Up North

Looking for ideas when I have my Granddaughter for a month this summer! We plan on doing a lot of camping so no electricity and I no longer have a sewing machine that she would be able to use there. I will come up with something in hand sewing for her but do not want her to be bored. Any great ideas out there?!!

Tartan

How about doing hexagons for a Grandmother Flower Garden. You can show her how to fussy cut the hexagons, tack the backs and put them together into the flower shapes. You can wait to connect it the flowers into a top later.

Up North

I have thought of that one gonna have to print off some templates and Find a box of scraps to throw in the camper

grannie cheechee

What kind of things does she like to do? What about different games and books?? Oh, just have fun and look out for poison ivy.

lynnie

how about yo yos. I love them for all ages. reading books, and cards.
hiking and fishing is always fun.

Up North

She will try anything I ask her to she has no hand crafter where she lives and yes 2 years ago we had the poison Ivy experience! we did a scavenger hunt no more looking for red leaves in summer she ended up with it all over her face it was horrible!
What kind of games can just 2 people play I am out of the loop on that one!

Tartan

When our kids were younger and we went to the cottage, I always bought a couple if cheap kites. We would go up on the hill by the lake and fly them. If you have a camp fire, do the s'mores in a cone trick. You put marshmallows and choc squares or chips in a ice cream cone, wrap it well in foil and place on the grill or close to a fire. Pick up one of looms for doing the elastic bracelets. Both the looms and the elastics are fairly inexpensive at Wallmart. If she has a favourite author, pick up a couple of new books in the series to read together or by herself. Bring a package of playing cards and teach her a few games like Crazy Eights or similar. We travelled with a travel Connect Four game in the car. If you have a nice table. Pick up a puzzle you can do together.

notmorecraft

What about making up a couple of cross stitch kits, you could both stitch?

PenniF

My DGD loves her knitting loom (she was 10 when she got it) I bought the 4 piece size set when i had a 50% off coupon at JoAnn's --- That and a some yarn and you could make any number of things....get a jump on some Christmas gift stocking caps or scarves - even Xmas stockings. My DGD's here every day during the summer so we'll be loom knitting a few things again this year.

lynnie

potholder looms were fun when I was a kid. Trivial pursuit checkers, and chess are two people games. thers a cute one that I used to play with my son, "Pass the Pigs" was a card like game played with little rubber pigs. puzzles. Go to a Target andlook for games that 2 can play. they have a lot of card type of games, even I SPY is in card form. I keep coming back to see what everyone is saying. I think yo yos is the crafty way to go. a few will make a hotplate or a hotpad. quick and easy. I love hexies, but might be too much for kid to do. Some Teen magazines would be a great surprise for her on rainy days too. hide them for that time. Teen people magazine on a rainy day will pass the blues.