Turning the daily grind into laughter
13Do you find you get ‘cabin fever’ when you have a few home day, especially due to illness? Here are a few ideas of ways to turn some of the mundane into a bit of madness and make some fun memories with your kids doing every-day things! Have a try and see how many laughs you can have today and create some wonderful memories of time spent at home!
1. Put on a fake accent as you have a discussion.
2. Tie a shirt over your heads and be “cleanup Ninjas” that are so fast they cannot be seen!
3. Give your daughters one of your skirts or your son their daddy’s tie when they sit down to eat and surprise them by serving their meal like you were a waitress.
4. Use a favourite song as the sound-track for your cleanup, and pull out some of your best dance-moves.
5. Ride in an imaginary Police Car, Helicopter, Tractor or Convertable when you head off to another room to do something together (eg. clean teeth, have a bath). Don’t forget to close your doors, buckle up and pop on the lights and/or sirens!
6. Play peek-a-boo or just go crazy hiding behind whatever you are doing (eg. teatowl when doing the dishes, clothes when doing the laundry).
7. Put a candle on their sandwich/fruit and sing to celebrate something random.
8. Put on bedsocks to ice-skate around on your tiled or wooden floors.
Feel free to share your ideas in the comments below, and let’s see how big we can make the list!
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Me
June 08, 2012Thanks for making me crack up – what a great way to break my morning boredom at work !!!
Have the best Friday ever.
Me
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Tracey @ Bliss Amongst Chaos
June 08, 2012Hi Hayley,
I have now started following you!
Those are some pretty awesome ideas, I have to say. I’m sure my boys would love them. Will definitely give some a try :)
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Cathy
June 08, 2012Lol reading over your list, it sounds like you have gone insane – in a totally good way! Heheh bet the kids absolutely loved it!
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Lyndal
June 08, 2012i love that you looked for the laughter, instead of just getting frustrated and going insane!
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Pink Ronnie
June 08, 2012Pure gold, this! I wish I’d read this last week when I was stuck at home for most days!
Ronnie xo
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Catherine Rodie Blagg @CoTaaB
June 08, 2012Love it! You’re clearly a creative lady. I’ve blogged about rainy day activities and we’re clearly on the same wave length!
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Penny
June 08, 2012Bwah ha ha. Clean up ninjas! I’ve never heard of that but I loooove it! These are so crazy but it will stop the boredom for sure. It might just make the neighbours wonder about your sanity though.
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B
June 08, 2012I love this! I am also a bit surprised that we do some of the same kind of crazy things. Mr Cool turns into Francois when he cuts the kids’ nails, the only way that they are still! He has been doing it for years now!
I am going to have to try the police car one. That is gold!
Thanks for linking in with #teamfriday – love it!
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Grace
June 08, 2012Lol! Love this! I used to love Iceskating around my parents’ tiled kitchen floor in my socks. Should remember to do that again…and keep the kid inside ;)
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Seana Smith
June 09, 2012Great ideas. I’m totally into listening to podcasts when I do all the domestics, turns a negative into a positive. Especially like The Health Report, Chris Evans from BBC Radio 2 and The Conversation Hour. Fab!!
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Colleen
June 09, 2012Sounds like you are a fun and funny mum!
Kylie @ Octavia and Vicky
June 10, 2012I definitely get cabin fever, especially with Charlotte being sick lately. Fab ideas for adding some fun to the day :)
Née
June 11, 2012Crazy is very doable here & after 3 days inside because of the rain I think I will be putting some of your suggestions into practice!
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