Activity Ideas for a 3 and 5 Year Old

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I have two beautiful boys aged 3 and 5. I find myself drained of energy around half way through the day when I have days off to spend with them. Anyone have any play ideas that doesn’t require much physical energy?
 
When the weather is suitable playgrounds are great entertainment for kids. I did that a lot this summer when I was hugely pregnant.

When the weather is not nice, we will do indoor playgrounds - malls, libraries (children’s rooms), fast food places (check to make sure they are clean and safe.)

At home my kids also have a small indoor trampoline and they can burn a LOT of energy on that. I anticipate it getting a lot of use this winter.

It can help too just to have a routine or rough schedule you follow on those days. When everything is kind of up in the air getting through the day feels a lot more exhausting.
 
Have you checked out your local library? Even though my town is small, the library still has fun stuff for kids: a scavenger hunt, puzzles, games, a computer with just kids games, and, of course, lots of books.
 
Indoor or outdoor? Do they have any special interests- I.e. dinosaurs, cars, superheroes, etc?
 
Augustine3 said:
I have two beautiful boys aged 3 and 5. I find myself drained of energy around half way through the day when I have days off to spend with them. Anyone have any play ideas that doesn’t require much physical energy?
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I totally understand 🙂 My grandson just turned 4 and he is a bundle of energy. The indoor activities we promote: I read to him a LOT, legos, blocks, puzzles, bean toss, cooking, play doh, balloons, ( I don’t care for noisy games).

I get the HUGE boxes from Costco and make cities, spaceships, apartments (imaginary). Just use duct tape to glue everything. You don’t need to be an artist. He LOVES it!!! puts all his figures inside and it’s free.

I try to focus on activities that are hands/on and educational. Lots of drawing/coloring, etc.

outdoors: zoo, science mosi, parks, beach (we’re in Florida). scooter, balls, bike.

When I’m very tired. I grab a chair and toss the ball/frisbee, etc, bean bag and I ask him to run and catch the ball for me and then I keep throwing it around.

Nature Activities very important: we go outside with a magnifying glass and net and start looking for ladybugs, critters, etc. Place them carefully in the bug catcher for observation and then release. Rock collecting, leaf collecting…

Blessings!!!
 
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