Parenting FYI: Book offers 5,001 things for kids to do

Make a collage from your sticker collection

Ask directions

Treat Mom or Dad to a soda or ice cream

Give a compliment

Find out why bees buzz

Make a house of cards

Make your own tickets for a home performance

Dangle upside-down

Collect fancy shopping bags

Find out why your eyes close when you sneeze

Write down a recipe for trouble

Draw pictures of Martians

Swing high on a swing set

Use milk cartons to make pint-sized creatures

Buy a lottery ticket for Mom or Dad

Find out why one side of aluminum foil is shiny and the other is dull

Work on a rubber band ball

Have a backward spelling bee

Carry things in a wagon

Wear pajamas all day

Collect gum wrappers

Play with pull toys

Talk to your pet(s)

Take apart an old Etch-a-Sketch to see how it works

Pretend you are ruler of the world

Read about the Eskimos

Recite three tongue twisters

Leave flowers on the doorstep of a neighbor

Plan an aquarium: what you'll need and the money

Doodle

Look up a number in the phone book rather than call directory assistance

Read about submarines

Play with your brother or sister's toys

Find your tragus

Organize your baseball cards

Invent a new flavor of lollipop

List your 10 favorite fast-food items

Find out why Q and Z are missing from the telephone keypad

Make Silly Putty pictures

Read Good Night, Moon

Eat an Oreo, filling first

Take a chance

Make noodle jewelry and button rings

Make cards to hold up in a cheering section

Donate a week's allowance to charity

Memorize the moons of every planet

Plan tin can bowling

E-mail the president

Watch a bird build its nest

Do Slinky runs down the stairs