Ideas for 8 year old girl in half term!

[buzzy bee]

I'm going to have her for 6 hours 4 days next week... she's quite quiet and it will just be her and my 10-month-old son, and 2 mornings I'll have another under 1 aswell.

Any ideas? I thought I'd do some peppermint creams, or some sort of baking, maybe do paper mache pumpkins... not sure what else really. she loves arts and crafts.

Also not sure where to go if we go out... ?

[miffy]

Does she like hama beads or card making?

Or give her a box of "junk" and let her see what she can make - mine love this. I just put in loads of different things - card, paper, ribbon, feathers, boxes, tubs, tubes, glitter and anything else I've got and let them create :)

She might also like to help you with the little ones.

Miffy xx

[RachelE]

walk to the park..
woods or any outdoor place?..
trip to the library.. making pizza for lunch..
homemade playdough -still young enough to play with!..
art and craft - print wordseacrches/crosswords out, painting etc..
..choice of dvd at library...tv...
board games..jigsaws

HTh!

Rachel x

[mushpea]

try asking her what she would like to do,, although mine all say 'dunno'!

hamma beads or aqua beads are good,, making jewrly from pasta,, fimo,, walk to the shops to get some cooking ingreedints after having a look thorugh the cook book together, wii,, ds,,film afternoon with dvds and popcorn ifyou have a wet day,,, trip to the libary,, mine love taking the dog over the woods but only cause he goes loopy over there and normaly they only see this quiet lazy dog that sleeps all day lol!

[Daisy1956]

Borrow the Art Attack books from the library or the Usbourne idea books.Some great ideas in them. Mine have been through them tonight and made a list of all the materials we will need I 'm only having them two days they have chosen enough for a week:)

[loocyloo]

sewing?

i got some felt pieces and my 8yr old DS & mindee ( boy ) designed creatures on paper, cut them out, sewed them together, stuffed and decorated them. took up a whole morning and then they played with them the rest of the day! making knex cars for them!

can you knit? my 8yr old DS has recently learnt to knit and loves it! i'm hoping to try my mindee with it in half term!

x

[buzzy bee]

thanks for the great ideas!! will def see if she fancies some of those :)

what are hamma beads?

[angeldelight]

Whatever you do hope you have a great time

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Angel xx

[Carol M]

My older mindees have enjoyed embroidery. I get that stuff that reminds me of school, binca, and have lots of coloured silk thread. They are amazingly creative. Thanks for the reminder, I must make sure I've got lots of Halloween colours for next week.
Carol xx

[angiemog]

Card making (Christmas?)
mini scrapbook
French Knitting (you can buy the kit with the wooden thing and nails)
Make pumpkin/spider pom poms or Christmas pom poms

[jacey]

I've found a really good website that supplies craft materials - hama beads, fimo to name just two, called Craft Merrily, there is a linked website that displays hama bead designs if you're stuck for ideas.

Another craft I found the older children enjoy ( boys and girls ) are the old fashioned pegdolls. I have some that come with a wooden base so the pegs stand up.
Felt tip pens for drawing on faces, PVA glue ( or double sided tape) to stick scraps of material on as dresses ( Princesses) , cloaks ( Superheroes).
Then they use them in whatever scenario they have decided to go with.

[nannymcflea]

She may already be on moshimonsters too. If not she could get her own monster (it's free).

[buzzy bee]

Whatever you do hope you have a great time

Hamma beads are here

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Angel xx

ah! thanks :) i used to love them!