With the last days of school right behind us, many of us are now faced with the prospect of being home with our children, all day. In theory this sounds great, however you know that if they don’t stay entertained they will start to constantly annoy you! If this is your fear, here are five clever kids’ entertainment ideas that will keep your kids busy and entertained all summer long.
1. Sidewalk masterpiece
One of the cheapest and easiest ways to entertain children consists of a bucket of chalk and a small section of sidewalk or driveway for them to create their masterpiece. Sidewalk chalk, often purchased cheaply, can provide hours of entertainment as you create your own scenes and paintings. Consider looking up some of the amazing sidewalk chalk artists online or on YouTube for inspiration!
2. The library
Get your kids out of the house and get them to do something educational that will help them start the next school year off on the right foot. Grab your library card and head to your local library this summer for days of kid-friendly entertainment. Most libraries offer summer reading programs, whereby your children can earn prizes and recognition the more books they read. Not only does this keep your home from the mini tornadoes that your kids are, it also makes them do something educational.
3. Water day
It is not necessary to have a swimming pool to tire your children playing in the water. One of the easiest ways to entertain children for literally hours is to connect your garden hose to a sprinkler and place it in the garden. Kids will jump back and forth over the sprinkler, glide across the lawn, and maybe even make some mud pies, but more importantly, they will lose their hair and probably wear out. You can sit in the shade with a cold drink while you supervise!
4. Strong
Inherent in the nature of every child is the desire to build forts out of virtually anything they can find. From pulling a sheet through a rope tied between two doorknobs to stacking sofa cushions and hiding inside them, kids love strong ones. Whether you use the aforementioned materials, cardboard, or go so far as to build a complete tree house, your kids will want to spend hours playing and entertaining themselves in their own space.
5. Live historical entertainment
Another educational way that you can entertain your children is to find historically accurate forms of live entertainment that they can participate in. Your kids will delight in getting their face painted at the nearby Renaissance fair, munching on historic dishes, and maybe even watching some knights in shining armor as they jostle on the tournament grounds.
