Ideas for Fun and Quality Ways to Spend Time with Your Little Ones

In modern times parents have a race against time with their work and kids all at the same time. Not only is it difficult to take out time for family and children but also to make sure that free time is spent in a quality way. Furthermore, children these days are so creative with their own activities that parents sometimes find themselves at a loss to come up with ideas that interests their children as much as their own playtime activities. So here is a simple guide for you to make your and your children’s time worthwhile and fun.

Simple Is Fun Too

It is not always necessary to come up with fancy and complicated ideas. Sometime simple is enough and one such simple idea is to play a game of tag. Take your kids out to the community park and take turns to be the “tag”. Chase the person who is being the tag and one by one catch them all. Then it’s the second person’s turn.

Food Time

The quality time with kids doesn’t need to be out on the foam padding for playground. You can have just as good time in your own kitchen.Bring your kids together to prepare their favorite meals and have great time right at home. This is also an excellent way to make your little ones eat their vegetables. Assort the salads in interesting and creative ways and even your fussy little eaters will love to eat what they have prepared themselves.

Solve Puzzles

Another way to spend quality time and develop your children’s mental skills at the same time is to sit together and solve crosswords, jigsaw puzzles or play Sudoku. Add more spirit to the game by keeping a prize for the winner who finishes first or solves the most riddles.

Origami Toys

This requires a bit of effort and learning but isn’t that just better? If you already know how to make origami animals and objects, then teach your children and watch them bring out their creativity. If you don’t know it then you can sit with your family and learn together.

Some Outdoor Fun

All you need to have fun is a shaded structures and a piece of chalk. Mark out the squares and toss a stone to start hopping. Children love to jump and gallop and hopscotch is just the thing to do when you have some free time with your kids. Another equally entertaining option is to make some bubble mix and have a competition on who can blow the biggest bubble. If your kids wish to chase after those bubbles, just make sure that you are not playing it on the road or anywhere else risky.

Drawing and Sketching

This is another great way to hone the creative skills in your little ones. Get some canvases or scrap books and some crayons and colors and get started.

Feed the Birds or Water the Plants

Take your kids out to the nearest community park or find a place where there are birds. Feed the birds and watch your little ones chuckle and smile when a bird comes to eat from their palms. Alternatively you can plant a small garden with your kids or just take them out to water the plants in the vicinity. They will get a chance to connect with nature and have quality family time as well.

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