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What does your pre-teen enjoy to do in his spare time?



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giftedmom  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 7:28 pm
Ideas welcome. Specifically in the crafting/building dept.
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amother
Floralwhite  


 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:18 pm
This is the season of succas....
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amother
Strawberry


 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:20 pm
Kvetch that we have a boring house
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  giftedmom  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:22 pm
amother Floralwhite wrote:
This is the season of succas....

We have one done and ready to go! And now he’s bored again lol. But he’s so content when in the process of building I’m wondering what I can get him into.
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amother
Royalblue


 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:25 pm
Draw electrically on the drawing tablet.
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amother
  Floralwhite


 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:46 pm
giftedmom wrote:
We have one done and ready to go! And now he’s bored again lol. But he’s so content when in the process of building I’m wondering what I can get him into.


Succa business. He can do very well and be very busy
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  giftedmom  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:48 pm
amother Floralwhite wrote:
Succa business. He can do very well and be very busy

If you mean building actual sukkahs he’s much too young for that. I thought you meant a model sukkah which he worked on for days.
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amother
Diamond


 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:53 pm
Amazon has stem wood kits my ds enjoys. Lowes has some wood building kits but they are simple. Kiwi crates has fun building activities too. Can you buy wood peices and let him create his own thing? My ds built a small bookshelf then stained it which kept him busy.
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BrachaVHatzlocha




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 9:53 pm
my spent a few hours helped an older boy selling 'sets'
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  giftedmom  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 10:24 pm
amother Diamond wrote:
Amazon has stem wood kits my ds enjoys. Lowes has some wood building kits but they are simple. Kiwi crates has fun building activities too. Can you buy wood peices and let him create his own thing? My ds built a small bookshelf then stained it which kept him busy.

He’s too young to build actual wood things. Or is he? I’ll check out Lowe’s thanks.
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  giftedmom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 11:02 pm
He really loves 3D puzzles but he finishes them in a day, they’re 20$ a pop, and I don’t have where to store them. I’d love to get him into a longer term hobby.
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sitting




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 11:10 pm
look at stem modeling kits
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amother
Steelblue


 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 11:11 pm
giftedmom wrote:
He really loves 3D puzzles but he finishes them in a day, they’re 20$ a pop, and I don’t have where to store them. I’d love to get him into a longer term hobby.


How old is he? Two of my boys were always super handy building things, painting their rooms etc.
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SingALong




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 11:16 pm
My sons love building these 3d scenes, I buy a fish tank for the “stage” they make a whole miniature of a theme, like ds made a wedding, with the band and all, other ds made a field with sheep, had some pasuk connected to it. I get the supplies from hobby lobby. It’s not cheap but $100 of supplies keeps him busy for at least a month. They’ll also build it together with friends.

Music lessons

Lego
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amother
DarkOrange


 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 11:17 pm
If he's responsible, you can totally let him work with real wood. Planning, cutting, assembly, sanding, painting...all part of the process. Perhaps he can start with small useful things like building a table shtender.
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amother
Razzmatazz


 

Post Tue, Oct 15 2024, 3:41 am
Interested in following this topic as well.
What age OP? I have a handy 10 year old but live in an apartment. No room for lots of projects or kits.

I did not like kiwi crates. Fun for half an hour or maybe an hour. Then junk that sits around, maybe they play with it once or twice after. And it breaks... Such a waste of money.

No space to give him a workplace. But if I ever need ikea furniture built, we do it together. Cant do it alone but tries. Absolutely fun for him. Sometimes I consider buying something just to give him something to do. But then I realize I will be stuck with furniture I dont have space for so I stop myself.

Open to ideas! Would love something they can keep using and won't break. We do a lot of lego but I find he needs a friend to do it with.
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amother
Forsythia


 

Post Tue, Oct 15 2024, 7:16 am
My 11 yr old just built his sister a dolls house for her playmobil collection including electric wiring and a miniature garden. It took him about 3 months.
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