Bored Jar
Kia ora whānau. Auckland is in level 3 lockdown again. If you like a sanity-saver to keep your child entertained, the bored jar can help you out.
Kaiako has create a list of 30 activities that our tamariki love to do at preschool. They are fun and easy to set up. You could create a bored jar with 30 ideas or simply let the children pick one fun thing from the list.
Kia kaha! We will get through this. Take care everyone.
- Water the plants/lawn.
- Clean the toys and keep all the germs away.
- Make a magic potion from things you find in the garden. Think about its magic power.
- Get a paint brush and a bucket of water. Paint with water on the fence, outdoor wall or concrete.
- Use chalk to create a hop scotch on the drive way.
- Take a walk outside and pick up some rocks. Bring them home and paint them.
- Make a paddle out of paper plate and stick. Blow up a ballon and play ballon tennis against each other.
- Get a bucket of soapy water and a sponge/cloth to wash the car/bike/scooter.
- Lie a blanket on the ground outside and watch the clouds. See what kind of shapes or pictures you can make out of each one.
- Make a mask out of paper or paper plates.
- Build a fort with blankets and chairs.
- Tie dye an old t-shirt.
- Lie down on the ground and draw around your shadow in chalk.
- Create a collage painting with old magazine, newspapers, scissors and glue.
- Do some yoga poses or meditation.
- Fizzy science experiment with baking soda, vinegar, food colouring and droppers. Mix vinegar with food colouring and then drop it into a tray of backing soda.
- Do you know the box of LUX flakes at the supermarket in the laundry isle? Whisk that with warm water and leave it turns to slime!
- Make play dough.
- Crush chalk and add some water. Use it to paint concrete/ fence. It can be washed off with water.
- Shut curtains, turn some music on and have a dance party/ disco.
- Find different kind of leaves and grass and bark, put on a peg and use to paint with.
- Wheels day, draw starting lines, middle lines and park on the concrete for a track.
- Put plastic animals/ dolls in warm soapy water for a bath (added bonus of cleaning them).
- Ballon painting, put a bit of water in a ballon then tie it up with a piece of string and use it to stamp paint.
- Fill a spray bottle with some coloured water. Spray onto a piece of paper to create artworks.
- Listen to an audiobook.
- Laser game. Tide strings around the furnitures to create an obstacle course. Crawl, roll, jump around the laser but do not touch it! Play mission impossible theme on the background.
- Find a cardboard box and make it into something really cool (robot, house, a ramp for toy cars to run ect).
- Go for a bug hunt in the garden.
- Scavenger hunt. Make your own scavenger hunt or print one off online for free.
