My 6 and 8 year old have been going ga-ga over the roller skates I ordered for them this week.

Legos, arts and crafts for 6-year-old, board games (Clue, Uno, Karma, Set, Battleship, Sorry, etc.), puzzles, maybe new videogames for 19-year-old. New books for all of them, especially some related to their hobbies.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 on painters tape. We’ve killed a roll already.

This set has lasted me over a year with a crafty kid
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01NANPNZC?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question but what do kids do with the painters tape

Water beads
Plant herb seeds
Painters tape
Paint rocks
Fill plastic Easter eggs and do an egg hunt
Foam bow and arrow set
Science experiment kits (we’ve done a million baking soda/vinegar volcanos)

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Anonymous wrote:Remember that if you order stuff online, that means a whole bunch of people have to physically go to work?

And get paid, and not lose their health insurance, and make their rent, and purchase their groceries.

Yeah all that and also spread the virus.

I don't know how many people will be helped by this but my local Wild Birds Unlimited store will take orders online and place them outside when you drive up. It might be a fun outside project with the kids to put up a feeder. I love the folks at the Ashburn store and I hope they and the other local businesses survive this nightmare. Hummingbirds will arrive soon and those feeders are relatively inexpensive. I make my own hummingbird food with sugar and water.

We bought a kiddie pool and a shade/bug canopy to place over the pool for the upcoming warmer weather and mosquitoes. We also bought the Step 2 skyward summit structure for my 2 and 7 yo. I figured that we didn’t know what spring and summer was going to be like and they will miss going to the water parks and splash pads. If you have a yard with trees I would do a tire swing or one of those disk swing things. Indoor stuff such as paints, brushes, sensory sand is good too. Also plan on ordering a couple workbooks for my DD7 to work on daily. I’ll probably get them from lakeshore

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Anonymous wrote:Playdough and/or clay; noodles that stick together when you dampen them (for building things); agree with Duck tape in several fun colors and kids can create forts with that + old boxes. Marble mazes (though that can get pricey).

For slightly older kids, google Rube Goldberg. My kid spent an entire day building one with stuff around the house and then recording his results with an iPad.

This is a good thread, OP. I will try to think of more things.

My dd played with these at an art class once and loved them—-what the heck are they called?

They’re called magic noodles

I thought of wiki stix when I read the description. My kids ages 3-8 love them and have come back to them regularly over the past 2 years.

I got a tie-dye kit! We also bought a used Wii (our kids are 10, 7, and 4).

K'nex, ant farm, butterfly kit, gardening supplies, art supplies, kinetic band, orobeads, sticker books

Seeds
Uno Flip

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Playdough and/or clay; noodles that stick together when you dampen them (for building things); agree with Duck tape in several fun colors and kids can create forts with that + old boxes. Marble mazes (though that can get pricey).

For slightly older kids, google Rube Goldberg. My kid spent an entire day building one with stuff around the house and then recording his results with an iPad.

This is a good thread, OP. I will try to think of more things.

My dd played with these at an art class once and loved them—-what the heck are they called?

They’re called magic noodles

Anonymous wrote:+1 on painters tape. We’ve killed a roll already.

This set has lasted me over a year with a crafty kid
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01NANPNZC?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

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Anonymous wrote:Remember that if you order stuff online, that means a whole bunch of people have to physically go to work?

And get paid, and not lose their health insurance, and make their rent, and purchase their groceries.

+ million

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember that if you order stuff online, that means a whole bunch of people have to physically go to work?

And get paid, and not lose their health insurance, and make their rent, and purchase their groceries.

+1 not everyone can telework. People need jobs