Little H Coloring

I know it’s summer.  But here in Calgary our weather has not been that great.  In fact, we’ve had quite a few rainy days and my Little H absolutely hates being stuck indoors.  We have a play park right beside our house and she’s always begging to go out there (silly us, we bought this house before we had a small child and thought it would be great to live next to a park when we had kids.  Now we know better.)

My little H is an extremely active child and always wants to be entertained and on rainy days, especially days where I’m supposed to be working from home, this puts me in a tight spot.  I can’t always zip out to the store to find something to entertain her.  I know she’s got loads of toys and books and things but she gets bored with familiar items.  If I really need to keep her focused it needs to be something new.  That is hard when you’re trying to save money.

What to do?

I already posted my Homemade Play Dough recipe which is a fun and frugal activity but I have another solution…

Go online and print out some free coloring pages!  There are so so so many templates out there you can download – especially if you have Microsoft software already on your computer.  I found a cute Forest Animal coloring book that I downloaded for free.  She loved it and it kept her busy for an hour.  An HOUR!   I also found some Paper Dolls that would be perfect for a child a little older.  I’m keeping this one in the back of my mind for future.

Go and check out the main Microsoft Office Template download center and see what else is available…there are too many to link here   Best of luck in keeping your kids busy on rainy days!  I know it’s hard to keep their attention (and your sanity) Have any other suggestions?  Let me know in comments!

Thanks to High Road Communications for providing me with Microsoft Office Software