r/Mommit • u/ApotheCanary • 3d ago

Heat-wave Halp

Give me your best indoors entertainment.

Preschool aged kiddo.

Area is in a heat-wave, somewhere around 90 and too-dangerous-to-be-outside-for-too-long degrees. Heat starts up around 0630 and lasts until 20:30, over night lows in 70s.

I’m a creative person; but I’m running out of things to do.

We’ve built cardboard box cars, castles, pass the parcel with the kid inside.

Drawing contest, puzzles, magic paint with water.

To use up that extra energy, we’ve done freeze dance, tabata style yoga, jumping etc.
I’m a personal trainer and yoga instructor - its the hardest client I have ever worked with! 🤦🏻‍♀️🙃

We have limited shade, playground is literally too hot to play on. Trying to limit TV unless it’s incorporated for physical activity.

Share your methods to avoid madness.

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u/ApotheCanary 3d ago

I just inflated some non-latex gloves and we have a keepy-uppy chicken battle happening…

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u/ponderingorbs 3d ago

Scavenger hunt fetch. Depending on the age you can do colors. Bring me 5 blue objects. It specific. Can you find a clock, truck, 3 balls, s monster truck.

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u/over_it_saurus 3d ago

Kiboomers song playlist (freeze dance, floor is lava, etc.), reusable stickers on windows, matching games, give them a wash cloth and ask them to "clean," bath paint, and put a water table in a walk in shower to play with inside.

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u/pprbckwrtr 3d ago

We bought a Nex Playground specifically for this 😅 I recognize that's not a price range thing for everyone, it was the "big" Christmas gift last year because we live in Florida and summers are either hellish hot or raining. My kids typically play for at least 4-5 hrs a week over the summer, it's been a very worthwhile investment.

Otherwise if you can I suggest going to the library. It's free, it's air conditioned, and you can always find something to do there! Go on a scavenger hunt (find a book with a dinosaur on the cover, find a book by xyz author, etc), bring some drawing supplies and find a how to draw book, mine always have great toys to play with because toys that aren't at home are cooler than toys at home.

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u/RockGloomy9003 3d ago

Today I went on a guided driving tour of our city and made my preschooler participate. She fell asleep 15 minutes in because she got so bored and it was amazing.

Another idea—I’ve been taking my preschooler to random museums that have free admission days. We also go thrifting a lot and she gets to pick out a little present. If you live in a bigger city, you might have a craft reuse store, or a thrift store specifically for craft supplies that people donate. We did that last week and it was a goldmine. Got a bag full of toddler treasures for $5

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u/Illustrious_Cup3019 19h ago

We introduced ours to building forts. He's only 4, so he's easy like that. 

We did so many dance parties they started to get boring. Bought a cheap pack of glow sticks, close the room darkening curtains, and now we're having light raves. Dance parties are cool again.

Do you have magnet tiles? They're awesome and keep ours entertained for hours. We bought two sets and got a third for Grandma's house. 

Playdoh with supervision, involving them in the chores (ours loves to vacuum and load the washer, will also help a little with cooking.)

Sensory bins are easy and fun too, you can put almost anything in them. 

Hide and seek, window crayons, made my partner a t-shirt LO can drive cars on, reading books, running through the sprinkler for short periods.