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Boredom Busters
Looking to beat the winter blahs?
Some ideas for in and out of the house.
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here's nothing to do. I'm
not putting on my boots
and going outside be-
cause I hate the cold.
I'm tired of watching TV. I don't
want to read a book. I'm bored.
Aah, the happy sounds of chil-
dren in winter!
Two days have passed and you
and your family have been out in
civilization once, and that was to
the grocery store so it doesn't re-
ally count. You've already seen
every movie you consider fit for
human consumption (of course
your teen-age son has some ideas, to work topping the dough. Af-
but you've decided to pass on ter the creations are cooked, have
those) and you've been sledding everyone take a bite of each piece
and vote on a winner.
six times.
* Older children often enjoy
You might as well face it:
growing strange things (mold is
You've got the winter blahs.
Here are some ideas to help a favorite) in their closets and un-
you through those challenging der their beds. Now, why not
bring their extraordinary skills
days, until the spring arrives.
to the rest of the home? Visit your
So, what's to do?
A good place to start is the favorite library and look up books
about fun science experiments
kitchen.
* Have a pizza-making contest. you can perform with everyday
Nothing beats the blahs like a items. (NOTE: Many of the ex-
piece of pizza, so why not see who periments, including the one be-
in the family can find the best low, are not for younger children.)
combination of toppings? Make Here's one to get you started:
You will need: baking soda,
or buy dough for a large pizza,
vinegar, a glass jar.
with one slice for each participant.
Place 2 tsp. baking soda in a
Next, use your imagination to
come up with toppings, which you jar. Add 2 tsp. vinegar. Put a
can place in small bowls in the lighted match into the jar, and
middle of the table. Be sure to put watch it go out.
What's the reason? Baking
on the requisite tomato sauce and
mozzarella cheese, but anything soda and vinegar combined form
goes from there. Some ideas: carbon dioxide, a gas that does
olives, green pepper, onions, var- not burn. When carbon dioxide
ious kinds of cheeses, pineapple, fills the jar, no air can enter. A
fake bacon bits, spinach. And if match needs oxygen to burn,
you're really in the mood for some- which is why it goes out when
thing spicy, let the children add you place it in the jar. Interest-
their own parsley and basil and ingly, since carbon dioxide gas
garlic. Now, get those little hands does not burn, it is used in fire ex-
tinguishers. (Rest assured, if
these experiments don't keep you
busy all day, cleaning up after
some of them cer-
tainly will.)
* Check
out a cook-
book from
the library
with recipes
from a foreign
country and let
older children
design
menus for
an ethnic
meal —
ILLU STRATI ONS BY SAM DAY
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR
something you have never eaten
— every night of the week.
They'll enjoy both the planning
and cooking, and might even
come up with their own decora-
tions to reflect the dish of the
night. Show your appreciation by
volunteering to do clean up.
* Let small children play with
glasses of water filled with food
coloring. Yes, it will be a mess
and stains on their little fingers
will last a day or two, but they'll
really enjoy mixing and pouring.
This activity is certain to provide
them with nonstop fun for at
least 15 minutes.
* You may not be able to do
any gardening outside, but there
are plenty of opportunities to do
some planting and digging (an
activity small children can't get
enough of) inside. Most herbs,
and a number of flowers, will
flourish inside, providing they
have plenty of good soil, water
and sunlight. Visit your favorite
home improvement or discount
store and you'll discover every-
thing you need, from seeds to pot-
ting soil to gardening gloves.
Then dear your kitchen table and
get to work! Best of all, in a mat-
ter of weeks you'll have fresh
herbs or new flowers, quite a
treat in the middle of winter.
Around the rest of the
house:
* It's a good guess that you and
your teen-age daughter have a
different idea about what consti-
tutes a "nice room." Chances are
you have prevailed in most cir-
cumstances (even though you did
let her hang a poster of the cast
of "Melrose Place" in her room).
Now ask yourself, why? Take
your daughter and head off to a
home improvement store and
have her select small cans of dif-