10 ideas how to entertain your child in bad weather

If the weather is bad outside, this does not mean that the time has come for an unlimited TV or tablet. There are many interesting and simple ideas on how to keep your child busy in the house. To do this, you need very little. Go!

1. Windsock 

This activity is perfect for a rainy day. And then, when the sun comes out, you can check the windsock in action: what is the force of the wind, where is it blowing.

A useful fake can be prepared in different versions, and as a basis, use or toilet paper roll, or a glass.

2. Salt painting 

You will need fine salt, PVA glue, watercolor and paper.

We make the contour of the drawing with glue, add salt. When it dries, we make such beautiful patterns with watercolors!

3. Clock 

Practicing simple math is much more enjoyable in the game.

So create a clock from a paper plate! The smallest ones will be able to repeat the count to 12 - choose numbers, show what comes after what. Seniors - to learn quarters, and take away minutes.

4. Bird Treats 

If you have a lot of old cereals, nuts or seeds in your kitchen, do not rush to throw them into the trash. This is bird food! They will be happy with such a delicacy at any time of the year.

You only need silicone molds and melted fat. We put any rope or tourniquet in the molds, fill it with the mixture, fill it with lard and put it in the refrigerator!

5. Drawings on stones 

A simple but very exciting thing is to turn ordinary stones into beautiful bright bugs with the help of paints, for example.

Insects and ladybugs can then be opened with varnish and presented to relatives as a small souvenir. Do not limit your imagination, draw whatever your heart desires on the stones.

6. Dough modeling 

Remember the salt dough modeling? Why not repeat it and leave an imprint of children's pens as a keepsake?

Mix a glass of flour, three quarters of a glass of salt, 5 tablespoons of small sunflower seeds and add a little water. Anything can be done from this test.

7. Volcano 

Anything that looks like a chemical experiment is popular with children. And this volcano is the simplest option. Take a plastic bottle, and depending on its volume, pour salt inside, add 2/3 warm water, and food coloring.

Cover the bottle with plasticine, or sand (real, kinetic) so that it resembles a volcano. Now it remains to add vinegar, and the volcano will burst into powerful lava!

8. Bomb 

A bath bomb is very easy to make. To do this, you will need a silicone mold in which we will lay the mixture. Ingredients: 15 tbsp. soda, 6 tbsp. l. citric acid, 3 tbsp. sea ​​salt, 3 tablespoons white clay (optional), a favorite essential oil. It is better to grind citric acid and salt in a coffee grinder first.

Then mix everything and put in a mold. If desired, the bomb can be colored using food coloring. Do not overdo it with essential oil to prevent the bomb from getting heavy and drowning in the bathroom.

9. Slime 

Fashion slime is easy to make at home too.

To do this, you will need potato starch, 4 teaspoons of cream, 3 teaspoons of liquid soap. Stir all ingredients. If the slime is thin, add more starch "by eye".

10. Magic Bank 

You can decorate a regular glass jar in a variety of ways.

For example, use decoupage technique, paint with acrylic paints, paste over with ribbons and patterns. Do what you want and with the materials that are in the house.

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