Great Free Things to Do With The Kids Hunt

jack92

There's a voucher in today's Express for one free game of bowling at Megabowl or Tenpin, valid for up to 4 people. Voucher is valid all day Sunday - Friday until 30th September.

Hope this helps someone.

Nicola

ayla261

If anyone visits the new forest we found a great place in fordingbridge, (its really easy to find, head for the sandy balls campsite) it has a lovely stream that at its deepest part comes to the kids waist. They can wade along it for quite a way and the waters really clear, you can even catch little fish there. The kids area also includes paddling pool, sandpit, several climbing frames, swings and roundabout. There are toilets on site and a picnic area, all free. Best on a warm day

swizzle_2

Don`t know if anyone has already mentioned this.

We went on a tour of `Pets at home` the pet shop on tues, they have tours at most shops see https://www.petsathome.co.uk for details.

It was very wet here tues and it passed an hour very well, the children got an activity booklet, stickers a pin badge and a certificate, plus chance to stroke the animals-feed the fish and learn how to look after theme.
And it was all free- just bus fare

jo_b_2

Apparantly, you can pick up some 'Kids Go Free' vouchers at Matalan, valid at a number of places including Chester Zoo.

More details HERE

veruccasalt

Here we go then, 2007 offerings:

Hendon RAF museum
Science Museum in London
ALdenham COuntry Park
Cassiobury PArk at Watford
Verulamium Splash Park

All in Herts area -ALL FREE (you have to pay £5 to park at Aldenham)

karendb

Any chance of setting up a "Free/Cheap Days out" by county?

This would be most useful, I think.

Have fun! Karen

jack92

The Museum of Childhood in East London is well worth a visit and it's FREE to get in :j Full details on their website:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/

Herne Bay has a festival during the last week of August, the majority of which is free including a fireworks display on the Saturday night
http://www.hernebayfestival.co.uk/


Nicola

V_Chic_Chick

lola_r_hamster wrote: »

just thought of another thing we always do at the end of the holidays

we pick elderberries and make - dare i say it- wine

i have picked berries with my own for years and they love it and also with a small group of kids when i childminded. Then we pick sloes from the blackthorn after the first frost - now im wishing the summer away.- cant beat home made sloe gin at christmas.

back to the here and now - it will only be a few weeks until the blackberries are ready. This is the best of all, a nice and cheap activity, find some brambles and pick wide blackberries - great with homemade yoghurt for breakfast.

cheers
Lou

A word of warning - do it in plastic and not glass bottles. The drink goes all fizzy (it's meant to) and produces a lot of gas. Glass bottles cannot cope with the pressure and explode (my grandpa made this mistake, but luckily they were stored outside). Plastic bottles just stretch outwards a bit. You have been warned!

On a nicer note, if you live in Bristol then one of the best places to pick elderflowers & subsequently elderberries is up on the Downs.

You can also make crabapple and rowan jelly (although neither are quite ripe yet, but will be soon). http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1926367,00.html

V_Chic_Chick

Another nice thing to do is go to a city farm. Nearly all big cities have one, and some have several (Bristol has four). Go to http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ to find one near you.

Almost all city farms are free to visit, but a donation would be very, very nice. I work on one where we ask for a £1 per adult and 50p per child donation, and we are VERY strapped for cash, to the point where lack of donations can lead to a decrease in animal welfare - i.e. less bedding & so on.

I work at Windmill Hill City Farm in Bedminster, Bristol, and we have a pig, two goats, a ram, 6 ewes and 6 lambs (although some are almost full grown now), as well as chickens, ducks and geese, and chicks and ducklings. Some larger farms (such as Hartcliffe and Gloucester) also have cattle. Attached to the site there are also allotments which you can wander round, an adult education centre and free adventure playground.

You can also often get them a place volunteering. At Windmill Hill we have a program where 8 - 16yo can come from 8.30 to 11am every saturday, and generally muck out, feed, mix feed, collect eggs and the rest of it, but be warned, it is bloody hard work and not all about stroking animals (although we do get to do that too )

Woodyrocks

I got a flyer for this at the Rise Festival


Horniman Museum Gardens
100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ
Sunday 12th August
Family Day out
2pm - late