12 yo girl - how to entertain

peachyprice

Have you got a dog/child friendly pub along your walking route.

My 11yo dd and her friends love it when we walk the dog then stop off in the pub for lunch after, it makes them feel so grown up

fluffnutter

RAS wrote: »

Being read a story makes even adults feel special.

It probably does. It makes 3 year olds feel special too. It will bore the tits off a 12 year old though!

Your second point was spot on though - nothing better than feeling that you can choose whatever you want (within reason of course).

fluffnutter

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

I would suggest the following itinery:

making cupcakes together in the morning,
walking the dogs,
then going in to town have lunch out, her choice of restaurant, based on a few of your suggestions, then
cinema then home for tea and cake you made that morning.

That sounds a really nice day. OP, if you do this, can I come too?

megela

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

I would suggest the following itinery:

making cupcakes together in the morning,
walking the dogs,
then going in to town have lunch out, her choice of restaurant, based on a few of your suggestions, then
cinema then home for tea and cake you made that morning.

My 13yo would love this - or what about homemade beauty treatments, facial, nails etc?

Good luck and have a lovely day.

Amanda65

My 12 yo niece would like to shop / window shop, stop in Starbucks for one of the ridiculously priced caramel cream concoctions they sell and then home for a home nail bar treatment so having checked she has nails consider getting some nail bits (cuticle remover, emery boards, polish, glitter / gems).

I would round the day off with popcorn, a DVD and pizza :T:T

Threebabes

My daughter has just turned 13. Again depends on the weather, and what she wants to do.

Mine would like to shop and go out for something to eat. She loves a mooch round primark etc.

Walk the dog, go to the arcade, go for chips.

DVD, sweets & pop.

Have fun

angelil

RAS wrote: »

Being read a story makes even adults feel special.

This is completely true, actually. I teach 13-year-olds. They are addicted to boy bands and mobile phones. They love being read to in my class. Even my 15-year-olds do at times! They would just rather die than admit it Being read a story is incredibly comforting no matter what your age. If you did decide to go with this one, OP, get out some books she may not have read before, perhaps just before her mum is due to collect her. You'll be reading something together before you know it - and that's something very precious in this age of screens

I also think baking and manicures are great ideas; was going to suggest those

bestpud

My 11 year old loves baking too - I don't think you can go wrong with that.

She would happily play board games all day too.

All of the suggestions made so far would work for her to be honest.

Too much choice might not work though, so I'd break the day into sections, around meals and dog walking, and give a couple of options for each block of time.

That way, if she can't/won't decide, you could just flip a coin.

qwerty79

I've had a lovely messenger chat with the great young lady in question and she would love to go and see EPIC at the cinema. Even offering to pay for her ticket and being very grateful when I said it's my treat to her. So dog walk, movies for 11, then a sandwich or something in town. Off to choose a nail varnish and we can do hair n nails at home. Fingers crossed she can come back on the Friday so we can cook and play pc games. I feel very privileged to have a couple of days planned with her.

gingin_2

qwerty79 wrote: »

I've had a lovely messenger chat with the great young lady in question and she would love to go and see EPIC at the cinema. Even offering to pay for her ticket and being very grateful when I said it's my treat to her. So dog walk, movies for 11, then a sandwich or something in town. Off to choose a nail varnish and we can do hair n nails at home. Fingers crossed she can come back on the Friday so we can cook and play pc games. I feel very privileged to have a couple of days planned with her.

Qwerty, how lovely are you? 12 is a great age, young enough to still be a "kid" with a little bit of respect but old enough to be able to have a decent conversation and interact with each other. You sound lucky to have both found each other - your day sounds perfect.