Fun Within Your Home

SCENARIO A

"I feel so lonely. I have lost most of my friends since I become a stay-at-home mom. We have no friends to go out with."

SCENARIO B

"I don't feel safe taking the kids out on my own without my hubby. It is safer to have one adult to one child when we are in public places."

SCENARIO C

"It's too tiring. The packing, unpacking, putting them on the child seat, one by one."

SCENARIO D

"The hand foot mouth disease (HFMD) is getting out of hand. Better stay indoors."

Whatever your reasons, please do not let them stop you and your children from having fun.

IT'S ALL IN THE MIND, you know. ALL IN THE MINDSET.

You can still have loads of fun by staying indoors. Believe me. I have survived being a stay-at-home mom for seven years, with only two children and a handful of friends I meet occasionally.

If your children are bored of playing indoor games you can bring the outdoor activities indoor.

Yes, BRING THEM IN!

We brought the entire FUNFAIR in. The kids loved it and they kept on asking to do it again during every school holidays thereafter.

We had game booths, food stalls and reward stickers so they could collect prizes later on.

My son, JS, preparing the food for the food stalls.
We "stopped" at the food stalls for lunch, so we could stretch the fun fair play from after breakfast to nap time.

The "Strike and Win" booth.
Prizes are soft toys.

The "Shoot and Win" both with junk food as prizes.

The "Fishing" booth. A bit of a challenge to fish with chopsticks.

JS with the prizes he won at the Fun Fair.

IF you do not have time for a "complicated" activity as the above, you could do something simpler such as having an indoor picnic or if you have a garden, set your table and have breakfast in the garden.

You can play treasure hunting, and let the children hunt their favourite things. For example, hunt your own snack, or hunt your toys of the week (where for that particular week, the are the owners of the toys).

HAVING FUN IS VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU CAN BRING IN THE FUN EVEN IF YOU CAN'T LEAVE YOUR HOME.

Hope you find this post helpful.

Enjoy the week ahead and do share with us the activities you did or plan to do this week, at the confinement of your home! 😀

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