We all need things to do with the kids in the summer. Here are some of our favourites:
- bike rides (make the ride to a forest area and let the kids play there for awhile and it will last even longer)
- picnic in the forest (let the kids play in a creek; bring wipes or an old towel; bring water and snacks and you can enjoy it more!)
- mini-golf
- bowling
- ice-cream
- library; get out some new books, graphic novels
- try a new playground in a different neighbourhood
- give the kids some loonies and take them to the dollar store and let them pick out some arts and crafts activities
- water play: water gun fights, sprinklers
- backyard play: bubbles, frisbee, soccer, boomerangs, chalk on deck, hopscotch, bocce, volleyball
- get some neighbourhood kids together at the school for a game of road hockey or soccer
- do a neighbourhood walk to a fun destination like a Chapters or a Booster Juice
- go to a garden centre and enjoy looking at all the plants, flowers, and fountain or water features
- go to an outdoor market and let the kids pick out some fruit or vegetables or a new kind of cheese
- balloons can keep kids happy for hours
- go look for frogs and dragonflies at a nearby pond
- do a scavenger hunt for outdoor items like pine cones, heart shaped rocks, different kinds of leaves and so on
- do backyard treat hunts
- buy a new board game for rainy or really hot days
- have the kids set up a 'store'; my kids love to do this with anything on hand such as a book store or a snack store (the best one they ever did was a pretend 'spa' in which they - voluntarily - gave me massages!)
- build a fort
- beach time - bring lots of sand and water toys to keep them occupied
- camping
- try to keep siblings from making each other crazy and make sure you add in some me-time!
1 comment:
One year we made up Bingo cards of activities--some that I wanted them to do and some that they wanted to do. They had to do one row a week and there were incentives for completing the card.
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