things to do besides video games

Heather - posted on 01/24/2009

LEGO!!!!!..... I heart Legos....lol! Keeps 'em going for ages. Also TINKER TOYS, I just saw them on a give away, and I remembered how great they are......lol

Ellen - posted on 01/24/2009

I ditto the toboganning.  Board games.  Museum.  Bake cookies (and of course, lick the bowl and beaters).  Bundle up and walk to the library.  Rent a fistful of videos (less solitary than video games), watch with popcorn.  Make pudding and have a "carving" contest in the pudding. 

Mandi - posted on 01/22/2009

Sledding!  We love to do it!  Board games are fabulous.  Wresling in the living room is pretty popular here. hehe!  Turn on some music and jump around.  Any kind of painting is fun, as long as it's a little messy boys love it.  I will add more as I think of things.

Jenni - posted on 01/21/2009

Tonight my three year old son and I made paper airplanes then threw them off the upstairs landing. This was fun and kept him entertained going up and down the stairs. He also loves to be on the computer and play games on Noggin.com (like I don't get enough Noggin on TV, now it's on my computer). My husband has also bundled him up and they go out playing in the snow and go sledding.

Emalia - posted on 01/20/2009

My 5 year old boy LOVES his Lego (plastic building blocks) and has done since he was 3... His father and uncles still like to play too! All kinds of building blocks/ construction play things - wood/plastic/metal are great for imaginations! Even if just wood off-cuts with sanded edges - become roads/ air ports/ towers....

And when he's not being quiet and solitary with his Lego and blocks - my boy loves to get energetic with his dancing!!! Again - he's been dancing since before he could walk.... appropriate for any age!!

Lucinda - posted on 01/08/2009

Teach them to play Go Fish! or checkers. Crayons/coloring or play-doh.  Movies and reading.

Andrea - posted on 01/07/2009

get flashlights and play hide and seek with the lights off
build a fort with chairs and blankets
for little ones, a big bowl of water in the kitchen and some cups, spoons, medicine droppers...keeps them busy for a while

Andrea - posted on 01/05/2009

How old are your boys?