Things to do with the kids in the Summer Holidays

LittleLady04 · Jul 21st, 2011, 07:50 AM

I was just wandering what things do other people do to keep the kids entertained throughout the summer holidays?? Apart from the usual things like days out and swimming what do you do???

I don't want my dd's to be glued to the tv for 6 weeks so thought I would organise some activities for them to do. Please help!!

mskellydenise · Jul 21st, 2011, 12:16 PM

playground...gardening...making ice cream...washing the car (they love washing my car...lol)

RiverSong · Jul 21st, 2011, 14:14 PM

I always try and make a point of going out once a day even just to the park. Or on miserable days I try and do at least one activity like drawing or something as a family, if we have SS over we might play a board game for example? x

julietz · Jul 21st, 2011, 16:00 PM

Baking
Painting
Paddling pool
planting seeds
chalking pictures on the pavement
paper mach'e
leaf printing
flower pressing
treasure hunt
colouring
board games
christmas list making
card making
making inventions with boxes and bottles ect
dough making
writing a book
making bracelets
etc

Amarna · Jul 21st, 2011, 21:33 PM

We go to the park or lake A LOT. Roxy also loves doing different arts and crafts projects for example we've made jewelry with beads, painted lots of things from pictures to cheap little wooden cars which we then raced, and made books out of construction paper and ribbon to write/draw stories in. Sometimes she'll help me bake cookies or make something fun to eat. There's a hands on "discovery" museum out here for kids and we go there maybe once a month. She likes to help me work in my herb garden or we go for a walk on a nearby nature trail and try to find cool stuff to use in projects or to decorate things like sand castles with. And recently we got a workbook that she can practice math, reading comprehension and writing with and that occupies about an hour of our time a day.

LittleLady04 · Jul 22nd, 2011, 09:48 AM

Some great ideas, thanks all I will definately be doing some of these

We normally :
buy a few new dvds over the 6 weeks for them to watch
Play doh
park
swimming
beach
Scrap booking
paddling pool
visit relatives etc etc

but with the weather supposedly being so bad for August this year I thought I should organise a few extra indoor activities. Thanks again

Jul 21st, 2011, 07:50 AM	#1
LittleLady04 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Torrington in North Devon Posts: 858	Things to do with the kids in the Summer Holidays I was just wandering what things do other people do to keep the kids entertained throughout the summer holidays?? Apart from the usual things like days out and swimming what do you do??? I don't want my dd's to be glued to the tv for 6 weeks so thought I would organise some activities for them to do. Please help!!

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mskellydenise Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Jamaica, NY Posts: 106	playground...gardening...making ice cream...washing the car (they love washing my car...lol)

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RiverSong Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 933	I always try and make a point of going out once a day even just to the park. Or on miserable days I try and do at least one activity like drawing or something as a family, if we have SS over we might play a board game for example? x

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julietz Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,567	Baking Painting Paddling pool planting seeds chalking pictures on the pavement paper mach'e leaf printing flower pressing treasure hunt colouring board games christmas list making card making making inventions with boxes and bottles ect dough making writing a book making bracelets etc

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Amarna Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New York State Posts: 1,628	We go to the park or lake A LOT. Roxy also loves doing different arts and crafts projects for example we've made jewelry with beads, painted lots of things from pictures to cheap little wooden cars which we then raced, and made books out of construction paper and ribbon to write/draw stories in. Sometimes she'll help me bake cookies or make something fun to eat. There's a hands on "discovery" museum out here for kids and we go there maybe once a month. She likes to help me work in my herb garden or we go for a walk on a nearby nature trail and try to find cool stuff to use in projects or to decorate things like sand castles with. And recently we got a workbook that she can practice math, reading comprehension and writing with and that occupies about an hour of our time a day.

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Jul 22nd, 2011, 09:48 AM	#6
LittleLady04 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Torrington in North Devon Posts: 858	Some great ideas, thanks all I will definately be doing some of these We normally : buy a few new dvds over the 6 weeks for them to watch Play doh park swimming beach Scrap booking paddling pool visit relatives etc etc but with the weather supposedly being so bad for August this year I thought I should organise a few extra indoor activities. Thanks again

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