TV Turnoff Week: Day Five
It is a rainy spring day outside. It’s actually quite unusual for us here in Colorado to get rainy days. And instead of cherishing these gloomy days, most of us spend the time walking around feeling sorry for ourselves and wondering when our precious sunshine will return.
This gloom is not going to make it easy to remain TV Free this afternoon or tomorrow – it’s just such perfect couch and remote control weather. So in the interest of being prepared, I looked up some indoor activities that my kids and I can do together during what I foresee as being a very long weekend.
- Reverse writing. I got this idea from Amazingmoms.com. Try writing a word and see if your kids can write it backwards. If they are older, see if they can do a whole sentence.
- Make a fort. Activity Village suggests letting your kids make a mess in the living room and make the biggest fort they can.
- Create an obstacle course. For those of us with kids who have leftover energy after building a fort, try making an obstacle course. Act as the coach while your kids are running around and burning off energy – you might even want to join in!
- Play in the rain
- Bake something. C and H Sugar tweets new recipes everyday – apparently today is National Cherry Cheesecake Day. Hmmm…I think could get into that
- Make your own movie. Essortment.com suggest making your own movies when you can’t watch them. Pull out all the stops and create a short script, designate a costume designer, and play with the lighting.
A Challenge for the day
Try something new – whether it is a new recipe, a new activity, a new game, a new puzzle…just something you haven’t done before!
My Reflection for the day
Would going to a movie theater be cheating?
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