Although for these latitudes it does not seem so, the cold, the rain and even the snow has made an appearance in many places of our geography. This causes us to have to stay at home with the kids and we already know that this can lead to the odd problem, especially with those who are more moved.
That is why we are going to remember some tricks and crafts that you can do with the children so that you can spend an afternoon of the most fun in family. So, the next time our children ask us What if we have to stay home because of bad weather? We can answer, no problem.
Science lab for children
With very little and simple materials we can spend an afternoon science of the most fun, from volcano with bicarbonate, vinegar and red dye (or failing the orange that we put the paella) is very simple. A narrow glass, a little bicarbonate mixed with dye, mix it with the vinegar and wait for the reaction. Be careful with the quantities!
Also here you have more experiments, here more and here a few with water.
Puppet Theater Workshop
It is not necessary that you even have a stage, with a couple of dolls and standing behind the sofa or a table with a tablecloth that reaches the floor is enough. Now we just have to put a little imagination and lots of laughs.
Cooking workshop
One of the most entertaining ways to spend an afternoon with the family is with cooking. We can prepare a good sponge cake to drink with hot chocolate, the best to combat the cold of December afternoons.
Cookies
They are simple to make and can be a perfect substitute for those of the supermarket, we can make them with less sugar or substitute this with other products, so we teach the older ones that there can be alternatives in the food that are very good and the little ones, because that playing can also leave very rich things.
Pizza
Who does not like pizza? A universal dish with infinite variants, it is impossible that there is not a combination of ingredients that you do not like. You can complicate everything you want by making the dough yourself, the sauce and even grating the cheese or nothing, you just buy the base made and put on it whatever you want. And no, it is not worth buying it made, unless your idea is to move on to the next point.
Film session
Depending on the age of our children, it can be a very interesting option, a good movie (to agree can be another game even), something to eat and drink, a comfortable place to enjoy.
Sensory workshop
A good option, especially for the little ones in the house. A basket with a lot of things of different shapes, materials, sizes and even flavors. We can also work with hand paint, mud or sand.
Afternoon disco and dance
With the tablet, the mobile, the computer, even with the CD player, why not ride our own disco in the living room. We can even put music videos on TV and reproduce their movements.
Socorrida plasticine
What would we do without it, without the Play Dough, hours and hours of fun that come out of a simple pill of colored clay, incredible right?
Camping in the lounge
Save the hammers and nails that I am not saying that you put the store on the floor, but if we can bring some sheets and make a tent with the high table in the living room, sofas or chairs.
Paparazzi Session
If there is something good that mobiles have now is that you do not have to go to reveal the photos and leave a salary. I discovered it one day by chance that I left the phone and had the camera on, there they took pictures of everyone and everything they saw until they left me without a battery (and do not see the laughter, when you review the photos they have taken. They took pictures even to the toilet brush!)
These are just some ideas, surely you have many more that work for you.
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