6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·15–20 min
Scavenger Hunt
🛒Materials: Paper, pencil
- 1Write a list of 10 things to find around the house or garden.
- 2Include colours, textures, shapes, and specific objects.
- 3First to find everything wins — or race your own best time.
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#2·10–15 min
Mad Libs Story
🛒Materials: Paper, pencil
- 1Write a short story leaving blanks: 'The ___[animal] ran to the ___[place].'
- 2Without showing the story, ask for random words to fill the blanks.
- 3Read the finished (hilarious) story aloud.
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#3·15 min
Paper Origami
🛒Materials: Square paper
- 1Search 'easy origami for kids' and pick one design together.
- 2Follow along step by step — pause and check at each fold.
- 3Make a few different designs and display them.
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#4·10 min
Storytelling Chain
🛒Materials: None
- 1First person starts a story with one sentence.
- 2Each person adds one more sentence.
- 3See how wild it gets!
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#5·10 min
Balloon Keep-Up
🛒Materials: 1 balloon
- 1Blow up a balloon.
- 2Rule: it cannot touch the floor.
- 3Count how many hits before it drops.
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#6·5–10 min
Tape Maze
🛒Materials: Painter's tape
- 1Lay tape on the floor in a maze pattern.
- 2Walk only on the tape lines.
- 3Add challenges like jumping at certain points.
