Make a Mask

Take a paper plate and cut out two circles for the eyes. Then have them decorate a funny, scary or whatever type of face. Glue a popcicle stick to the plate for them to use as a handle. Then use them!

Be a Bus Driver

Get outside and have your child ride their big wheel, bike, or tricycle. Have them pretend they are a bus driver and stop at houses to pick up kids. You will get a slow walk in..but hey, you are outside and not on your hands and knees digging in the dirt or playing with chalk.

Search for Pennies

If you have a babysized pool and a few friends over, then grab a handful of pennies. Have the kids look away while you toss some pennies into the pool. Say go...and let them hunt for pennies. Then have them count them to see who gets to hide them next.

Challenge:
If you have older kids you could use other coins and have them practice counting their money.

Car Wash

It might be getting a little cool for this now, but a friend of mine says this keeps her girls busy for hours. Bring out the kiddy vehicles in your garage..the push car, bigwheels, bikes etc. Get out the chalk and a bucket with some bubbly water and the hose, if you are brave. Let the kids drive the cars around, color on them with chalk...or the chalk paint mentioned in a prior blog post. Then they get to wash them off.

Giant Board Game

Head outside one of these nice fall days and get out the chalk...oh and bring a dice or spinner from a game you have inside. We happen to have a pair of giant sized dice that my husband got at a work thing.

Draw a giant board game on the driveway. Add special spots that have you running around the house, going back, or ahead certain numbers of spaces, or doing other outside tasks.

My son loves this. Making the board and playing gets you outside for almost an hour.

Bake

Get your child involved in the kitchen. Start out easy with a box muffin mix that only has you adding water. Soon your child will be asking for something with more ingrediants...like mine. Which motivates you to brave the world of cooking from scratch.