Fun for your little ones.
Which school holidays here, I often find parents, friends and children wondering what to do.
Weather they are looking for at home fun or fun away on holidays everyone seems to want to do something.
Not just school holiday periods either, I’m often asked for tips on ideas for occupying children of all ages. So here are my top few.
If you have some ideas you would like to share, please email me, I’d love to hear from you. Noordinarymummy@gmail.com
If you live in Sydney – as I do, are are happy to spend some cash.
Taronga Zoo
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Sydney Olympic Park
Powerhouse Museum
Luna Park Sydney
I fly down under
For those wanting to save cash or simply wanting to stay home but still have fun. Yes this can be done!
Go to the library – stay for story time
Bake something, anything a cake, cookies, whatever is in your pantry
Construct something with blocks or Lego’s
Read a book
Paint with water, get old brushes and paint on either the ground or on old newspapers
Draw/Color together
Host a play date with their favorite friend
Dress Up together
Build a go kart
Go swimming (indoor or outdoor, river, beach or pool)
Have a picnic (outside or on the living room floor!)
Listen to new music together
Do karaoke, you can ever use a hair brush as your microphone
Visit a museum
Visit a Zoo
Visit a pet store
Write and mail a letter to someone special
Play a card or board game
Take a walk
Get out baby photos and talk about them
Sing Songs
Take a class together at local art center
Go roller or ice skating together
Tell stories about when your child was a baby
Hug/hold your child
Build a blanket fort over yoir lounge or dining room
Tell your child what makes them special ( to you and others)
Teach/tell your child about your job – take them to work for a day if you can
Have a scavenger hunt (indoor or outdoor)
Go to a movie together
Visit your child at school
Dig out your year book and share about your experiences
Visit a nursing home or hospital
Finger Paint
Take pictures
Visit and learn about places in your neighborhood (fire station, police station, post office, dairy, etc.)
Clean out a room together (basement, attic, garage)
Work a puzzle together
Plan a vacation together – then GO!
Build a bird house
Play a sport together
Rake leaves and play/jump in them
Visit an apple orchard / pumpkin patch or any orchard and offer your help
Plant something
Have a water fight
Play hide and seek
Collect different leaves, rocks or sticks from around your home
Have a block party – invite your neighbours over for afternoon tea or a play or a BBQ
Take a hike, go for a walk, explore your community
Make puppets and put on a show for each other – these can be made from old socks with buttons for yes and simple wool thread as a mouth
Tell stories about your childhood
Attend a local athletic event
Learn about different cultures – get on the internet or read books
Take flowers to a friend
Go for a train ride
Go horseback riding
Climb a tree
Go camping
Have a family talent show
Draw a map and have a treasure hunt
Walk/play in the rain
Talk about feelings/emotions
Paint a picture by numbers together
Go to a theater performance
Complete a DIY project together
Wash the car
Play Frisbee
Pick up litter in your community
Fly a homemade kite
Jump rope
Exercise together
Have running races around your backyard or in a local park
Discuss your child’s favourite foods and then chat about nutrition and the 4 basic food groups
Start a savings account – talk about budgeting and saving money – very beneficial for their later years
Write a story (draw illustrations together too!)
Go fishing
Visit a relative
Visit the neighbors
Go bowling
Have an at home dance party!
Play Simon Says
Have letter or color of the week and look for them together – ie green grass
Play “I Spy”
Act out a favorite story together
Play charades
Listen to music and play homemade instruments together – this can be as wild as your imagination will allow. Use old cling wrap tubes for the base of a guitar, an old tissue box for the base of guitar then draw on the strings. Don’t forget to use cotton tips or cotton balls for the tuning 😉
Start a gratitude journal with your child – they can draw what they are thankful for
Let your child pick out the menu for a meal then get them involved in helping to prepare and cook the meal
Start a collection – stamps, rocks or buttons, what is of interest
Practice/teach something (reading, tying shoes, zipping zipper, sports, rhyming, sorting, telling time)
Draw with chalk on your driveway or footpath – it washes away with either a hose down it bucket of water
Go for a bike ride
Play pretend
Make a collage out of photos and/or clippings of their favorite things
Tell jokes
Spend time simply LISTENING to them.
Make a list of things you want to do together in the future!
Other fun craft ideas can be found at-
http://www.tinyme.com/blog/10-crafty-cardboard-ideas/?utm_campaign=blog-10-cardboard-crafts&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_content=photo-wall&utm_term=2014-7-10
For more ideas on what to do in Sydney, click the link below.
http://www.sydney.com/things-to-do/family-holidays/top-attractions-for-kids