Boredom Busters
Inexpensive Boredom Busters! 10 things you can do to beat the boredom blues this winter... 1-read 2-color 3-make a craft 4-make a card for someone dear 5- write a story or tape it on a cassette 6-take a walk 7- go skating, or tobogganing 8- go visit a relative or friend who lives alone 9-call a friend and tell them how much they mean to you 10- cook a favorite dish together like pizza or brownies. Children can learn to be bored and they can also learn to be self-motivated. Mostly they learn by watching, imitating and modeling the behavior they see. So this winter when you hear the familiar cry "Mommy, daddy, I'm bored!" Be prepared with an alternative to the same old routine and enjoy the adventure together. Art to Go Creative new ways to paint that don't mess up your house.When it comes to painting, my kids love it and I love their pictures but hate the mess. One fun new way to get them painting is to send them outside! They won't need their paint brushes for this activity. You will need empty squeeze bottles like shampoo or ketchup bottles. Make sure they are clean then fill them with water, to each different bottle add a bit of food coloring. Let them mix colors and experiment. Then you are ready to go outside and paint on the snow! The children will have loads of fun painting designs on the snow, and when they run out of "painting fluid" just refill with water and add more food coloring. It's safe and the mess will be gone from your house. Snowfort Safety Keep your children safe this winter outdoors. Every year children needlessly get hurt in what seems at first glance like a safe place, the winter snowfort. Children spend hours building these structures and play in them often unsupervised. Children like adults can suffer frostbite. Children may lose heat quite quickly if they are left outdoors in cold winter temperatures with wet mitts or hatless. Our bodies lose most of their heat from the top of the head in winter. If your head is covered you will stay much warmer and that for longer periods of time. Supervising young children in the outdoors means looking for signs they are getting chilled. A red nose may look cute on a reindeer but if your child's face and fingers are red it's time to warm them up a little. Large snowforts can also fall on little children, and the snow is heavy. So this winter stay safe and warm.
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