Here is a list of free things to do with your children:
- Face paint
- Go to the library
- Have a picnic
- Visit a park
- Go on a hike
- Build an inside fort
- Have a pillow fight
- Bake cookies
- Make paper planes
- Play hide 'n seek
- Read a book together
- Watch a movie
- Visit a farm
- Write a letter
- Go to a ballgame
- Take pictures
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Write a poem
- Go for a bike ride
- Take a boat ride
- Take a walk and record the sounds
- Keep a journal
- Make music with your pots and pans
- Blow up balloons with notes in them and pass them out to others
- Camp in your backyard
- Help an elderly neighbor with some cleaning
- Learn a new language
- Make an obstacle course in your backyard
- Go on a treasure hunt
- Read a story aloud to someone
- Have a themed party with items you have on hand
- Clean up a nature trail
- Set up a lemonade stand
- Learn a new sport
- Have a runway show
- Play dress-up
- Have a family game night
- Make your own bubbles
- Plant something
- Paint rocks and build a rock garden
- Chase fireflies
- Catch bugs
- Watch the clouds
- Count the stars
- Host a yard sale
- Fly a kite
- Invent a new board game
- Build a time capsule
- Act out a play
- Dig for fossils
- Write a song
- Tye-dye some white shirts or white socks
- Paint a picture
- Write a story
- Start a new collection
- Go swimming
- Run through sprinklers
- Have a cookout
- Write a fairy tale
- Bird watch
- Roast marshmallows
- Create a new holiday
- Scrapbook
- Learn origami
- Tell ghost stories in the dark
- Finger paint
- Pick flowers
- Play with some clay
- Color in coloring books
- Make some goop
- Make play dough
- Build a volcano
- Do some magic tricks
- Volunteer
- Have a dance party
- Water balloon fights
- Explore the neighborhood
- Have a shaving cream fight
- Learn to juggle
- Have a tickle fight
- Play frisbee
- Draw on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk
- Melt crayons to different shapes
- Have a tea party
- Play in a creek
- Collect tadpoles
- Play with sock puppets
- Play flashlight tag
- Have a talent show
- Play kickball
- Have a walk-a-thon
- Visit with family and friends nearby
- Visit a local beach
- Play hopscotch
- Jump rope
- Play in the rain
- Play in the mud
- Take a tour of your town
- Take advantage of free concerts, plays, movies that go on in your town
- Go berry picking
1 comments:
I love the balloon idea! My kids think helping me hang the laundry out on the clothesline is fun! (At least for now anyway!)
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