5001 Things for Kids to Do

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of 14,001 Things to Be Happy About comes this imaginative collection of more than 5,000 activities for children of all ages -- all of which are guaranteed not to require... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452280834
• ISBN13: 9780452280830
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

This book will keep your kids busy

Few of the many things kids can do includes:Learn CPRMake a CollageLearn encyclopedia skillsMake your own personal flagRead about Canada, the 2nd largest country in the worldCreate a pet scrapbook or photo albumMake a salad with 5 ingredientsFind Out about a career you might like to haveFind a great pizza recipeMake lunch for your brother or sisterCard GamesAlso included in this book is a partial list of materials/supplies you will need to accomplish an activity

Jam Packed with fun activities

This book will give your kids a list of 5,001 activites to choose from which will keep them occupied for hours in fun, mind-expanding ways. Some activites may require adult supervision while others don't. I recommend this book for children between the ages of 6-18 years. While some activites may be appropriate for a young child, there are activites that are more appropriate for a teenager. While this book has lots of ideas and activities, I felt this book would have been better if the activities were seperated by ages and categories instead of one long list. A sampling of activities includes: learn CPR, illustrate your wall calander, write down your hopes and dreams, make a suggestion to the mayor, make a tower of disposable drinking cups, make up a new card game, cultivate an ant farm, make a salad with 5 ingredients, start a diary you'll really enjoy keeping, make a map of the town, make a "guess the number of" jar and many, many more activities to choose from. While I thought this book was great, I found some activites would be difficult or almost impoosible for a child or teenager to accomplish or some activites that were listed were similar. I also felt some of the activites may be geared to what your child(ren) may be interested in. At the end of the book, it gave a supply list a child may need to accomplish an actvitiy. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for ideas/activities for their child(ren).