
I wish there were organised adult:child activities eg: aerobics or Zumba I could do with her.
I did find a circus skills class we could do together but it was completely the opposite end of town.
Parkrun if you both run and don't mind an early start on a Saturday.

My 11yo swims competitively, which takes up an awful lot of time between training and meets, but also does martial arts once a week. If she had more time and I was made of money, she would love to do rock climbing more regularly too. When at home and not on screens, she sews, bakes, paints, makes things with her 3D pen, plays with (annoys!) the cats, and reads. In the Summer, she was still out in the garden on the climbing frame regularly with her younger sister and they would walk to the local park together to go on the bigger equipment. She likes science kits too, but these are used in fits and starts, and a year ago (ie the same age as your DD) was still playing often with the Lego.

Thank you, some good ideas to think about here.
The sewing could be good idea actually as she’s always draping herself in scarves and sheets so might enjoy making her own things

Play dates are the big thing here, she has a couple of her friends round and they go on the trampoline, run round the house shrieking, do makeup or hair or nails, play games, bake etc.

She is also obsessed with the cat and probably spends at least an hour a day feeding/brushing/stroking/taking photos of him. He doesn’t seem to mind too much….

Our cat would be livid, stroking is on her terms only 😬

Board games, chess, scrabble. I force them into it but then they’re having fun within minutes! Same with baking!!

We started both DCs with hand sewing, but they were quickly able to move onto a machine once they'd got the basics. They started with a basic kit and learn to sew book, and I add a few more coloured threads to their collection each birthday and Xmas.
Don't bother with the children's machines if you get that far. We were recommended to get an entry-level adult machine for DD1; I was sceptical as she was only just 10yo (buying it with birthday money), but it's perfect for her with more to discover as she improves. I've just bought 9.5yo DD1 the same model in a different colour for her main Xmas present, as she's long coveted DD1s but is rarely granted permission to use it. Be prepared to be frequently helping them with jams and rethreading in the short term though! DD1 has also been to two sessions at Hobbycraft. The first was shortly after she bought it about getting to know your machine, and the second was a skills session a few months later where she learnt how to make fabric bunting.
On the fabric front, I buy bundles of offcuts from Facebook Marketplace for them to sew with. Some of the pieces are large enough to make a cushion cover, others just a sleeping bag for a favourite cuddly toy or lavender pillow, but they then build up a mixture of colours, prints and different types of fabric cheaply. I recently bought some from Vinted too for ease and because I knew they'd like the fabric (these will also be Xmas gifts), but even bundling a couple of lots together from the same seller, it worked out more expensive.

Just brace yourself for potentially some very... original?... Couture?... accessories that she will absolutely insist on proudly wearing out and about 😂