I was watching cartoons (Charlie & Lola) with my kids today when I saw the coolest idea for something to have kicking around the house.

It was a box decorated with rain drops and on it it said, “This box contains a rain race. The aim is to finish every single game before the rain stops.”

Marv: What’s this?
Lola and Charlie: What does it say?
Marv: (reading) “Is it raining?”
Charlie: Yes.
Marv: “Are you really bored?”
Lola: Yes!
Marv: “Well, open this box and you won’t be bored anymore.”
Lola: Open the box! Open the box!

I thought this was a fabulous idea and quickly jotted down some of the things that were inside the box (remember that everything was on a list that had to be read and all the things had to be completed by the time the rain stops).

1. 1. 1. Bean Bag toss - throw the bean bag into the container without knocking the rocket over. (rocket is placed directly in front of the container)
      2. Connect the dots and guess the picture - a pile of pictures is placed inside.
      3. 5 games of pick-up sticks
      4. A round of tiddly winks
      5. 5 rounds of x’s & o’s
      6. Bet you can’t find the ant - this was a large rolled up mat of a picnic that had an ant hidden in the picture somewhere.
      7. House of cards
      8. Memory tray game - a small tray was inside the box and there were 8 items on it you got 20 seconds to look at it and then it was covered up while you tried to remember 5 of the things.

I am not entirely positive… as I was watching with the kids…. but I believe there were 10 things and I have left a couple out. I am sure you can come up with your own! So much fun.

Posted: 09|22|08 at 8:59 pm. Filed under: Parenting Corner.
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