76 boredom busters

41. Go to the library. An unending supply of books - for free!

42. Settle her down with a story tape or CD or pre-record yourself reading her fave books.

43. Make a hat. Cut a strip of card to fit round your tot's head, then get her to decorate it.

44. Make a birthday card for someone in your family - get your tot to draw her own picture.

45. Construct a rocket by covering a loo roll in foil. Make a cone shape to attach to one end and add orange streamers to the other.

46. Play skittles. Make some building block towers outside on the patio, then roll a ball to try to knock them down.

47. Do some dusting! Kids really love to copy Mum (just mind those expensive knick-knacks!)

48. Go swimming. Lots of leisure centre run special children's sessions when they have extra equipment such as floats, balls and little watering cans.

49. Make a playdough sweet shop. Use different colours and shapes to make lollies, chocolate bars, candy bars and fruit drops.

50. Be sleeping lions. Your child must lie still for as long as possible!

51. Play musical statues. When the music stops, they must freeze!

52. Ask a friend over. At this age children love to have a companion and are easier to entertain.

53. Make a paper-bag puppet with buttons for eyes and wool hair.

54. Play hide-and-seek but pretend to be a bit short-sighted when it's your turn to do the seeking!

55. Play hunt the teddy. Take it in turns to hide it in the house.

56. Go on a bus ride. It doesn't matter where to - it's the adventure of the journey that counts!

57. Paint designs onto each other's hand using watercolours.

58. Thread tubes of pasta on to lengths of string to make some pasta jewellery.

59. Play hospitals with dolls. Provide loo-paper bandages and a few plasters, then line up dolls and toys as patients.

60. Make an alphabet scrapbook. Cut out photos from magazines for each letter of the alphabet.

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