5001 Things for Kids to Do [Paperback]

Barbara Ann Kipfer (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Plume (April 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452280834
• ISBN-13: 978-0452280830
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,679,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book will keep your kids busy, January 12, 2002

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This review is from: 5001 Things for Kids to Do (Paperback)

Few of the many things kids can do includes:
Learn CPR
Make a Collage
Learn encyclopedia skills
Make your own personal flag
Read about Canada, the 2nd largest country in the world
Create a pet scrapbook or photo album
Make a salad with 5 ingredients
Find Out about a career you might like to have
Find a great pizza recipe
Make lunch for your brother or sister
Card Games

Also included in this book is a partial list of materials/supplies you will need to accomplish an activity

4.0 out of 5 stars Jam Packed with fun activities, December 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 5001 Things for Kids to Do (Paperback)

This book will give your kids a list of 5,001 activites to choose from which will keep them occupied for hours in fun, mind-expanding ways. Some activites may require adult supervision while others don't. I recommend this book for children between the ages of 6-18 years. While some activites may be appropriate for a young child, there are activites that are more appropriate for a teenager. While this book has lots of ideas and activities, I felt this book would have been better if the activities were seperated by ages and categories instead of one long list. A sampling of activities includes: learn CPR, illustrate your wall calander, write down your hopes and dreams, make a suggestion to the mayor, make a tower of disposable drinking cups, make up a new card game, cultivate an ant farm, make a salad with 5 ingredients, start a diary you'll really enjoy keeping, make a map of the town, make a "guess the number of" jar and many, many more activities to choose from. While I thought this book was great, I found some activites would be difficult or almost impoosible for a child or teenager to accomplish or some activites that were listed were similar. I also felt some of the activites may be geared to what your child(ren) may be interested in. At the end of the book, it gave a supply list a child may need to accomplish an actvitiy. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for ideas/activities for their child(ren).