How do you keep your children busy? Share your stories of when it worked (...and when it didn’t!) with Boden - £200 voucher to be won

[BellaMumsnet]

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We all know that keeping our kids busy can get tricky, particularly during the school holidays when it seems like we're always looking for new ways to entertain them. That’s why Boden would love you to share your stories (successful or not!) of filling your children’s days.

Here’s what Boden has to say: “This summer, Mini Boden is continuing its popular Mini Missions series with exciting new challenges for sunny days. Mini Missions Summer Camp is packed full of easy activities to keep children entertained, with new ones to discover every few weeks. Missions include den building, picnic planning, foraging and stargazing – and Minis can collect badges for each mission they complete. Plus, place a Mini Boden order in July and get a free Summer Camp poster and stickers in your delivery (while stocks last). Get ready to get stuck in…Discover Boden Mini Missions here”

Perhaps you set them up with a box of crafts or enlisted the help of the older DC to play endless games of UNO while you finished that important Zoom call? Maybe you relented to an afternoon of TV or gaming in return for a chance to have a cup of tea in peace? Maybe your DC came up with their own entertainment...using your wardrobe as a dressing up box! Or perhaps you’ve encouraged them to try out some of Boden’s Mini Missions?

Whatever tactics you’ve employed, whether they’ve been rolled out every summer or swiftly abandoned, we want to know about them.

Post your stories in the thread below to be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £200 voucher for a store of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

MNHQ

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[Kendodd]

Every school summer holidays my children would set up a 'shop' on the driveway. They'd sell all their old (crap) toys and books to passers by. This would keep them busy for a good couple of weeks, they also made signs and displays for it. It also cleared out loads of stuff and made them a little bit of money.

I remember one year, day three of their 'shop' a rival 'shop' appeared across the road, and a day later a cake stall Happy days!

[Wormsarecool]

We tried tie dyeing in the garden…what can go wrong I thought. Needless to say it was a (fun!) messy disaster with dye on the plants, grass, patio and us but luckily not the rabbit!

I think I’ll stick to the age recommendations in future and try again in about five years!

[Kendodd]

My kids were about 5, 6 and 7, when they used to do their 'shop' it carried on until they we're about 10/11 BTW.

[GraceEMumsnet]

Thanks for all of your lovely comments and congratulations to @queenoftheschoolrun who is the winner of the prize draw!