+150 Great Activities To Keep Your Children Occupied During The Holidays WITHOUT A RUINOUS.
Are you looking for things to do for your bored children?
Occupations that amuse everyone and that don't break the bank?
Yes, with the summer holidays approaching, we will have to be imaginative!
Fortunately, here is the solution for you: the activity jar.
At home, we've been fans of this activity jar for a long time! Today, I don't even know how we could do without ...
With the holidays coming, now is the perfect time to make it your own.
That's why we made a selection of +150 activities for the summer, perfect to fill this jar.
Don't worry, it's easy to do and it costs nothing! Look :
How to do
1. Take a glass jar like this one.
2. Print the list of activities by clicking here.
3. Cut out the labels with the children.
4. Once the labels are cut out, place them in the jar.
5. Mix the labels well.
6. All that remains is to find an innocent hand to draw from.
List of +150 free or almost free activities to occupy your children
1. Read a book
2. Research the Romans
3. Tidy up a room in the house
4. Call friends
5. Go to the library
6. Do an obstacle course
7. Clean your room
8. Draw the silhouette of his / her brother / sister
9. Make a puzzle
10. Make animal footprints
11. To prepare a cake
12. Bake cookies
13. Pick up flowers
14. Wash the dishes
15. Make a path with pebbles
16. Grooming the dog
17. Learn to jump rope
18. Write 5 things you love about your family
19. Decorate stones
20. Feed the ducks
21. Play Nintendo DS
22. Make pizza
23. To go swimming
24. Make music
25. Hopscotch
26. Coloring
27. Store socks in pairs
28. Play Lego
29. Take a tour of the neighborhood
30. Set up the play tent
31. Play toy cars
32. Take a bath
33. Count the number of bones in the human body
34. Imagine that you are a knight
35. Organize a tea party with friends
36. Bake cupcakes
37. Take a bike ride
38. Water the plants
39. Make an iced tea
40. Set the table
41. Play Playmobil
42. No electronic toys for the rest of the day
43. Write a story
44. Take a shower
45. Sort the laundry
46. Empty the dishwasher
47. Let's cook ... whatever you want!
48. To paint
49. Making soap bubbles
50. Vacuum the stairs
51. A chore chosen by mom
52. Thirty minutes of Wii
53. Create maps
54. Draw a plan of the house
55. Draw a robot and name all its parts
56. Building paper planes
57. Jump in the air 20 times
58. Watch DVD
59. Go to the park
60. To eat an ice cream
61. Tinkering with dad
62. Make a comic
63. Make waffles
64. Making a bird feeder
65. Make a rain collector
66. Let's cook ... muffins
67. Make a board game
68. Store the shoes in pairs
69. Take a walk
70. Thirty minutes with mom
71. Thirty minutes on the Xbox
72. Plan a dinner, write the menu, help cook and serve
73. Plant a seed in a pot
74. Write a poem
75. Make a family tree
76. Build a cabin
77. Climb trees
78. Make or fly a kite
79. Rolling around in the garden
80. Borrow the camera
81. Sweep the floor
82. To clean the car
83. To go to the museum
84. To run a race
85. Making finger dolls
86. Watch a TV show
87. Make a treasure map
88. Do a scientific activity
89. Create characters with wooden spoons
90. Prepare popcorn
91. To go to the beach
92. Find 5 toys to give away
93. Sewing
94. Play badminton
95. Make a volcano
96. Wash the pans
97. Find shapes of animals or objects in the clouds
98. Imagine that we are a cowboy
99. Make a papier-mâché monster mask
100. Learn to operate the washing machine
101. Wash the bathroom
102. To make a drawing
103. To disguise oneself
104. Having fun with the garden hose
105. To eat an ice cream
106. Tidy up book shelves
107. Make a fruit salad
108. Make a tower with pebbles
109. Have a snail race
110. Paint a rainbow
111. Making a windsock
112. Go to the play area
113. Make a paper boat
114. Sweep the aisle
115. To play hide and seek
116. Take out the trash
117. Find 8 tree leaves with different shapes
118. Photograph 6 different insects
119. Decorate a flowerpot
120. Make bracelets with rubber bands
121. Decorate pebbles
122. Play Minecraft
123. Telling each other jokes
124. Imagine that you are a pirate
125. Write a card to your correspondent
126. Vacuum a room
127. Mop the kitchen
128. Collect the most beautiful stones
129. Make paper flowers
130. Invent crosswords
131. Play volley-ball
132. Play cards
133. Making pom poms
134. Making origami
135. Playing dominoes
136. Scrapbooking
137. Decorate a cardboard box
138. Write 3 things you're grateful for
139. Make gift wrap
140. Making a musical instrument
141. To play bowls
142. Learn a magic trick
143. Research the Vikings
144. Prepare a cup of tea for mom
145. Learn the cross stitch
146. Walk the dog
147. Make a windmill
148. Make a comic
149. Invent a cooking recipe
150. Making pottery
151. Make tampons with potatoes
152. Pitch the tent in the garden
153. Play soccer
154. To make pancakes
155. Draw on an old garment
156. To write a postcard
157. Make a shopping list
158. Skimming stones
159. Make a milkshake
160. Write a journal
161. Thirty minutes on the iPad
162. Make a smoothie
163. Play basketball
164. Play tennis
165. Make a boom
166. Play a game of geocaching by downloading the app here.
167. Gardening with mom
168. Play noughts and crosses
Results
And there you have it, you now have dozens and dozens of ideas to occupy children who do not know what to do during the holidays :-)
Just pick one at random from the jar to have fun with the kids!
These activities cost little or nothing. And your kids are busy for a long time.
Obviously, you can use any jar or container you have at home. I recycled a jar I had in the kitchen.
I also hung a label on the jar to make it look pretty.
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