It's going to be cold and rainy this weekend, what do?

show_the_maw thought this was worth mentioning said Fri, Apr 28th 2017 at 10:32pm ET

All weekend is going to be pretty cold and rainy. My wife is going shopping with her mom which leaves me with the 4 yr old. I was thinking of hitting up the library and maybe the train museum. I was also considering getting a birdhouse kit and putting something together with my little dude. Anyone here have a favorite rainy day activity?

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Kidsandliz said Fri, Apr 28th 2017 at 10:39pm ET:

Depending on how cold, dress up warmly between the rain and make paper boats and float them down the street (or in the case of what I did with my kid, the culvert that they channeled the small stream through near our house). We are getting 5" on, I think, Saturday so likely I could send boats down the parkinglot… not to mention it will flood around here again as when it did it last time we had a bit less than that.

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  Just ordered this today. No boat floating for me.
  
  RiotDemon said Fri, Apr 28th 2017 at 11:11pm ET
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sammydog01 said Fri, Apr 28th 2017 at 10:49pm ET:

You have a train museum? I want to come.

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- @sammydog01 https://durhammuseum.org
  
  show_the_maw said Fri, Apr 28th 2017 at 10:51pm ET
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- @show_the_maw Kind of short on trains for a train museum. I like the slice and bake cookie idea.
  
  sammydog01 said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 9:10am ET
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- @sammydog01 I wish I had some pictures to share. Downstairs they have a streetcar and a 4 car train to walk through. It had a Pullman and a dining car and a few sleepers. There’s also a fun kid area he can explore they change up with every exhibit.
  
  show_the_maw said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 10:52am ET
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RiotDemon said Fri, Apr 28th 2017 at 11:18pm ET:

Rainy days make me want to sleep, especially if thundering.

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moondrake said Fri, Apr 28th 2017 at 11:58pm ET:

We aren’t expecting rain, of course, but it’s going to be unusually cold tomorrow. I’ll be board gaming for National Tabletop Game Day.

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LaVikinga said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 8:52am ET:

Library, and then home to make Slice & Bake cookies. You slice, he arranges on cookie sheet. If you have cookie sprinkles, let him decorate. Bake, eat, read.

I highly recommend The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales, or The TRUE Story Of The 3 Little Pigs by A.Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka.

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- @LaVikinga We loved Skippyjon Jones.
  
  sammydog01 said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 9:11am ET
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sammydog01 said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 9:14am ET:

If you like woodworking projects Lowes and Home Depot both had freebie kids crafts on Saturdays (one was once a month and one was twice). They were a lot of fun and he (she) is a good age.

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- @sammydog01 we’ve done that a few times. It gets really loud with 90 kids all hammering at once. I’m much more inclined to make things at home these days.
  
  show_the_maw said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 10:50am ET
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mikibell said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 9:37am ET:

How about make/buy a welcome to the family baby present? Be prepared to buy two, if you take a 4 yo shopping

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- @mikibell that sounds like fun. He bought baby brother a Batman onesy and painted a piggy bank for him. But I bet he’d love to pick out some binkys and books for baby brother.
  
  show_the_maw said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 10:54am ET
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- @show_the_maw baby brewed yet???
  
  mikibell said Tue, May 9th 2017 at 2:20pm ET
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- @mikibell yep!! Franklin Robert screamed into this world at 11:18am on May 1st. I’m in love with him.
  
  show_the_maw said Tue, May 9th 2017 at 5:29pm ET
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- @mikibell
  https://reddit.com/r/daddit/comments/68py0n/heres_franklin_ive_missed_this/
  
  show_the_maw said Tue, May 9th 2017 at 9:16pm ET
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- @show_the_maw congratulations…he is precious! If you need a babysitter…let me know… I still have that rock back and forth sway going on…
  
  mikibell said Tue, May 9th 2017 at 10:18pm ET
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- @mikibell rock back and forth away with subtle bouncing.
  
  medz said Tue, May 9th 2017 at 10:40pm ET
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Kidsandliz said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 10:13am ET:

Go to an animal shelter and play with the animals
Besides making paper boats and floating them down the street, drainage ditch, etc. you can also fill the bathtub, put in a bunch of paper boats and then try to sink them, tip them over or make them run into another boat (you can mark them as your team or his team) using a squirt gun (we have done this - bathroom can get a bit wet, might as well wear swim suits and move out of their first anything you won’t want to have to dry off, towels on the floor help with cleanup). Easiest to fill the squirt gun either out of the bathtub or the sink filled with water… Variation: float some plastic bowls and then try to throw ping pong balls into the bowls. If he is good at it then modify the rules or add challenges like how fast can you get one ball in each bowl, can you have more balls in the bowls than in the water, move the “line” back…

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- @Kidsandliz oh man. This kid is a deadeye with squirt guns. It would be a challenge for me to beat him.
  
  show_the_maw said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 10:55am ET
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Smitty2525 said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 10:35am ET:

Make a pot of kapusta

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- @cranky1950 Mmmmmm. Savory kapusta.
  
  ruouttaurmind said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 2:05pm ET
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- @ruouttaurmind one of my favorite ucky day foods
  
  Smitty2525 said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 3:08pm ET
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ruouttaurmind said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 2:03pm ET:

Cold and rainy is an excellent time for baking! Bake 6 dozen cranberry oatmeal cookies and send them to the Galactic Goat!

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luvche21 said Sat, Apr 29th 2017 at 5:56pm ET:

Come install sprinklers with me? It’s sunny here!

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