Category: Children’s activity

Our Top 20 easy home activities to entertain the kids

painting one way to entertain

Some days can be challenging. The kids don’t want to play with their hundreds of toys. You say to them “go play”…..they are under your feet and bugging you. Sometimes it is helpful to set up some play ideas to entertain them. You can sit with them to start the play (depending on the age of the child) and then let them continue. You may then get some peace to enjoy a cuppa or finish that task. We asked our Darwin Family Life members and compiled some of our own favourites to bring you our Top 20 ideas to entertain the kids at home. A blog to keep handy especially with the school holidays right round the corner!
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Making Pom Poms – Children’s craft activity to keep them busy!

The finished pom pom

My 6 year old daughter came home from school recently with much excitement to show me her pom pom she had created during school. Her smile was beaming off her face how proud she was for having finished this project. A pom pom is a wool ball. It is created using cardboard discs and threading different wool in and out. I used to make these as a child also and kept me entertained for hours and now my daughter is enjoying them too! Such a great moment to share things with her from my own childhood. We sat down one afternoon recently to start making some pom poms and teaching my boys as well. We decided to use Christmas colours but any wool will do. Check out our video and keep reading for all the instructions on how to make your very own pom pom.

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