33 Things Kids Should Do Before They're 10:
1. Roll on your side down a grassy bank.
(okay,when I was a kid, there wasn't any grassy bank. Though I MAY have done this one. *hopes*)
2. Make a mud pie.
(A mud pie? Worry not,for mud pie is not made of MUD. More like CHOCOLATE! Yummy. Unfortunately, I haven't accomplish this.)
3. Make your own modelling dough mixture.
(Nope, not yet.)
4. Read under a bedcovers with a torch.
(Ah-hah! This I have done! Definitely! *grins* *shhh!* Don't let my mom know! Tee hee.)
5. Make perfume from flower petals.
(OooH! This is interesting, I'd like to try this someday!)
6. Grow cress on a windowsill.
(Hmm, I may have grown cress before but not on a windowsill. More like the balcony.)
7. Make a papier mâché mask.
(I have no idea what this is but after Googling it, this is what I got. How to make papier mâché. Sounds like hard work.)
8. Build a sandcastle.
(How I wished. The last time I went to a beach...hmm...I have memories of me tasting the salt water, but that's it.)
9. Climb a tree.
(AHH! Something I have always wanted to do, even NOW! If only there was a tree that I could climb! My mom knew how to climb a tree! No fair! Hmph!)
10. Make a den in the garden.
(What garden? lol.)
11. Make a painting using your hands and feet.
(OooH! Hand painting, I've done. Back in school. Feet? Interesting. ;-) )
12. Organise your own teddy bears' picnic.
(Now why didn't I thought about that? They still clutter around my bed, today.)
13. Have your face painted.
(Would be interesting to have it painted.)
14. Play with a friend in the sand.
(Hmm, as long as they don't kick sand into my face, I'm perfectly fine with that. Though, it happened anyway.)
15. Make some bread.
(Mom wouldn't let me into the kitchen back then.)
16. Make snow angels.
(It doesn't snow in Malaysia! I think I tried it when I was in Korea, but oh no, it wasn't snowing that much yet when I was there. Pity.)
17. Create a clay sculpture.
(Hey! Cool! I'd go do one now! :D!)
18. Take part in a scavenger hunt.
(Why didn't anyone organise a scavenger hunt when I was a kid???)
19. Camp out in the garden.
(Again, WHAT garden??)
20. Bake a cake.
(I can bake a cake, NOW. Not then. Like I said, my mom thinks I'd burn the kitchen down. She still does now.)
21. Feed a farm animal.
(This, I should do!)
22. Pick some strawberries.
(Hmm, going to Cameron Highlands would've been a good idea.)
23. Play Pooh sticks.
(What are Pooh sticks? Someone enlighten me? :) )
24. Recognise 5 different bird species.
(The only birds I could identify here in KL are crows,pigeons, what else?)
25. Find some worms.
(Worms? My nephew found some. Lol.)
26. Ride a bike through a muddy puddle.
(I still have some slight phobia riding a bike.)
27. Make and fly a kite.
(I believed I flew one before, but not make one.)
28. Plant a tree.
(Where??)
29. Build a nest out of grass and twigs.
(This would be an interesting activity! If the birds can do it, so can we!)
30. Find 10 different leaves in the park.
(Back then, I was more interested in the playground, then the leaves.)
31. Grow vegetables.
(I lived in a condo, as a kid, where am I to grow vegetables? But it wasn't impossible. Just didn't thought about it.)
32. Make breakfast in bed for your parents.
(Hee hee hee...)
33. Make a mini assault course in your garden/the park
(Now this sounds like a lot of work, but once it's done, I'm very sure it's well worth it.)
Okay, THAT'S IT! Whatever I have done, or have not done...I'm making my kids do them! This is definitely an experience not to be missed! I mean, come on! Things that I never got to do...I have to say, is truly something I regret. Living in a perfect, protective bubble, to have things spoon-fed to you...isn't something I'd call a perfect childhood. Then again, there is the comfort of being protected, but, one must live life to the fullest! Even kids! Don't you all agree? :) Nothing's perfect, but as long as we're happy, it becomes perfect. Hehehe, I feel I may not make sense, but oh well! You get the drift.
Cheerio!
