[tessa0987]

I have friends over all the time and I have a step sister and all there is to do is to go to the mall or movies. . :PP . I'm 13 and my step sister is 16 almost 17.. . Have any ideas? I live in lousville ky . (: thanks for who ever answers .

[Wondergirl]

Musical Jigsaw Puzzles. Put together jigsaw puzzles. Have two of three of them and get a timer. Set it for x minutes. When the bell rings, you move to another puzzle and work on that for x number of minutes.

Board Games. Play Clue or Parcheesi or Racko or Chinese Checkers or even Candyland or Chutes and Ladders.

Cards. Play Old Maid or Authors or War or all three in small groups. For more excitement, trade off somehow with the timer.

Play Concentration (a.k.a. the Memory Game) with a big set of picture tiles or a pack of playing cards. Even create your own picture tiles out of poster board cards that you cut out or use 3x5 cards. Leave one side blank and draw a picture or symbol or letter on the other side. You will need at least one pair of cards for each picture for matching. Make at least 24 (or more if you are very smart). Lay them picture side down on a table or the floor and take turns to turn over two cards to find a match. Match?--pick up the cards. No match?--flip them back over. Then it's the next person's turn, etc. The one with the most pairs wins. (The fun is in the making of the cards -- you can make a set of Greek symbols or Earth elements or simple round faces showing a smile or a frown or crying or curly hair or a mad face, etc.)

Times Table Bingo. Out of poster board, make bingo cards with nine sections on each and with times table problems 2x to 12x in each section. Use buttons or pennies as markers. The caller calls out an answer such as 12 or 56, and the players look for the times problem like 2x6 or 3x4 (12) or 8x7 (56) and mark it with a penny. (Or the players have answers on their cards and the caller calls out problems.) The first player who fills up her card with nine pennies wins. (And the caller should write down what she has called and should check the winner so no cheating.)