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[ 26 Jun 2007 | No Comment ]
Quick Activity Idea: Marble Mania

This quick activity idea comes from ‘Have Fun with Your Kids’ by Marilee LeBon.

You will need;
Marbles
Shoe Box
Markers (I heart sharpies)
1. Take your shoe box, and, on one of the longer sides cut out five doors of differing sizes.
2. Above each door give a points value, the smaller the door the higher the points value should be.
Playing the Game
1. Youngest player goes first (because that’s always what happens, right, pfff I was the eldest, not bitter….much)
2. Players take turns to roll a marble through the door, if …

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[ 25 Jun 2007 | 2 Comments ]
Quick Activity Idea: The Scribble Game

You will need;
Pencil/Pen
Paper
1. Draw a scribble onto paper. Get your partner to make a drawing out of that scribble, it could be an animal, a mode of transport, an object. Take turns of being the scribbler and then the drawer. Alternatively the parent makes the scribbles, and the kids spend hours doing the drawings (hours is perhaps wishful thinking!)

Photo by flickr user prettywar-stl