Creative ideas for the long stay at home

Over the next few months my son and I will be spending a lot of time at home alone together, while my partner does frontline ambulance work. There’s so much about that sentence that makes me take a deep breath. SO, I’ve been drafting a list of creative activities for me and my seven-year-old. Here are some of my plans so far…!

                            (My son getting up-to-date on Bear Grylls’ adventures, a few weeks ago.)

• Learn how to cook properly (me, mainly).
• Make videos together on ipad/phone. Documentaries, probably about dinosaurs. (He announced two years ago that he was training to be a palaeontologist and now I think he meant it. I’ve had to revise to keep the conversations rolling.)
• Reenact a historical event. (I need to think this one through so I don’t have to flee toy swords…)
• Make…