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We are having a family reunion later this month and there will be lots of kids from 2 to at least 8. What are some fun ideas to keep them entertained?
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1. Make mini cup cakes........put a plastic table cloth out on the patio.......along with cans of frosting and jars of sprinkles.....they can decorate their own then.
2. Buy some nerf balls of all sizes....and nerf bats. They will have their own baseball teams. Set up a small basketball hoop for others you want to do that.
3. Buy some beach balls and blow them up and some with the weights in them too.....they are wacky balls. Have them laying around they will do what ever with them.
4. Have some jars of bubbles sitting outside.
5. If you will be where you can let the kids run under a sprinkler head they will love it. You can buy a nice one like at Target that is raised up in the air..........
6. Have an area where all of their stuff is set up and CD's playing with interactive music........like the hokey pokey and stuff like that. If you don't have the cd's go to your library and see if they do.
7. Set up a canopy with a tv.........and some blankets on the ground..........they can go in and watch cartoons.......you know the old fashioned type......porky pig........bugs.....etc........get them from your library.
8. get some foam and make nerf horse shoes.......
9. Make up a clown head out of a super large box.......cut out a large opening for the mouth........the kids will soon try putting their nerf ball through it.
10.Get some construction paper and crayons at the dollar store.........they can draw if they want to.
11. If you will have tweens or teens.......let them get a good short story book......and they can read to the smaller kids....
12. Have some Large nerf blocks or plastic blocks in a tub and they will soon be creative.
14. Have their own snack table set up so they can serve themselves to apple wedges.....carob dipped bananas....peanut butter in celery with raisins....Mellon balls........mini muffins....mini healthy cookies....yogurt in the long plastic bags..mini boxed juices in a tub of ice....If they have never eaten it.....or said they disliked it......they won't want to be outdone and will gobble it down.
15. Have a watermelon eating contest with small slivers of watermellon.
16. Cloth boomerangs and cloth frisbees.
17. White kitchen size trash bags with a draw string.......the kids will love picking up trash.
18. Have some small puzzles set out on boxes.......you have covered with white plastic covers.......you can get ones where they are for 2 to 8 years old........don't go over 50 piece puzzles though........
Using nerf products and cloth products will avoid injuruies to the children and other people attending.
Go to a Dollar Tree or a 99 cent only store (if you live in CA, AZ, NV, or TX).........you can get tons of safe toys cheap.......
1. Make mini cup cakes........put a plastic table cloth out on the patio.......along with cans of frosting and jars of sprinkles.....they can decorate their own then.
2. Buy some nerf balls of all sizes....and nerf bats. They will have their own baseball teams. Set up a small basketball hoop for others you want to do that.
3. Buy some beach balls and blow them up and some with the weights in them too.....they are wacky balls. Have them laying around they will do what ever with them.
4. Have some jars of bubbles sitting outside.
5. If you will be where you can let the kids run under a sprinkler head they will love it. You can buy a nice one like at Target that is raised up in the air..........
6. Have an area where all of their stuff is set up and CD's playing with interactive music........like the hokey pokey and stuff like that. If you don't have the cd's go to your library and see if they do.
7. Set up a canopy with a tv.........and some blankets on the ground..........they can go in and watch cartoons.......you know the old fashioned type......porky pig........bugs.....etc........get them from your library.
8. get some foam and make nerf horse shoes.......
9. Make up a clown head out of a super large box.......cut out a large opening for the mouth........the kids will soon try putting their nerf ball through it.
10.Get some construction paper and crayons at the dollar store.........they can draw if they want to.
11. If you will have tweens or teens.......let them get a good short story book......and they can read to the smaller kids....
12. Have some Large nerf blocks or plastic blocks in a tub and they will soon be creative.
14. Have their own snack table set up so they can serve themselves to apple wedges.....carob dipped bananas....peanut butter in celery with raisins....Mellon balls........mini muffins....mini healthy cookies....yogurt in the long plastic bags..mini boxed juices in a tub of ice....If they have never eaten it.....or said they disliked it......they won't want to be outdone and will gobble it down.
15. Have a watermelon eating contest with small slivers of watermellon.
16. Cloth boomerangs and cloth frisbees.
17. White kitchen size trash bags with a draw string.......the kids will love picking up trash.
18. Have some small puzzles set out on boxes.......you have covered with white plastic covers.......you can get ones where they are for 2 to 8 years old........don't go over 50 piece puzzles though........
Using nerf products and cloth products will avoid injuruies to the children and other people attending.
Go to a Dollar Tree or a 99 cent only store (if you live in CA, AZ, NV, or TX).........you can get tons of safe toys cheap.......
how do toys influence the outlook and behavior of boys and girls?
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how do toys influence the outlook and behavior of boys and girls?
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This is actually a very interesting question. Being the father of a little girl going through the toy store can be very frustrating. Seems as though most toys geared towards girls involve either cleaning home, cooking, or something fairy/princess oriented. I even saw a "toy" that enables a girl to upload a picture of herself and she can then pick herself apart and perform "virtual" upgrades. I was horrified. There's even a board game which involves spending money at the mall! OMG111 Contrast this with boys toys which pretty much run the gamut. They have construction toys, action figures, balls, sports stuff, cars, etc. etc.
Toys still are designed to reinforce the same old gender roll stereotypes in our young ones. You really have to think outside the box when buying toys, especially for girls.
In terms of violent toys, it's been demonstrated by social psychologists (Albert Bandura) that playing with violent toys does lead to violent behaviour. Toys are not just passive devices designed to keep our kids attention ... they are learning devices. Careful what's being taught!
This is actually a very interesting question. Being the father of a little girl going through the toy store can be very frustrating. Seems as though most toys geared towards girls involve either cleaning home, cooking, or something fairy/princess oriented. I even saw a "toy" that enables a girl to upload a picture of herself and she can then pick herself apart and perform "virtual" upgrades. I was horrified. There's even a board game which involves spending money at the mall! OMG111 Contrast this with boys toys which pretty much run the gamut. They have construction toys, action figures, balls, sports stuff, cars, etc. etc.
Toys still are designed to reinforce the same old gender roll stereotypes in our young ones. You really have to think outside the box when buying toys, especially for girls.
In terms of violent toys, it's been demonstrated by social psychologists (Albert Bandura) that playing with violent toys does lead to violent behaviour. Toys are not just passive devices designed to keep our kids attention ... they are learning devices. Careful what's being taught!
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