OHbaby! Forums : Fun activities -share yours https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 16:15:37 +0000 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:41:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=35451 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Kids will have more fun if they...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5891533&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5891533 Author: sahithya176687
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Posted: 26 November 2015 at 7:41pm

Kids will have more fun if they involve in that particular activity they do. Usually, kids like to do crafts,playing with friends. Apart from this, there are so many fun activities that kids will have more fun. Here is the article to read on and learn about few fun activities that makes you kids more active. http://www.momjunction.com/articles/fun-and-interesting-activities-for-your-kid_00103444/]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:41:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5891533&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5891533 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Hi Our family gets together during...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5874659&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5874659 Author: Rammie
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Posted: 26 September 2014 at 4:46pm

Hi
Our family gets together during weekend and we play a card game (Playing cards)called Down The Creek. Does anyone play this?]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:46:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5874659&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5874659 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Going to try this edible finger...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5873269&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5873269 Author: maybish
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Posted: 21 August 2014 at 10:11pm

Going to try this edible finger paint! What an amazing idea! ]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:11:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5873269&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5873269 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Edible finger paint? God that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5865625&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5865625 Author: Mary143082
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Posted: 22 April 2014 at 12:15am

Edible finger paint? God that is GENIUS! Thank you thank you thank you!]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:15:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5865625&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5865625 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : erinalba wrote:No ideas so...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5855288&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5855288 Author: Lisa333133896
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Posted: 27 November 2013 at 9:08am

Originally posted by erinalba erinalba wrote:

No ideas so far from anyone else???



I tend to keep cereal boxes and used them to make up a whole lot of masks - monkeys, cats and butterflies for kids to paint with sponges and decorate with glitter. Here's a few that the kids did at activities group today.



[IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/riffraff914/masks.jpg">


Wev have similar plays "with masks". My boy is big enough (6 y.o.), he is crazy about super heroes, so we make similar masks, my friends and i bought our children such hero belts http://www.supermehero.com/ninja-utility-belt.html and costumes.
Even to the kindergarden our children take similar bags with super heroes... ]]> Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:08:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=5855288&title=fun-activities-share-yours#5855288 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : When I can&#039;t be bothered...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1260615&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1260615 Author: QTMum
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Posted: 06 February 2011 at 9:27pm

When I can't be bothered with mess. DS takes wa cup of water and a paint brush outside and he paints everything.

Another fun and relatively low mess activity is coffee filter buterflies. Coffee filters cost practically nothing for a big box and then you just colour them with felt pens. When you have finished sit them in a cup of water (about 1cm of water) and watch the colours flow as the ater is sucked up the filter. Let it dry and then use a pipe cleaner to finish the body.]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:27:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1260615&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1260615 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : I like the sound of an activities...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1256804&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1256804 Author: tiptoes
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Posted: 01 February 2011 at 8:12pm

I like the sound of an activities group. Would be a cool way to do coffee group sometime instead of just playing with regular toys (though playing with different kids toys seems to be pretty fun anyway).

Any other activities you've done erinalba? I'm especially interested in ones Briannah can do as my DS is only a couple of months older.

I've ripped out loads of the ideas from my pile of Treasures Mags but many seem a little too advanced for now.

I wish we'd tried the paint in the JJ like you suggested T-Rex, maybe next time.

Edited by chelle]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:12:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1256804&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1256804 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : I love the idea of rice too So...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1166428&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1166428 Author: NikkiB
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 7:27am

I love the idea of rice too So easy and cheap, but yet hours of entertainment! I like!!!! ]]> Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:27:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1166428&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1166428 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Thanks for that Kim - might have...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1166422&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1166422 Author: erinalba
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 7:05am

Thanks for that Kim - might have to try the rice play. My DS loves 'helping' me bake and loves mixing. Will be easy enough to vacuum up whatever he flings around (which I guarantee he will do).

Huntersmama - I like the idea of putting buttons and oil in a bottle. Should keep DD entertained for a while. Why does it need to be squashed though? Will need to get some more superglue to glue the lid on!!]]> Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:05:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1166422&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1166422 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Also changing how you play with...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1163414&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1163414 Author: Kimnthekids
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 8:06pm

Also changing how you play with something - like with the nicer weather finally - have been doing things like bringing the car collection downstairs into the garden, where DS will make tunnels, use the twigs and leaves to build structures...


ooo sudden thought = making a fairy house like on tinkerbell!!!]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:06:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1163414&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1163414 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : This could be controversial (the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1163411&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1163411 Author: Kimnthekids
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 8:03pm

This could be controversial (the whole play with food thing) But we have 1 icecream container that is full of rice (whcih we coloured with a few drops of food colouring). DS asks for this daily - i bring it out onto a rug, with an assortment of spoons, bowls, shotglasses(have to find some use for them now! And then will sometimes add something like muffin trays or plastic food etc.
He'll spend up to an hour just mixing and creating]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:03:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1163411&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1163411 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : At our last PAFT group we made...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1159128&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1159128 Author: HuntersMama
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Posted: 22 September 2010 at 2:43pm

At our last PAFT group we made little shakers out of a squashed clear bottle - like a jolly drink bottle. We put a few buttons and beads inside and filled it with water and food colouring! You could also put oil in it, or nothing at all.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:43:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1159128&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1159128 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Oh wow, these all look great....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1159109&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1159109 Author: Jacobsmumma
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Posted: 22 September 2010 at 2:32pm

Oh wow, these all look great.  I don't have anything to add just yet, but will defo come back when I do.  My DS is 15mo and we haven't tried anything arty just yet.

]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:32:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1159109&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1159109 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : kiwikid, here&#039;s a spider,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1143357&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1143357 Author: erinalba
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Posted: 03 September 2010 at 3:52pm

kiwikid, here's a spider, caterpilar and butterfly we made with egg cartons...



Edited by erinalba]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:52:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1143357&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1143357 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Here&#039;s another idea. Put...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1142155&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1142155 Author: NikkiB
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Posted: 02 September 2010 at 1:41pm

Here's another idea.

Put play dough in little containers (like yoghurt containers) and let the little ones go outside collecting twigs, leafs, flowers etc to plant in the play dough. They then have their own little garden ]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:41:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1142155&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1142155 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Kiwikid, you could make spiders,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1142152&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1142152 Author: NikkiB
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Posted: 02 September 2010 at 1:39pm

Kiwikid, you could make spiders, caterpillars and trains with egg cartons.

You can use the bit the egg sits in as the body for both the spider and the caterpillar and then get some pipe cleaners for the legs. Paint them any colour you want.

I had a few 1/2 dozen cartons that I threaded string through so they made a big long train. Perfect size for little people toys (and the like) to sit in and become passengers. We then took the passengers on a very exciting trip passed all these amazing places Hours of fun!]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:39:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1142152&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1142152 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : What a good idea starting this...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1142101&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1142101 Author: Troods
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Posted: 02 September 2010 at 12:55pm

What a good idea starting this thread Sue. Funny, I was thinking about txting you to get the finger paint recipe so I can get the girls to do some artwork this afternoon for DH for father's day, when I thought I'd see if there was anything in this section first

I don't have any creative contributions to make yet, but will be sure to add them here if I do.]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:55:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1142101&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1142101 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : I have been collecting egg cartons...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1140689&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1140689 Author: kiwikid
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Posted: 01 September 2010 at 4:04am

I have been collecting egg cartons for ages now, they seem like they should be really fun for creating something with but I'm not very arty inclined - can anyone inspire me with what to make with egg cartons???

Where did you get the stencil to make the masks from?? We do the same with cereal boxes but think DS would love the mask idea instead of just painting the life out of them!]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:04:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1140689&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1140689 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Haha Nikki - yes the top left...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1138958&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1138958 Author: erinalba
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Posted: 30 August 2010 at 12:22pm

Haha Nikki - yes the top left one does look great. Your son is very talented! Love the idea for the car wash!

And T-Rex that's a great idea too. Might try that in the next few days with Briannah ]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:22:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1138958&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1138958 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Sounds like fun! Hang the jolly...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1137398&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1137398 Author: T_Rex
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Posted: 27 August 2010 at 5:10pm

Sounds like fun!

Hang the jolly jumper in the garage or somewhere, put a tray of paint under it, let baby jump in the paint, then put a piece of paper under her instead - and you get a really cute footprinty painting ]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:10:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1137398&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1137398 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : That top left one looks great...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1137323&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1137323 Author: NikkiB
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Posted: 27 August 2010 at 4:06pm

That top left one looks great

One idea I've had is, after the kids have had races on their ride ons, they could then do a car wash and wash their own ride ons! Bound to take up time, burn energy and a great activity for a beautiful summers day ]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:06:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1137323&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1137323 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : No ideas so far from anyone else??? I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1137168&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1137168 Author: erinalba
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Posted: 27 August 2010 at 1:51pm

No ideas so far from anyone else???

I tend to keep cereal boxes and used them to make up a whole lot of masks - monkeys, cats and butterflies for kids to paint with sponges and decorate with glitter. Here's a few that the kids did at activities group today.

]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:51:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1137168&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1137168 <![CDATA[Fun activities -share yours : Since I have started an activities...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1136042&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1136042 Author: erinalba
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Posted: 26 August 2010 at 2:00pm

Since I have started an activities group I thought it might be nice to share some of the stuff we do, and hopefully others can share their fun things so that we can try them too.

Our first meetup I made edible finger paint so babies could get involved with painting too. Here's the recipe for those who are interested:

Edible Finger Paint

4 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 cup of cornflour
3 cups cold water
Food colouring
Stir sugar and cornflour together. While stirring, slowly add water and heat over medium heat until mixture thickens. It will thicken further when it cools. Divide into four containers and add food colouring.

I'm not sure how long the paint lasts for, but I've got mine in babyfood jars and it's still ok 3 weeks later.]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:00:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35451&PID=1136042&title=fun-activities-share-yours#1136042