{"id":4195,"date":"2018-04-11T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T16:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2018-04-11T10:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T15:05:52","slug":"awesome-ideas-for-entertaining-the-kids-that-youll-also-enjoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/awesome-ideas-for-entertaining-the-kids-that-youll-also-enjoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Ideas For Entertaining The Kids That You’ll Also Enjoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we\u2019ve all experienced over the last few weeks due to the Easter holidays, children become bored at a second’s notice. The problem with this is that we have to find something for them to do as soon as possible before all hell breaks loose, and more often than not, the activities that are available for them to do aren\u2019t exactly what you\u2019d like to be doing. However, you could be crafty and prepare some activities and toys for the next period of time off with the children that they will enjoy just as much as you do. Here are some awesome ideas for entertaining the kids<\/a> that you\u2019ll also enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Lego<\/span><\/h2>\n

No one can deny that Lego is one of the most all round fun ways to entertain the children. There\u2019s something magical about sitting on the floor together and creating either one big build together, or separate ones that you can play with afterwards. The great thing about LEGO is that it\u2019s widely available, and there\u2019s no limit on what you can replicate. Perfect for those kids that love Minecraft because it\u2019s a physical version of it (apart from the zombies of course) and it\u2019s an activity that everyone in the family will enjoy.<\/p>\n

Flying Drones<\/span><\/h2>\n

There\u2019s something extremely exciting about having a toy that flies and being in control of it. Another perfect example of a toy that everyone in the family can enjoy. The best bit? You can buy cameras that you can attach to them to record it\u2019s journey, or even take some incredible footage of you and the children! QuadcopterCloud<\/a> offer a wide range of flying drones, and the option to buy a camera with it too. An even bigger bonus is that you can fly it once the kids are in bed and have some fun with it yourself!<\/p>\n

Gardening<\/span><\/h2>\n

Kids love getting their hands dirty, and they love being able to help you with things around the garden. So why not take this opportunity to do some gardening and get the children involved? Plant some flower beds together, dig up some soil and water the plants for an easy and cheap way of entertaining the kids. You could even use the chance to teach them about plants and the way things grow by creating a vegetable patch<\/a> together. Get them to pick out their favourite fruit or vegetable and grow it with them in the garden! An educational and continuing entertainment source that you can enjoy too!<\/p>\n

Swimming<\/span><\/h2>\n

Children love activities that they wouldn\u2019t normally be doing, so the idea and actual activity of going swimming with you will be a great way to keep them entertained for a few hours (and also wear off some of that pent up energy). It\u2019s a family friendly activity that allows everyone involved to get some much needed exercise and enjoy some quality time together as a family!<\/p>\n

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As we\u2019ve all experienced over the last few weeks due to the Easter holidays, children become bored at a second’s notice. The problem with this is that we have to find something for them to do as soon as possible before all hell breaks loose, and more often than not, the activities that are available […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Awesome Ideas For Entertaining The Kids That You'll Also Enjoy #dadbloggers","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1,276,7,6],"tags":[17,12,147,19,16],"class_list":["post-4195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-town","category-blog","category-family","category-inside","category-outside","tag-around-town-2","tag-blog-2","tag-family","tag-inside-fun","tag-lets-go-outside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/lego.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-15F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4195"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4200,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195\/revisions\/4200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}