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Entertaining a boy part 3 is a recap of The Boy’s Store’s daily Tweeter tips. A continuation of a series of tips written in a 140 characters or less providiving tips on activities that can be used to entertain a boy.

At the bottom of this post you will find links to the previous posts as well as a link to The Boy’s Store Twitter account.

Tips 31 through 45:

31. Map Making, sketch a map of your neighborhood, include symbols for features such as streams, parks, roads, stores. Include a legend

32. Make paper snowflakes – use compass, plate or glass to cut a circle – fold in half, then in thirds & then in halves again – cut …

33. Walk along a river bank & look for animals, watch insects “walking” on the water, catch small river animals, study a waterfall…

34. Play subtraction in the car – count the cars you meet, subtract one for every one you pass or are passed by

35. Animal farm – collect animals for your farm. 1st person to a sign with a lion, or a sheep in a filed adds that animal to his farm.

36. License plate bingo – Choose a number, every time you see it on a license plate call out “bingo”, thus AHJ424 would be bingo, bingo

37. Play I spy while in the car – take turns selecting something that all must watch for – 1st one to see the named item, calls “I spy:

38. Another car game – When passing a truck w/a load, together make up a story of where it came from & is going, who is expecting it…

39. Car game – Look for out of state plates – Try to list state capitol, flower, bird, animal, nickname, teams, colleges, landmarks…

40. Find a local pick your own fruit and/or vegetable farm, while choosing what to harvest talk about what you could make with it…

41. Create a calendar – list family & church special days, birthdays, holidays – use an almanac to find events, add pictures & a label

42. License plate bingo, choose a few numbers (bingo #), start count using lic. plate info, anytime you come to chosen #, yell out bingo

43. Use pictures from catalogs or magazines. Choose a subject such as family, sports, cars, animals to make a collage & tell a story

44. Spread peanut butter or a pine cone, roll it in sunflower seeds or just any bird seed food attach with a small wire to a tree

Read the next daily tips by following me on twitter. Tips are tweeted around 8:30AM Pacific Time.

Entertaining a boy Part 1 & Part 2