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I am looking after the Godson while he has an inset day. I plugged him into the play station earlier but he is getting bored. Any ideas of cheap/free things to do on a drizzly Monday in/near Southampton?


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:43 am
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Maritime Museum?

Swimming?

Bowling?


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:45 am
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I took my kids (9 and 7) a bloody big hill in the wind and rain yesterday, didn't cost anything and they enjoyed it, does your godson have use of his legs?


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:46 am
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make a pizza from scratch - go and get some yeast and strong white flour?

Airfix model?
Balsa wood plane?

take apart an old mowing machine engine?

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Cardboard-Rubber-Band-Gun
http://www.instructables.com/id/Rubberband-Pistol/


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:47 am
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Go down to Pompey and see if the Hovercraft is running. Go for a ride


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:49 am
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lazer quest?

take him for a bike ride?


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:55 am
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Snap?

Top Trumps?


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:57 am
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Do not try to brush his hair!
The BBC has two stories about campaigns to stop child grooming, I'm spreading the word on STW.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 11:57 am
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๐Ÿ˜€ @ tsy.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:07 pm
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Xbox with halo reach on it.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:14 pm
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Take him to playzone in portsmouth, then sneak off and see if you can get a cheeky look in the wiggle warehouse next door.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:16 pm
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Give him a soldering iron, some 'kit' and see what he can come up with...surely it can't be any more dangerous than some of the stuff you try...got to be worth a punt! ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:19 pm
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Teach him the art of bike fettling \ cleaning


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:23 pm
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Help him set up an account on STW, then teach him the art of trolling.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:26 pm
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bike ride.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:26 pm
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Teach him to read. He need never be bored again.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:29 pm
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Go for a bike ride round the outside of Marwell Zoo. If you are lucky you might see a wallaby for free.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:55 pm
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Or alternatively, give him a piece of wood with a rusty nail in and a handful of mud, and explain to him at length that that was all you had 'in your day', and you had to 'make your own entertainment'. That always goes down well.


 
Posted : 17/01/2011 12:56 pm