I was wondering what are some of things you put your children in to for fun when they turn 13 years. I have one dd who will be 13 this year and it seems like everything stop at 12 years old. What I am talking about is the Pizza Hut stops at 12 years old, Michael's Craft, Home Depot all them kind of things we have been doing all stop at age 12 years old. I can't seem to find things for her to do any ideas what we can do for her for fun. Thanks alot. :lol:
Well, I'd skip the hair dye :roll: Have you considered, 4-H, Girl Scouts, Dance, pottery, or do you have a community center? Ours has sports, art, and swimming for ages 4-16. hth Gotta run. Tammy
I think green is the "in" color this year. I could be wrong. I am not sure what you do. I would also suggest the 4-H, soccer anything that she enjoys. Maybe karate or something of that sort? (or is that just my family??)
If you have any HS groups or classes in your area you may want to check into those. Ours offers Arts/crafts classes and drawing classes. Our local college also offers classes and camps for preteens/teens as well as young children.
Check out specialty craft stores; around here, knitting is all the rage. I have even taught some of my fourth-graders to knit. Quilting, cross-stitch, stained glass, beadwork.
Ok seriously now... (we dyed our hair pink and green for AWANA one night) Sports of some kind (soccer, basketball, swimming) Youth groups Music lessons Just some (serious) thoughts to your question - sorry for making light of it - it came just after reading report card froma 13 year old :roll: Brenda
Brenda, That's ok we have to have a laugh once in awhile or we all will go nuts. I was thinking of doing my hair red, white and blue. LOL :lol:
Maybe kind of off the wall a tad. I know it might not be with other kids her age....But could you do like a night a way just the two of you where you both maybe learn something new? You said she likes crafts so what about a night of scrapbooking. She can take pictures of her friends/family and put them in a book for herself to look at. You can get quite creative with it and it can be a ton of fun. What about an art class. Say a painting class or pottery maybe. I do not know if she is your only daughter or what not but, I know that I would have loved one on one time with my mom learning something new or doing something that was fun just the two of us. Just a thought. Renee
Alot of these Ideas are wonderful, like scape booking, but you know every craft store I call and ask if she could join the knitting or scrape booking they tell me no she is to young, I say even if I come with her which I would they still tell me no it's not a good idea. Thanks ladies I will still keep looking. :lol:
How about starting a teenage scrapbooking group :?: There's probably other teenagers that would love to get into it also. HTH, Kristina
did you check your local art museum? ours has art classes for all ages. We also have a store near by that has art classes for all ages. Sometimes scrapbook stores will have a "mom and me" class for kids (and you). hope that helps! elissa
My 13 yr olds are boys, but my dd is almost 12. She (and my other girls) are in a hs girl scout troop. They do tons of craft things. Either making them for a nursing home or bringing it home, they sew, paint, weave, oh just many, cratf things. They are preparing for a camping trip right now. 13 is a great age for that. My dd also scrapbooks. We have scrapbooking parties monthly. Sometimes just the moms, but we do many mother and daughter nights. We also do our own scrapbooking here at home. She also plays soccer and we all ice skate on Wed. A local rink opens for homeschoolers only in the afternoon.
If you're paying for her to go, Kris, I don't see why these places are turning you away. I've wasted plenty of money putting Jeanne in stuff that didn't work out, but most times it was the teacher, not her, that made it not work out. I think some of these instructors just don't want to deal with more than they have to.
Becky, I've a good friend that teaches a doll making class. If someone wants to organize a class for children, she is more than accomodating with them. She is a wonderful instructor and is VERY GOOD with children. But she will NOT allow children in her adult classes. She says that, from past experiences, that 1) there are often behavior problems 2) they hold back the class and 3) often they need constant redirection and 4) the adults in the class get frustrated with them and complains. She realizes that there are some kids that would do really well (like my Rachael), but it's just much easier for her to have a "hard and fast" rule, rather than making judgements on kids she really doesn't know.
How about horse back riding, or photography. Kris I know what you mean it does seem that everything stops at the age of 12. Our dd will be 13 in just a couple of weeks. We are looking at different things to get her into. We live in the back woods of no where we have no hs group. We are the only ones that do hs in our area. So we have to look else where for things to do. We are involved in 4h but so far have oly been able to attend one meeting. Girl Scouts are good but we just don't stand for what they do. They stand for planed parenthood. The cookies are great though.
Kris...... I know a homeschool mom here...who got real creative imho. She has a boy that is 13yo and like to cook and do stuff with his hands...He is also interested in running his own business or working,but couldn't. She needed the extra income. Soooooo she became a pampered chef consultant. Have you ever heard of pampered chef? They sell kitchen specialty items..but the neat thing is that to display their items, they cook for you.... Her son was wonderful.. He is a GREAT COOK...She talked and he demonstrated and prepared and cooked the recipes in front of us. Then he served a lot of us at the party. Only half of us were homeschooled. The other half who had boys his age couldn't believe how good he was and very pleasant. He thoroughly enjoyed decorating the food and was so gracious when he served us..... They make an excellent mom/son team and they can do it on their own schedule... I just thought it was so creative... :wink:
