I’m visiting extended family for the first time in a long time, and one of my nieces has reached the impressionable age where she keeps mimicking things that she sees me do. what’s a really funny but fairly harmless thing I should teach her to do?
Juggling?
The Macarena and/or the YMCA dance, it’s fun for kids to do over and over but harmless.
I’ve thought my niece that policemen go “oink oink” and that pigs go “You have the right to remain silent!”
I’ve thought that too.
Do the burp trick by swallowing air, and then giggle uncontrollably.
I taught my niece to say “I can’t work like this!”. That was fun!
The drums.
Or a less chaotic-evil suggestion, that water-drop sound made by flicking your cheek.
I think the water drop sound with your mouth is more chaotic evil than drums.
End every other sentence with ~ nya ~
Poker. And proper bluffing.
Low-key one of the worst things I think you can possibly teach a child. I’ve actually considered this with my nieces because it would be fun, but teaching kids how to lie convincingly is just a terrible idea on every possible front.
If she’s the right age, Teach her The Game. It’s a brain virus game.
Rule number 1 of The Game, you can not think about The Game. When you think about The Game you lose.
Rule number 2, when you think of The Game you have to say that you’ve lost The Game. Ideally loudly and publicly.
Rule number 3, after losing the game you get 30 minutes grace period to stop thinking about it before The Game starts again.
Rule number 4, once you have learned about the game you may either play the game or cheat.
Dangit. It’s been years. You flipping flipper.
It’s been a while. But now I lost the game again…
You beat me to it.
Start em young.
Also I lost the game.
Pull my finger.
gentoo
Play chess.
We got my niece to speak a little Klingon.
Impressions. Cartoon characters are best
- Beatboxing. “Boots and cats and boots and cats”-style.
- The pulling your thumb off trick.
- The Macarena.
- “The Game”. (“You just lost The Game.”)
- Chopsticks on the piano/keyboard/toy xylophone/etc.
- “The Name Game.”