We break up soon for the summer holidays. I cant wait for nursery/school runs to be done with and no rushing out in the morning.
We can’t wait for long days in the garden that turn in to impromptu barbecues and long evenings with no strict bedtime routine. I love spending the day out the garden in the paddling pool with ice creams ! This year I have my eye on a slushy machine for the summer fun factor.
I do need to have a plan of action though as my two like to be busy and are used to being in nursery four days a week. I’ve come up with a list of free or cheap things to do.
- Find a local spot and go blackberry picking and make a pie
- Play good old chalk games like hopscotch
- Make a fairy garden or plant seeds
- Toast marshmallows for desert on the BBQ one eve
- Bake a cake
- Make paper mache masks and paint them
- Make slime
- Go to the library and choose some books/learn something new
- Have a teddy bears picnic
- Make some hand print art
- Make a mud pie
- Have a movie night with tickets and popcorn
- Camp indoors one night
- Go on a nature walk with a checklist of things to tick off
- Have a play date
- Climb a mountain
- Paddle in a stream
- Make play doh
- Make ice lollies or frozen yogurt pops
- Make some recycled crayons with an ice mold
- Take your paper outdoors and paint what you see
- Go on a road trip
- Have a PJ day (several)
- Visit a museum
- Get the littes to help buy and cook dinner
- Act of kindness – make cards or collages for the neighbours or bake them some biscuits
- Visit a castle
- Have a screen free day
- Have a water balloon fight
- Make a bird feeder out of a milk carton
- Go and see a movie (Mini mornings are on every day in the summer £2.50 per person)
- Collect sea shells on the beach and make jewelry with them
- Make sock puppets with googly eyes and wool for hair
- Write/send letters or postcards and mail them to family members or friends
- Have a hula hoop contest
- Make tie die t shirts
- Make pizzas
- Make sun catchers
- Do a science experiment (mentos and cola is an easy one)
- Make a house and furniture out of recycling for dolls or figures
- Make a time capsule and bury it in the garden
- Finger paint
- Freeze toys in ice
- Bubble wrap stamp painting
- Sort out toys you no longer play with a donate them
- Go camping
- Make a tin foil river in the garden
- Make a bug house
- Make a summer scrap book
- Fly a kite
Do you have anything I can add to the list? Would love to hear more – hope you all have a fab summer 2019!
*Collaborative post