OHbaby! Forums : rainy day activities https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 07:03:46 +0000 Wed, 02 May 2007 10:31:12 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7075 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[rainy day activities : lizzle wrote:I read some thing...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=139019&title=rainy-day-activities#139019 Author: 11111
Subject: 7075
Posted: 02 May 2007 at 10:31am

Originally posted by lizzle lizzle wrote:

I read some thing that said kids shouldn't watch tv until they are three. THREEE!!!! how else would I get on the computer????

I know I would never get anything done without TV.

]]> Wed, 02 May 2007 10:31:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=139019&title=rainy-day-activities#139019 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : lol Liz. too true. We have Hi-5.....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138982&title=rainy-day-activities#138982 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 7075
Posted: 02 May 2007 at 9:39am

lol Liz. too true.

We have Hi-5.. used to have the dvd's on alot, but i am a bit of a anti-video nazi.. only cos that's mike's solution every time he looks after them ha ha Paris narks.. i got home from mornings hift one weekend and Paris goes "guess what, we watched 5 videos today!" hhhmm reaallly? i said. Mike's comeback was "one of them we watched twice.. it was only 4."

anyway now we have the hi-5 cds and the girls sick them on and dance. Paris also likes all the new music.. loves that song candyman.. and gets ayja and dances with her very cute to watch and man does it burn some calories when i join in with them.

ooh and singstar.. probably better for the older kids, but very cute. lol Paris has her songs that she knows off by heart.. and ayja picks up the microphone and goes "sing sing sing, la la la" which gets paris annoyed as "that's not right, that's not how it goes!"
ha ha]]> Wed, 02 May 2007 09:39:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138982&title=rainy-day-activities#138982 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Jake loves little einsteins and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138966&title=rainy-day-activities#138966 Author: lizzle
Subject: 7075
Posted: 02 May 2007 at 9:14am

Jake loves little einsteins and sing sthe music all the time. It's funny as it's all classical of course, so It makes me feel like I'm such a good mum introducing him to that kind of music - rather than I'ma crap mum letting my kid watch tv all day. I read some thing that said kids shouldn't watch tv until they are three. THREEE!!!! how else would I get on the computer????]]> Wed, 02 May 2007 09:14:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138966&title=rainy-day-activities#138966 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : I like little einsteins heaps,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138815&title=rainy-day-activities#138815 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 7075
Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:56pm

I like little einsteins heaps, but Jake's not so keen, keeps yelling at the tv "Wee ils, Wee ils, Wee ils, mama" like yelling will make them magically appear.

I kinda regret introducing the tele now, though, cos I can't watch the news in the morning without someone bringing me the sky remote (yes, he even knows the difference between the remotes) and saying "wee ils"

Edited by fattartsrock]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 20:56:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138815&title=rainy-day-activities#138815 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : lizzle wrote:we have playhouse...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138813&title=rainy-day-activities#138813 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 7075
Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:54pm

Originally posted by lizzle lizzle wrote:

we have playhouse on constantly too. I hate those doodlebop things. we like Jojo and do the dances...well I do and the children laugh at me. Now Taine bobs up and down, but Jake laughs then gets angry and yells "MAMA NO!"


I can't get the bloody doodlebops song out of my head. It's been in there all freaking day! They're not too bad, except the song. Rod likes them though!]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 20:54:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138813&title=rainy-day-activities#138813 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Op&#039;s all i can say is got...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138785&title=rainy-day-activities#138785 Author: 11111
Subject: 7075
Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:34pm

Op's all i can say is got the wiggle's.  We do play with puzzles and read book's to.  We are not to jsut sit and watch tne wiggles we have to dance and talk to mummy as well si there is still lot's of interaction I actually really want a some wiggle's cd's so we can have less tv and still lot's of dacing(and yes I dance round the house too its great fun)]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 20:34:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138785&title=rainy-day-activities#138785 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : we have playhouse on constantly...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138783&title=rainy-day-activities#138783 Author: lizzle
Subject: 7075
Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:32pm

we have playhouse on constantly too. I hate those doodlebop things. we like Jojo and do the dances...well I do and the children laugh at me. Now Taine bobs up and down, but Jake laughs then gets angry and yells "MAMA NO!"]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 20:32:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138783&title=rainy-day-activities#138783 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Maya&#039;s really into Reader...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138770&title=rainy-day-activities#138770 Author: Maya
Subject: 7075
Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:23pm

Maya's really into Reader Rabbit atm, I put the DVD on the computer and it's interactive, so she is actually learning at the same time (except it means I can't use the computer, and she does get mad with MSN boxes popping up all the time ) ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 20:23:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138770&title=rainy-day-activities#138770 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : We love playhouse here too. Jake...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138769&title=rainy-day-activities#138769 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 7075
Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:20pm

We love playhouse here too. Jake has only started really watching tv inthe last 2 weeks or so, but already really loves the "wee ils" (wiggles) and the doodlebops.]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 20:20:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138769&title=rainy-day-activities#138769 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Oh gees, we have been bad then.....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138741&title=rainy-day-activities#138741 Author: Lisha
Subject: 7075
Posted: 01 May 2007 at 7:56pm

Oh gees, we have been bad then.. tv has been on and off for most of the day today, Playhouse disney is great! i heard that tomorrow is going to be worse (weather wise). ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 19:56:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=138741&title=rainy-day-activities#138741 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Oh, believe me, the video is on,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137353&title=rainy-day-activities#137353 Author: lizzle
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 3:36pm

Oh, believe me, the video is on, but My gf's kids aren't interested in tv so much! b strange children! thanks for the ideas! Think we might so some mothers day card things - my kids have entirely too many grandmothers (5!!!) to make things for, so that would kill two birds with one stone so to speak...might try some gingerbread men as well....]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:36:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137353&title=rainy-day-activities#137353 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Blowing bubbbles works best after...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137345&title=rainy-day-activities#137345 Author: sparkle
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 3:20pm

Blowing bubbbles works best after it has rained, something to do with moisture in the air.]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:20:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137345&title=rainy-day-activities#137345 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Bee wrote:We also just bought...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137297&title=rainy-day-activities#137297 Author: meow
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 11:39am

Originally posted by Bee Bee wrote:

We also just bought "Candyland" the game. Ethan loves it!!!!


We've got this in the cupboard for one of Ella's bday presents. Glad he likes it, I've heard it's great for kids ]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:39:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137297&title=rainy-day-activities#137297 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : turn on a video..!!!! ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137285&title=rainy-day-activities#137285 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 11:11am

turn on a video..!!!! ]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:11:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137285&title=rainy-day-activities#137285 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : We also just bought &#034;Candyland&#034;...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137271&title=rainy-day-activities#137271 Author: Bumble
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 10:33am

We also just bought "Candyland" the game. Ethan loves it!!!!

oh, more ideas......Dominoes, Go Fish, Memory Game.....]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:33:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137271&title=rainy-day-activities#137271 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : more ideas!!!! Tape City.... (Make...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137269&title=rainy-day-activities#137269 Author: Bumble
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 10:31am

more ideas!!!!

Tape City....

(Make sure that masking tape or selotape is ok on the carpet first...)
Tape out roads, hospitals, fire station, police station, airport....... you get the picture.. kids can race cars around on the floor vroom vroom!!!!

Chair Maze - under the chairs, over, around three times...make it up as you go along....

Sheet day - tents, all hold a corner and put a teddy in the middle and throw it into the air....

Sponges - Good to throw indoors, sort by colour, count, have shaped ones, throw into containers like ring toss mentioned earlier!!

Mailbox - Shoebox with lid. Cut a slot in the top and kids can mail away. I made letters for Ethan from people in his life (Gran, Grandad, Dad, Mum.....)

Balnket Riding... - works best on smooth floor. Place child on blanket or towel, pull them gently around!!! Weeeeeeeee

Magic Mud - Cornflour, water and food colouring. Mix a little bit of water at a time. Can put this in sealable bags that kids can squish... The cornflour is runny, but when you pick it up it goes hard... Its really cool if you haven't tried it!!!! Maybe a bit messy, do in a garage or carport if you have one!!!]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:31:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137269&title=rainy-day-activities#137269 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : flash cards, if it&#039;s not...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137262&title=rainy-day-activities#137262 Author: Bumble
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 10:22am

flash cards, if it's not rainining - play in the leaves, lay down a rope or something similar and get the kids to walk along it - person who doesn't fall off wins something, stamps, construction paper, tissue paper, glitter, glue,

Make Mother's day cards!!! Have the Card shape all set up before hand then get kids to decorate

toddler pouch - 2 paper plates, scissors, stapler, hole punch, ribbon or wool. Cut one paper plate in half, staple to other plate to form a pouch. Hole punch holes in the top of the full paper plate. Tie ribbon through then to form a handle. Decorate....

After that maybe play "postie". Kids cn make "letters" to each other...


(Yes I am sad, I have a "Rainy Day Book!!!")

(The Toddlers Busy Book by Trish Kuffner - got it off Amazon.com..]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:22:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137262&title=rainy-day-activities#137262 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : FIVE under five!! WOW! Go Lizzle!! I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137226&title=rainy-day-activities#137226 Author: Anna
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 9:19am

FIVE under five!! WOW! Go Lizzle!!

I must admit that sometimes it is just as easy to look after more kids, I look after my neighbours 2 year old and my other neighbours 9 month old weekly. Works out really well cause the kids all ahve someone to play with! (Although Quinn does this delightful showing-off thing that involves trashing his room!)

Hmmm, rainy day ideas? Can't think of much that hasn't been mentioned but baking works really well here. And boxes ARE fantastic, pull out the crayon to decorate. Huts with blankets keep Quinn entertained for ages! Wooden blocks have been great for his imagination, they can truly be anything you want.

And, it all that fails... telly!]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:19:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137226&title=rainy-day-activities#137226 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Yeah! My gf pays me in meat and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137212&title=rainy-day-activities#137212 Author: lizzle
Subject: 7075
Posted: 29 April 2007 at 8:51am

Yeah! My gf pays me in meat and tupperware! the kids are great *one is Jake's age, one is taine's age and the oldest is four. they all get along pretty well, and my gf is expecting number 4!!! only the same age as me!!!

what was worse was last time I sat for them, the 2 year old had a broken leg! ]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:51:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137212&title=rainy-day-activities#137212 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : It was only drizzling on and off...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137146&title=rainy-day-activities#137146 Author: Maya
Subject: 7075
Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:58pm

It was only drizzling on and off here, but Maya and I baked a microwave choccy cake in my new Tupperware silicone kugelhopft type thingie. Not strictly on my weight watchers, but I did have a *small* piece just to make sure it wasn't poisonous

And Liz - five under five ]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:58:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137146&title=rainy-day-activities#137146 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Why did you say yes!!!!! lol We...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137143&title=rainy-day-activities#137143 Author: busymum
Subject: 7075
Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:55pm

Why did you say yes!!!!! lol

We just got given some hand-me-down toys so my girls have been enjoying playing with some new things lately. Last winter I headed down to Plunket so the girls could play in a change of scenery! But other activites I can think of are...
playdough, drawing (pencils, crayons, feltpens), stensils, throwing rings around a stick (can't remember what it's called! ring toss?) or soft balls into 10L buckets or similar containers, making shaking bottles (1.5L fizzy bottle filled with glitter or sparkly confetti and water, taped well around the top, and can be rolled and shaken), icing and/or decorating plain biscuits, making 100's and 1000's bread for a tea party, baking together, puzzles...]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:55:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137143&title=rainy-day-activities#137143 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : god, you&#039;re keen... ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137134&title=rainy-day-activities#137134 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 7075
Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:44pm

god, you're keen...]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:44:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137134&title=rainy-day-activities#137134 <![CDATA[rainy day activities : Today was awful - rainy and cold...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137128&title=rainy-day-activities#137128 Author: lizzle
Subject: 7075
Posted: 28 April 2007 at 8:34pm

Today was awful - rainy and cold and I have a feeling that the nice weather is on the way out. So thoguht we might want to post some ideas for indoor activities - prefereably that require minimal adult supervision, equipment and cleanup!

Anyway, I piled every pillow in the house on the floor and the boys went nuts stacking them, lying on them and had a ball for honestly about an hour with minimal tears and spills! Lewi's nana would be horrified with the feet and bums on pillows but hey, i was horrified having two toddlers running around annoying me - so it balances out.

Then we got two huge boxes I found, de-spidered them and cut them into cars. origainally we were having one and "sharing" but this did not eventuate - so we had two, and the boys LOVED them. They put their soft chairs in there - had some snacks, a bottle, watched tv, had a story.....and I sat and had a coffee....bliss


BTW I am babysitting and will have 5 under 5 next tuesday so will need some activity ideas ASAP!!!!]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:34:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7075&PID=137128&title=rainy-day-activities#137128