Take the kid outside, go to a park.

Get outside

Coloring, tell stories together... imagine you at five and do your best.

Try some non violent videogames. He should be entertained.

Play some lego. Make a tower building contest or with him/her. And don't clean the mess of lego, let it all scattered all over the floor for some fun time later on.

Lots of things for a five year old. Here, have a list:

• Color
• Paint
• Build a blanket fort and read books
• Watch Wreck It Ralph (I even enjoyed that movie at 27)
• Shaving Cream + any non-porous surface like a table. Spread it all over and draw. Finish a picture and smear it to draw again.
• Play-dough
• Puppet Show
• If the sickling is up for it, have him/her help you make lunch (kids that age love to cook)
• If you have a Wii, try out the Skylander series. I have a 4 year old nephew and he adores it.
• Teach him/her a new song.

I was a preschool teacher and these were some of the favorite activities for the kids, especially the shaving cream thing.

Edited to say this: Don't feel like you have the keep him/her entertained 24/7. 5 year olds a lot of the time can be very self sufficient at entertaining themselves at that age. And that's a valuable skill, especially if he/she is an only child. Their imaginations are incredible at that age, so he/she should do just fine. =)

• Kid board games like Guess Who
• Read Dr.Seuss books
• Watch Disney/Pixar movies/any other animated movies

Teach him poker. No really, try it. :D

If you want to play some PC games I recommend racing ones. Like NFS, Burnout etc.

Watch some cartoons and play some E rated games.

pokemon

Stream some cartoons on your computer or download some. Or any kid's show.

Play with him Silent Hill :S

It's funny how he was having fun with my calculator for 5 mins...

Read Harry Potter to him.

Read something to him, or put some old Disney movies for him to watch.

Play some Monopoly and let him win.

Read to him from a good book.

watch winnie the pooh!

Read him a book. Play a game with him ? Board game of if PC an Educational one if you dont like that idea then Need for speed or a puzzle game.

I wanted to give him this, but I started playing with it myself D:

He doesn't anything I him suggest D:

Let him/her watch you play Super Mario 64, My cousin stays completely quiet when he's watching me play.