How to Entertain an 11-Year-Old - Author Paul Gerald

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I put up a post on Facebook that got a lot of interest andresponses. And somebody suggested I compile the comments into a list. Thequestion was, “How do you entertain a bored 11-year-old?”

I have a “little” with Big Brothers Big Sisters, andsometimes we (I) run out of ideas. My Facebook friends came through in style,and Roman has come up with some winners, as well.

So, here we go:

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Go karts and/or Bullwinkle’s

Wunderland(nickel) Arcade on Belmont

Board games, like at TaborSpaceCoffee

Build a model airplane or something. If a boy, build arocket you can shoot off.

Laser tag

Glowing Greens 3Dputt putt

Indoor rockclimbing

Teach him map and compass

Photo scavenger hunt at Lloyd Mall (Roman came up with thisone!)

Learn to shop on a budget, like give him $10 at Dollar Treeand let him figure it out