
Cheeky Ways to Get Kids Moving
, by Louisa LOGUE, 3 min reading time
, by Louisa LOGUE, 3 min reading time
"I have one son, who you'd be forgiven for thinking is allergic to exercise... So I have to come up with crafty ways of getting him to move. I have my top 5 sneaky suggestions for you, read on..."
I pretended I was making something with Lego once and used this trick, "Sam can I please have a yellow block of Lego" when this was delivered "Sam can I please have a blue block of Lego". I wasn't making anything, but it was a lot of back and forth from his bedroom..
Doesn't have to be anything fancy, could just be ribbons. Then ask the kids to go and find all the ribbons in exchange for a 'prize'. You could make them one our Pink Smoothies as the prize, sign up to our newsletter for the recipe.
The art of the hunt is fantastic and fun competition and I'll bet they ask you to do it again and again. It's kind of like the dopamine hit kids get from playing a video game.
Kids cannot resist bouncing and playing with a ball. A tennis ball is small easy to handle and bounces really well. You could also draw a hopscotch on the driveway, or patio with chalk, which gives them something to aim for.
If your dancing the kids won't be able to resist getting their boogie on with you, and it always delivers a great laugh even if it’s just at yourself.
Some winning suggestions: "Can't stop that feeling" and "Get back up again" from Trolls, "Let it go" from Frozen, "Happy" from Despicable Me 2, "Everything is awesome" from the Lego Movie, "Uptown funk" Mark Ronson n Bruno Mars, "Party Rock Anthem" LMFAO, "Let's get rediculous" Redfoo.
Have you noticed that when you start running, they can't help but run with you. A few laps down the hall and around the dining table and they'll be sweaty, tired and you'll all be having a great laugh together. Beautiful memory making time...
Hope you have enjoyed my little list of clever trickery.. give these a try with your kids tonight.
Hopefully they love the cleaning optionLouisa xx