Sometimes children get tired, overwhelmed, lonely and bored. They just don’t have the wherewithal to know what to do next. It can be particularly tough when they have been doing something really exciting, like playing a game on their device or bouncing on the trampoline with friends, and those activities have ended. It is perfectly natural for children to struggle getting into a new activity, and some children find it difficult to play on their own.
- Read a book
- Paint or draw
- Play shops
- Create a fort in the living room out of blankets or boxes
- Play a board game or do a puzzle
- Play hide and seek
- Ride your bike
- Make a marble run
- Get out the craft box and create something
- Make a birthday card for someone
- Bake some biscuits
- Take some photos
- Make some homemade ice-blocks
- Make a smoothie
- Invent a menu for a meal you could help make
- Learn a magic trick
- Build something out of Lego
- Draw a mural with big chalk on a paved area
- Tear out magazine pictures and make collage art
- Set up a treasure hunt with clues dotted around the house
- Play with modelling clay or playdough
- Make up questions for a quiz night
