I'm babysitting a 6 year old and a 4 year old girls this week and i need idea's to keep the busy like crafts!?

Ask them what they want to do first. There's no need forcing an activity on a child that already has their mind set on something.

Build A Fort- Do you remember how much fun it was when you were a kid, to build a fort out of blankets and chairs? Well even if you don't, building a fort is loads of fun for kids and really develops their imaginations. The ideas are limitless: You can pretend you're in a tent camping in the wilderness, a prince or princess in their castle, or even a bear in your cave.

Coloring and Drawing- Babysitting activities for children don't have to be complicated. In fact some of the simple ideas like coloring or drawing pictures can keep kids entertained for hours. If they don't have coloring books, you could even print some free coloring book pages online before you arrive at the house.

Playing House- Another idea that's popular with little girls is playing house. "You be the mommy and I'll be the daddy." This one can really get kid's imaginations going as they simply love role playing. Of course, this activity might get a little tiring to you if it goes on for an extending period of time! :)

Hide and Go Seek- Another good old fashioned classic is hide and seek. Just make sure you outline the boundaries of where kids can and cannot hide within the house. You want to make sure safety is first and foremost in mind.

I Spy Clean Up- play "i spy"with the toy in a messy room and when they spy it, they get to put it away. They won't even notice they're putting toys away.

Simon Says- Simon Says is a fun game that even helps the kids with their listening skills.

Sing Songs with them. Kids love to sing...sometimes the same songs over and over. These don't need to be new songs. In fact, the kid standards might be the best because there's no teaching required. Examples: London Bridge is Falling Down, Ring Around the Rosie, and Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round are all great starters.

Color with big fat crayons. :)

Pop-up books- Pop-up books or other books that are interactive such as those with textures are a good choice. These are more unusual so that kids will be more interested in them. For babysitting at night when the sitter is there, books can calm a child down, helping them to fall asleep. Always bring books with you to read to them at night.

Orchestra-This game is great for both tiny tots and older kids. If actual kid-sized instruments are not available, use pots and pans, buckets, lids, and brooms and put together a living room orchestra. You can make this even more fun by bringing your own instrument and showing the kids, maybe even letting them try!

Water Paint -This is another great hot-day activity. Grab a bucket of water and some old paintbrushes and have the kids “paint” with water on the patio or driveway. Talk about easy clean up!

Balloon Kites-Tie a balloon on some string and make a kite!

Bring some of your old toys and videos--kids LOVE when they have new stuff to play with.

Tatse Guesses-give them a food blindfolded, then have them guess what they ate.

Laundry Basket Basketball- Set out a laundry basket or tow. Give the kids socks that have been rolled up into ball shapes. Let them throw the socks in the baskets.

Play Freeze Dance! Take turns being the person in charge of the music, and turn it on and off. When it's off, stop. When it comes back on, dance! You can also play this just moving, if you don't want to dance.

Them- Activities are great, but sometimes just play with their toy and do what they want.

Bake cookies.

Bring her some magazines. A lot of girls love magazines. And it will make her feel big and important!

Volleyball- lay a string on the floor to use as the center dividing line and blow up a balloon to use as the volleyball. You can play too or be the reff.

Scrapbooking- Older girls will love to scrap book. Collect some stuff that you can do to scrap book with the girs. Probably best ages 8+

Reading – we’ve just curled up and read a bit, our own books that is!

Things to do outside will keep them busy and get them tired. Other things like bubbles, board games, make braclets if some are girls, play doh, and coloring, are great too.

Always bring activities for them to play. It's fun to have new toys! Now that I've babysat for most of my clients at least 3 or 4 times, the kids recognize the tigerstriped backpack I bring babysitting and saunter over to it and check out what games I brought while I'm talking to the parents!

Hope I help!!!

Temporary tattoos can be made from colored tissue paper, like what gets stuffed into the tops of gift bags. Cut a shape from the paper, wet the back of the kid's hand, then put the paper shape on the skin and hold it for a few seconds. Voila! One colored shape on the kid's hand.

Beading can be fun. Stringing necklaces or bracelets is easy enough for both of them to enjoy. Get some elastic cording, beads, and lids from plastic containers. Cut a piece of cording about 4" longer than you need (cut 10" for a bracelet and 24" to 26" for a necklace) and put a piece of tape over one end so the beads won't come off. Turn the lids upside down on the table, so the rut around the edge is usable. Line beads up along the edge to see your patterns. Or, just use the lids to corral the beads. Have the kids string beads until the beaded part is long enough. Don't fill the cording, as you cut it longer than needed. Tie it off with a square knot. Look up a video tutorial on that -- if you need one -- before you go.

Here is a list (i babysit two girls ages 7 & 5 and two boys 3 & 2)

- monster a game were you rap them up in blankets and lift them up/ hold them upside down

-color

-print out mazes

- house

Hope some of those ideas help *-*

put a bunch of newspaper down over the table and let them play with shaving cream. Or you can get some finger painting going on. Just don't let em eat the shaving cream

You can make fortune tellers with paper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccrwvGYIqyg

Finger puppets- make them out of paper rather than fabric (So you dont have to sew with the little one), draw some templates out for them, and let them draw out characters on them and glue the edges. You can put on a play with them after if you want.

Masks- just get some plain white paper plates, and let them draw faces/animal faces on them, and them cut eyeholes and thread string through holes at the side.

Board games: Monopoly, Mouse Trap, Jenga, etc.