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If you are finding it hard to find something for your kids to do, you can easily create games you can play with a stopwatch. This is simple and easy and just takes a bit of imagination. You might say you don’t have a stopwatch. Are you sure about that? Most cell phones have them if you do not have another ones. And if needed you can use a sand watch from an existing board game or there are even stopwatches online. Here are some ideas to get you started.

Relay games are fun and can be a lot of laughs. You can set it up outside or in a space in your house. Use chairs and a few articles of clothing such as hats, a big button up shirt, etc. Make it a relay involving running back and forth to put on articles of clothing and then back to the start line on the other side of the room or the yard.

Other types of puzzle games are also fun to do with a timed theme. You can also make up a game of memory. This is fun for a shower or even to entertain kids on a rainy day. Use a tray and fill it up with items around the house and cover with a cloth. Then let the gamers view it for one minute and time it. Then cover it back with the cloth and give them five minutes to guess all of the items.

Another fun game you can play with a stopwatch is name that tune. You have a theme, such as the word ‘baby’. Use a stopwatch and give the games five minutes to write down all the names with baby in them they can think of. This is just one word. You can make it any word you want.

These are just a few different ideas you can do with gaming and a stopwatch. You can also make picking up toys fun as well. Set a timer and let the kids know if they pick up their mess in a certain time they get something special.

Prizes for fun at home with just the family can be a movie ticket with a friend or even getting out of taking out the garbage. It does not have to be a big gift. Just a little reward for the winner can be fun. You can have fun in a simple way with just a stopwatch and your imagination.

The same is true for a shower gift and a game like this. You can even go to the dollar store or your local store and get little things for a dollar each to have on hand. You can tie a ribbon on them and make them look special. Anything looks more special with a ribbon anyway.

If you like the idea of the dollar store and have small children you can have a prize box handy for these fun games at home. Even neighbor kids will love the idea. Getting a six pack of bubbles is less that two dollars in many places and then you have six little gifts. And who doesn’t like bubbles!

So many people out there choose to have their vacation in the same place every single year and it is something that is a very good thing but the thing not to forget is all of the other options that are out there. Here are some of the reasons a change on one of those holidays when it comes to the next one you are booking.

Change Is Good

No one is expecting you to change from your destination of choice every single year it is just nice to get away to a different location from time to time. One of the best things in my mind about all of this is that you get to see all of the new locations of the world, it is really something to be amazed by. seeing some of the most fantastic locations in the world is not something that a lot of people get to do in their time but this is because they seem to like going to the same place each year.

Changing the location at least once every other year is just the best way to see the world without having to save for years so you can take a couple of months off work to see it all at the same time. Getting to do this kind of thing over a number of years really is great because you get to see the world in so much more detail and it will leave you a massive imprint on memories that will last a lot longer. Personally I think that one of the best things about all of this is that you can sit down with your family and choose the holiday this way, this is a really good way of doing things.

So why not try something different like Mexico holidays or Dubai holidays you will most likely find that you really enjoy it. Who knows, you might even find that you find a new favourite destination to go to. Stranger things have certainly happened.

There are many different kinds of plastic model kits out there and it would seem that many of these are just not suitable for people that are just getting into the hobby. So what model kits are useful for people just starting and what ones could you simply not give to them in fear of them messing everything up?

The Do’s

Lego

A lot of people do not think that Lego is a model kit at all, I would disagree which is why of course it is on the list. For a first time builder Lego is great because the instructions are quite simple and the end result is always good. Even some of the biggest models are relatively easy to follow and this is the reason Lego should be top of the list.

The Middle

RC Models

Okay so driving around RC vehicles like RC Helicopter is something that is pretty easy to do but the reason this doesn’t fall in the do’s category is simple because they are very hard things to build and repair and this is the reason why they are really hard to get into. If you are looking for a bit of a laugh then these are the way forward but once they break, if you cannot repair them then that is it. The same goes for things like Scalextric sets.

The Don’ts

Matchstick Models

These types of models are great there is no doubt about that, they are very hard to set up though. The instructions are very hard to follow if you are getting a set and even harder to actually form together something for yourself.

All in all, make sure that if you are starting up the hobby that you do the right thing about it.

There seem to be a lot of companies out there who do not encourage people to mess about with RC models On the other hand I would like to disagree with them, why take it seriously. So what would you do with some of the model kits if you had the money and the chance to have a mess around with them? Here are just a few of the things I would do.

War Anyone?

I would simply take great pleasure in buying out all of the RC tanks in a store and then somehow loading them up with real live ammo (Do not forget I have unlimited resources) would it work, maybe not. I would then set up a battlefield, get all of my mates to control different tanks and just have a full battle in the middle of a park or something like that. What else would be cool is bringing in some choppers to drop small bombs on the tanks too!

Dogfights

This one is very similar to the first idea that I had except that in this instance we would have a major dogfight with RC planes. In this instance it would be more important than ever to use ammunition because without the planes being shot down and crashing in small balls of flames they would be totally pointless indeed!

There are many other things that you could do such as airlift in soldiers using RC helicopters which would then land on a RC boat and you could even create like a short film with many RC vehicles to put onto YouTube and that would be fantastic, it has been done before but with money you could achieve something similar to Robot Chicken or something like that.

So try something like this if you have a bit of money!

Remember the good old bath times as a child, now the only time I take a bath is if I am in a really bad mood which is more often than not. What are the best toys out there that are made just for the bath?

The Rubber Duck

This one is the classic and is a must have for the bath, even the Queen has one you know. Although the rubber duck has been around for a very long time indeed they only started to become popular in 1970 when Sesame Street’s Ernie had a rubber duck he always spoke about.  Although the rubber duck really doesn’t do much to add to the bath time fun it is a must have and if you are lucky you can get one that squirts water.

Foam Letters

These are something that are a bit of fun and also great for teaching children their first few words while they are at it. These work as the water will make them stick to the bathroom wall, it is a pretty cool idea. There are all kinds of crazy things that I did not have when I was a child that are now out to do with this product, roads have been introduced that stick on the tiles, great stuff really.

Crazy Bath Soap

This was also used when I was a child and it is basically shaving foam but more foamy and less irritating. The great thing about this product is that kids will actually just think they are messing around with it by pretending they have beards, putting it under their arms and acting like they have hair (some of the things I used to do) but in actual fact this is soap and it will clean them at the same time!

So there you have it, make sure you first have a decent bathroom to put all of these cool bathroom accessories in. You can even get toilet seats for kids so they don’t fall in!