With this current health crisis, almost everyone is forced to stay put at home. With the air conditioning roaring in good condition, the whole family is prepared for just about anything. But children get bored fast. Good thing there’s always something that can keep them busy.
Keeping The Kids Busy During Quarantine
Many creative souls are currently trapped in their homes, often without opportunities to work from home. Fortunately for us, blood creeps where it can not go and they continue to engage creatively in lockdown. Normally they would make art, give workshops or entertain children, but currently, these creatives rely on the worldwide web to lay their creative egg. Surf to the websites below and get tons of inspiration to keep your kids busy without them breaking down ‘your room’.
Dive into the Pantry of Villa Basta
These are difficult times for the youth and culture sector. All activities have been suspended, concerts are canceled, youth houses are closing and organizations have to reinvent the hot water. The creative youth culture house Villa Basta did not get stuck, but worked on a platform where creatives can continue to do their thing and inspire each other from a distance.
Villa Basta presents ‘De Stockkast’, a virtual place in which they can create creative assignments, shares funny impro exercises with musical challenges, singing cooking assignments, and inspiring examples with the world.
Artful Coloring Pages
Artists are working together on this free virtual print @ home coloring book, from which you can download and print beautiful, funny and challenging coloring pages to your heart’s content. They hope that the drawings can be a cure for boredom and a source of inspiration for the entire family. Since the coloring pages are offered for free and shared voluntarily by the artists, they should not be used for commercial purposes. Sending it to your grandmother and grandfather is of course a good plan.
Craft along with Kar & Tijn
The Mechelse vzw aKadeemi offers with ‘The diary of Kar & Tijn’ a free online activity package for parents with young children. The diary of Kar & Tijn ‘will take toddlers and parents over the coming weeks in the adventure of Kar en Tijn: an interactive activity package that helps stimulate the development of your little sprout and ensures fun family activities. For example, the character Kar would like to bake a cake for Tijn as a surprise, but she still lacks some ingredients. An adventurous kitchen activity to bring to a successful conclusion with your child. The next chapter tells about Kar’s doctor’s visit after a painful fall. It’s up to you and your little superhero to make Kar better again. As a parent, you don’t have to buy anything extra.
