Ball Games

Ball Game Ideas.

1. Catch - Tossing the ball to each other

2. Rolling - Sitting down and rolling a ball to each other

3. Dodge Ball - Either in teams or all on all. Throwing balls and trying to get people out. Last one in wins.

4. Silent Ball - Stand around a room, not too close to other people and toss the ball to each other. If it is dropped the person who dropped it is then out, if the ball didn't make it to someone the person who through it is out. and this game is done with no talking, hence the name.

5. Tap Catch - Stand in a circle with a person in the middle, the person in the middle throws the ball to people around the circle, if they say tap you catch the ball before throwing it back to them, and if they say catch you tap it back. If you do the wrong thing you are out. Last player left in wins.

Paint fun

Yes another painting activity, 'cause who doesn't love to paint.

What you need;
Paper,
Paint
Paint brushes
Masking Tape

What to do;

Stick masking tape around the paper, and paint over it.
Pull the tape of and reveal your artwork.
Enjoy.

Painting is more than just paint.

Is your child bored with using a paint brush?
Do you need new painting ideas?
Well you've come to the right place.

Below is a list of 10 ways to paint without a paint brush.

1. Balloons - Blow the balloons up enough for your child to be able to hold, dip them in paint and paint away.
You can put rice, water, beads etc in the balloons for different prints on the paper.

2. Cylinders - Dip the end of the cylinders into paint and print onto the paper. You could also use the cylinders as paint rollers.

3. Marbles/Golf Balls - Put a piece of paper into a shoe box or something similar, roll the balls in paint put into the box and move the box around to create different patterns.

4. Fingers - Who doesn't love getting their fingers messy.

5. Wheels - Put the wheels of toy cars into paint and drive them around on the paper.

6. Shaving Foam - Put some shaving foam on the table and add some paint into it. Children will love to play with it and make a big mess, draw patterns and you can even print their creations onto paper. This activity is highly messy.

7. Nature Painting - Use sticks, leaves, acorns, flowers, all sorts of nature items to paint with.

8. Spray bottle - Fill the spray bottle with water, add food colouring and squirt away. Its best to do this outside.

9. Straw blowing - Drip some paint onto the paper and using straw blow the paint around.

10. Paint flicking - Using a spoon flick paint onto the paper.

Ball Pit

What child doesn't like balls?!

Why not make a ball pit for your child. Lots of fun and will entertain for hours.
You can buy bags of balls from different shops, I bought a bag of 100 balls from the Reject Shop but you can also get them from Kmart.
I put the balls in a porta cot for the child to play with but you could buy a blow up paddle pool, which you can also get from Kmart.
The only downside of this activity is getting balls everywhere. Before putting the balls in a porta cot they were tipped out onto the lounge room floor and went everywhere, we were finding groups of balls in all sorts of places, so the balls are seriously best to be used in a pit of some type.

Fun but simple

So its Autumn and we all know what that means
Leaves are falling, there's acorns on the ground, sticks, stones and many other items you may find in your garden that your child can use to create pictures.
One of the girls at work enjoyed using leaves, acorns etc. to make faces.
You child can use these items to make anything they wanted, or you can go one step further and use them to paint with, create a collage with them and you could even put them in a tub and give children magnifying glasses to look at all the different things that may be on them.
It is creative yet simple and easy.

Everyone loves chalk! Right?

Want to make your own?
With this chalk recipe you can even have some fun with vinegar and make your pictures explode.
BUT be warned you may have a hard time removing from concrete.

All you need is cornstarch, baking soda and water.
Mix together equal amounts of cornstarch and baking soda and fill a bottle (I used sauce bottles, the ones you squirt the sauce out of, I will insert a picture for you) 2/3 full and then fill the rest with water, mix well, I used the handle of a paint brush to do this, add some colouring, food dye works best and then let the children use their creative minds and have some fun.

If you want the extra excitement with this, put some vinegar in a squirty bottle and let the children spray their chalk creations and watch them fizz up.




Sauce bottles for the chalk.



Squirty bottles for vinegar.

Sand Fun

Ever wanted to make your own sand?
Well now you can and all you need is flour and cooking oil.
Mix together 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of oil. The mixture should be crumbly, but mouldable.
When I made this at work I didn't really measure I just put it enough flour and oil for the children to have a fair amount each and not fight over it.
They enjoyed playing with it on it's own but after a while they introduced cups and spoons into it.

Pinterest

If you haven't already you need to check out pinterest asap! It has the best ideas for not only children activities, but for anything and everything. I absolutely love this website and swear by it. If I'm at work and need a quick idea for something to do, I will checkout pinterest. It is literally my first stop when I have a mind blank. So many ideas and so little time. Get onto it http://www.pinterest.com