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The olden days were associated with a lot of laughter and screams of happy children playing in the parks but this sight is a rarity now. This process has taken away their outdoor playtime and other useful and creative activities. While it is true that getting kid’s attention away from these electronic gadgets is difficult it is not yet impossible thanks to various fruitful hobbies and games available today. It is unthinkable for me to see kids who are totally unsocialable when they grow up and they can only talk to each other via keyboards and screens.

A timely interference in your kid’s playtime can change his interests and make him involved in many useful and productive hobbies. Find and encourage exciting hobbies in your kids to wean them from PC games and TV. It helps to promote creativity and thinking power in the long run along with making productive use of time.

Let’s take a look at 3 hobbies that can help getting your kids out of the world of television, and into the world of diverse arts and crafts.

Try to engage your kids in good hobbies like latch hooking a rug. In this creative hobby you create a looped pile using fabric on a base fabric which has some image or design. All the above mentioned articles can be obtained by buying a latch hook kit from any of those craft shops or just scour the net for a good one. The design can be either the design you get from a latch hook kit which can be purchased from nearby fancy stores or add some uniqueness by using programs which convert camera photos into patterns. Try out latch hook rug kits as a hobby and develop some creative minds for your kids.

Another such quirky hobby includes ready to stitch items, cross stitch and tapestry kits depicting the Japanese cartoon character Kitty. These collections can be easily purchased from shops or online portals. This creative hobby kit – also available online includes stitching and tapestry accessories. Check out some of the Hello Kitty stuff and perhaps you can see some great ideas from here.

Philately or the hobby of collecting various stamps can be taken as hobby as well a serious tour of history. Each country uses its unique stamps to convey its history and culture which can be educative and informative to children. Choose a specific theme and country for beginners. You can either buy or get old and used ones from friends or online portals. Philately, which was a hobby confined to the Western Europe royalties, is now a growing phenomenon with almost 20 million philatelists in US alone. The modern age may now be able to communicate without stamps but the collection of stamps is still finding good takers. Stamps collecting can be a great hobby. Not only it is fun, it is also educational and children will learn a lot of things just by collecting stamps. Plus, stamps that are collected for years do have some monetary value, so it’s not a bad idea isn’t it?

Kids must be given adequate information on such innovative and inquisitive hobbies to get them involved in them completely. Talk to them about these exciting hobbies and be a part of their adventure in the initial stages. They are definitely a more creative way of spending time rather than the electronic distractions.

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