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    I was reminded this morning how important play is not only for children, but for adults and families. That is why I started this thread: for fun. Suggestions on what to do when the power is out. Things to enjoy and help keep children safely occupied. Here are some ideas to get it started.

    1) Books for reading, prayer, coloring, song books, books of children?s party games and puzzle books. Remember age appropriate prizes for the children to look forward to.

    2) Popcorn ? not the pre-buttered, doused with salt stale stuff you get pre-popped from stores. The unpopped popcorn that comes in the kernel. You will need a stove top, popcorn popper (I suggest stainless steel not aluminum), popcorn, salt and cooking oil. Powdered butter for those who must have it. Don?t let kids make it without adult supervision.

    3) Board games and cards.

    4) Hand or sock puppets.
    We were put on this earth to help and take care of one another.

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    Lego

    Meccano

    K'Nex

    Recorder to play. Add in how to learn the recorder book. Very easy.

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    • #3
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      PING PONG (table tennis) & Darts

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      • #4
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        Charades! It is fun for adults and children.

        A subject is decided. It could ?things found in a kitchen or an office or tool box. Some subject that everyone playing is familiar with. A list of things fitting that subject is made and then cut into pieces with one thing on each piece of paper. The pieces of paper are folded and put in a bowl and then one is drawn out. Then one person who took the piece of paper from the bowl has to act out the thing on the paper (without using any words or sounds) and the others have to guess what it is.
        We were put on this earth to help and take care of one another.

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          I'm loading up on books, jigsaw puzzles and Sudoku puzzles.

          We used to play I Spy (?) where a person picks out an object in a room and the other has to guess what it is by moving toward it...they are told they are either hot, cold, luke warm.

          We would play hide and go seek in the house, in the dark.

          Outside, we would play Starlight, starbright, I hope I don't see a ghost tonight. One of the kids would hide outside and the rest of us would all hold hands and walk around chanting the Starlight ditty until the kid jumped out at us. Then we would all scream and run back to the house; the one the ghost grabbed was the next one to hide. The boys would always scare us before the ghost did. Both of these games really scared the crap out of me.

          I spent a lot of time playing in mud puddles, making mud pies, dams and streams...
          The salvage of human life ought to be placed above barter and exchange ~ Louis Harris, 1918

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          • #6
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            Science projects for the kids! there has to be books out there.

            This week I had mine playing with acids in the kitchen (under supervision). I gave them a box of spent baking soda (a base) from the fridge and told them to see what they could whomp up and what would happen (chemical reactions). The ground rules were no use of soaps or anything from the cleaning cabinet. They found out vinegar, Tabasco sauce and lime juice were all acids and Lime juice mixed with sweetener smells like 7up.
            We were put on this earth to help and take care of one another.

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            • #7
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              I am checking out yard sales, auctions etc. for musical instruments and musical instruction books. A child learning to play and instrument may be hard on the nerves but hopefully it will keep them and their hands busy in a constructive task. Also looking for traditional hymn books and easy to sing and play contemporary music/songs.

              A family sing a long might be something to look forward to at the end of a long and monotonous day.
              We were put on this earth to help and take care of one another.

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                I have some stacking drawers, two drawers have little animals (farm, jungle, dinosaur etc) and scenery (little trees, bushes, rocks, etc) one drawer has magnet building sets, one has fiddlestix and Knex, one has crayons, blunt scissors, rulers, and paper, one has play doh and accessories, and two huge drawers have wooden building blocks. Smaller stacking containers have legos mosaics, DS games, and other building sets. Downstairs we have Geotrax in plastic tubs, and wooden tracks and trains and a train table, upstairs we have Barbie houses and dolls and the nice lego sets. in his office, my husband has stacks of lego sets and lego train stuff, and regular model trains, he's really getting into lego trains and I bought him 3 for Christmas.
                Our dining room has bookcases with board games, but I always win and no one will play with me now.
                We have six kids, and since we got this stuff and organized it they rarely watch TV. I love listening to them play!
                So, I think we have enough toys for the kids and my DH to play with!

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                • #9
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                  To add to the great ideas...
                  • Origami (how-tos online & books)
                  • Geo-magnets (other brand available seem to be compatible)
                  • Lots of arts & crafts supplies + how to books for paperbag, popsicle sticks, paper plate craft books- I supplement with household "trash" such as buttons from unusable clothing, mateless socks for making puppets, paper towel tubes, glass & plastic bottles, cardboard, fabric scraps, twist ties, ribbons, string, etc.
                  • Model kits for older children, teens & adults
                  • String figures - i.e. Jacob's Ladder, Cats-in-the-cradle
                  • Shadow hand puppets
                  • Add-a-story or Neverending Tale - one person starts a story (verbal or written), next person adds to it and passes it along.
                  • Nerf (foam) balls
                  "In the beginning of change, the patriot is a scarce man (or woman https://flutrackers.com/forum/core/i...ilies/wink.png), and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for it then costs nothing to be a patriot."- Mark TwainReason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. -Thomas Paine

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                  • #10
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                    This would not be appropriate for younger children because of the potential choking hazard. We purchased for our family a box of games that included checkers, chess, backgammon, cards and dominos.

                    I plan to make a list of the titles of the classical books I am picking up for our home library. We may now have 3 copies of one classic book because I failed to do this sooner.
                    We were put on this earth to help and take care of one another.

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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by Amish Country View Post
                      This would not be appropriate for younger children because of the potential choking hazard. We purchased for our family a box of games that included checkers, chess, backgammon, cards and dominos.

                      I plan to make a list of the titles of the classical books I am picking up for our home library. We may now have 3 copies of one classic book because I failed to do this sooner.
                      I buy almost everything from Amazon (the used books are usually super cheap!) for this very reason, they have a banner at the top of the page telling me if I've already bought something! Isn't that wonderful? They know me!
                      I'm looking for a solar Nintendo DS charger. I'd hate for all the games I've bought to go completely to waste!

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