April 29 – May 5th is screen free week. So here
is a list of activities you can do instead of watching TV.
Basketball – This weekend we bought Thomas a basketball hoop
from Little Tikes. It is one that will “grow” from 4 feet to 6 feet. It is
honestly a little too tall for him right now, but he will grow. For the time
being I can just put it farther in the ground and make him seem taller.
Sandbox – Last year my sister and I dug my son a sandpit. He
absolutely loves it. And since next week is supposed to be nice, we will be
spending some time in this as well as playing with the basketball hoop outside.
T-Ball – My brother bought Thomas a T-ball set for his
birthday, and Thomas loves playing with it outside. Needless to say I don’t allow
it to be played with inside. He doesn’t really understand the concept of T-ball
yet, but he loves when he hits the ball and we chase him with it. Or if one of
us hit the ball he runs and gets it, and then someone else picks him up and
chases the batter. That’s a giggle fest. But it is also very tiring to run
around a yard with a 30 pound weight who wiggles all over the place too.
Treasure Hunt – I still have a ton of plastic eggs left over
from Easter that we will be hiding outside and finding.
Chalk
Gardening
Make a bird Feeder
Sprinkler – It if gets warm enough play in the sprinkler.
Who doesn’t love running through cold water?
Go for a walk
Have a picnic
Bubbles – Thomas has a bubble gun that the Easter bunny left
for him. He loves playing with it. But I have deemed it an outside toy since it
leaves a bubble mess behind and it kind of drips bubble water because he
doesn’t understand to hold it upright instead of pointing it at the ground.
Build a fort – If you have the means to build a tree house
or an outside fort I’d say do it. It would make screen free week memorable. But
for those of us who don’t, we can build forts out of blankets and pillows and
couch cushions.
Puddle Jumping – This is one of Thomas favorite things to
do. And since it has been kind of muddy and mucky outside we have been doing a
lot of playing in the mud.
Read a Book – Or have a book challenge and see who can read
the most books.
Perform a puppet show
Tea party – little tiny cups, with some kid friendly tea and
tiny versions of food
Play Dough – have them help you make play dough and then
have fun with it.
Bowling – You can go out to a bowling alley or make you own
at home.
Dance – Introduce them to some of your favorite songs, or
even music from various decades, and then clean up a room, turn the lights down and dance away.
Play shop – or kitchen or whatever…
Craft with cardboard boxes
Indoor snow ball fight with socks
Pillow Jumping – Pile up every pillow in your house turn on
some music and let the kids dive off of a bed or couch into the pile of
pillows.
Finger knitting
Let them put makeup on you
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