6 Findings of Thinking Parents: Scenarios for a Perfect Evening with a Child

Home beauty salon

Spend this evening with your child like best friends and create a beauty salon at home. Many children’s stores have entire sets for children’s manicure with a lamp, stickers and rhinestones. Let the child be creative and give you the brightest manicure in your life. In the meantime, the baby sticks rhinestones, you can discuss how the day went and answer all the questions of the little why.

An evening of dancing

A great way to add some physical activity to your child’s life is to have dance competitions. Invite your baby’s friends or dance with the whole family. For this, for example, the game “Just Dance” on game consoles is suitable. She has a lot of modern songs in her arsenal, and it is also possible to repeat the movements of the characters on the screen and compete with each other. The whole dance is recorded, and after that you can laugh together at the resulting video. And if you don’t have a set-top box at home, just turn on the clips on your computer and repeat after the artists, and the home jury will rate each participant in the competition.

Watching a movie through a mini projector

You can no longer surprise modern children with cartoons on the tablet and games on the phone. To impress a child, use a portable cinema that broadcasts movies directly to the wall. This is a great way to move into a fantasy world with your child and create a fairy tale atmosphere in the room.

Some modern projectors work like a computer: they already have a subscription to online movie theaters with movies and cartoons, have access to music services, and also have the ability to upload your own files.

With the help of such a projector, you can even arrange an educational shadow theater. Due to the fact that video content is projected through the projector onto a wall, ceiling or other surfaces, blue spectrum radiation to the eyes is eliminated and the child does not spoil his vision, calms down and falls asleep perfectly.

Salt dough with chamomile

Remember the salt dough figurines from our childhood? Try to recreate this game with some innovations, such as a decoction of chamomile or lavender flowers. Boil the flowers in 250 ml of hot water. When the water has cooled slightly, add two to three cups of flour, half a cup of salt and two tablespoons of vegetable oil to it. Mix everything thoroughly.

The result is a soft, warm and fragrant dough, which is much more interesting to play with than with ordinary plasticine. In addition, its aroma will soothe the baby and prepare for a restful sleep. And the resulting figure can later be baked in the oven, painted with paints and create a whole set of new toys for story games.

Photo shoot with meaning

Give your baby a camera with instant printing. Arrange a photo shoot with dressing up, become a model for the child, which he will dress to his taste and say what emotion to portray.

Change roles with him, take pictures together. After you have collected a whole arsenal of photos, arrange the photos in random order and ask the child to compose a fairy tale using the obtained images. Try to change the names, invent characters for your heroes, add jokes – and the evening will become unforgettable. And later you can put the photo on the board and decorate your home interior with them.

Keeping a diary

There are many studies that prove that keeping a diary from childhood develops memory, the ability to formulate thoughts, strengthens empathy and allows you to increase stress resistance. Provide your child with a beautiful notebook and an unusual pen and tell them how to record their thoughts and experiences.

Set an example and start writing down the feelings experienced during the day together with the baby in the evenings, share the most pleasant impressions with each other. This will help strengthen the bond between you and spend time in a cozy atmosphere.