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Build a Fort
By Polly | July 22, 2008
Welcome to Week 6 of our 8 Week Summer Boredom Buster Series.
This week’s boredom buster idea is a great way to get your kids using their imaginations and learning to work in teams.
Dig through your basement or garage and even possibly visit your local appliance store for old cardboard boxes. Give them to the kids along with some old blankets, markers, and paint and let them build and decorate a fort. If you have enough boxes and enough kids, let the kids split into teams and have a contest to see who can build the biggest and best fort. After their fort is built they can use it to play in or hold secret club meetings. This oldie but goody boredom buster idea will keep them busy for hours.
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Topics: Boredom Busters, Family Fun |
August 31st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
If they don’t want to build a fort suggest a pirate ship instead. My kids love dressing up as pirates. Can I point you in the direction of my site for a rainy day activity - good old fashioned colouring in patterns?