☀☂☁ SuMmEr HoLiDaY iDeAs ☁☂☀

tiff

I would especially appreciate ideas for older children. My son is 12 and daughter 10 and its getting harder to know what to do. They only like going to big parks with a scooter/bmx park, we have a really good one near us.

We have made a list together and they have suggested a few things, they would like to spend a morning cooking, so as my freezer is empty I was going to knock up maybe some shepherds pies and spag bols to freeze with them.

We plan to go to the beach at Porthcawl one day, lets hope its hot as they love the waves in the sea. There are also several open air pools within driving distance and we've never been to any of them so we will do that one day too.

They have asked to go to Laser Vision or whatever its called so thats another idea. My Mum is taking them on hol for a week so thats 7 days taken care of!

tiff

providentielle wrote: »

Hi, what ages are your kids? Where do you stay? I'm in glasgow and the local council does kids cards which you get for free and then you get free or discounted activities such as swimming and sports sessions. Our one also gets kids onto the open top bus tour for free :j

Also, have you heard of geocaching? Google it if not, its a modern treasure hunt and kids love it. If you don't have gps try huntfun.co.uk instead.

Was looking at huntfun and found a code for 20% discount, put in SMARTSAVE in the box.

I know you get a route map, but what is the "treasure" part of it?

PollyFlinders_3

Sleepovers with friends are popular with my two (11 and 6), especially when accompanied by DVDs and popcorn and being allowed to eat in bedrooms for a special treat.

If you have a tent and garden, what about camping out overnight?

Bus trips can be quite good value if you can get a day-rover ticket or something similar - plan a journey together as far as the ticket will take you and do some sightseeing.

We try to organise a day out every week to a local park with friends - we all take picnics and an outdoor toy or two, and it means a cheap day out - parents have a good natter and the children can enjoy themselves too.

Mooching round the house for a bit now and again shouldn't be underrated either - they say its good for children to experience boredom (I tell myself it makes them more creative!!)

cathys1_2

we get a local magazine from school with loads of days out listed - some free, some not.

Other ideas

• Car washing
• pottery making fimo clay often cheap at the Works?
• fruit picking
• cinema some do cheap mornings/ days
• bowling - do hollywood bowl do 1p bowling in the 6 weeks?
• Make puppets and a theatre and let them do a show - cardboard boxes, wooden spoons, scraps of material etc.
• If you have a surestart centre near you, see what fun days they are doing.
• messy play - make gloop, have shaving foam, jelly, paint, shredded paper, weetabix / shredded wheat, mud, water etc etc

clarabell13

tiff wrote: »

Was looking at huntfun and found a code for 20% discount, put in SMARTSAVE in the box.

I know you get a route map, but what is the "treasure" part of it?

We've used huntfun several times. It's not so much a case of finding a treasure as getting the correct answer to (I think) 20 questions and then ending back at your starting point (usually the Tourist Information Centre). We've done about 5 or 6 now and only one has been a little disappointing and that was Winchester as it was too easy.

In fact I've just bought the one for Exeter. Wish I'd seen your code earlier

tiff

I'm def going to get the Bristol one ordered, thanks for reminding me as I didnt order it before.

elysia2003

I've just found this, if anyones run out of ideas already. :eek:



1.Write numbers from 1 to 100.
2.Find an object in your house that begins with each letter of the alphabet.
3.Write 10 sentences. Use a number word in each sentence.
4.Make something in the kitchen involving the use of measuring cups.
5.Go outside and find things for every colour of the rainbow.
6.Write a story about your pet or a pet you would like to have.
7.Write a letter to someone.
8.Write the names of five friends, now make as many words using the letters of their names as you can.
9.Make a scrapbook of animal pictures. You might want to choose an animal you like. See if you can find some old magazines or calendars to look for the pictures.
10.Read a story to someone.
11.Count the money in your wallet or ask mum or dad to give you some coins to count.
12.Keep a journal of what you do during the Summer. Write in it at least 2 times each week.
13.Write numbers from 101 to 300.
14.Write the alphabet three times in your best cursive writing.
15.Go outside. Find things for the sense of touch, things that are smooth, rough, prickly, sharp, hard, soft, dry, wet, etc. Make a log book of what you discover.
16.Correctly spell as many colour words as you can, try some of the harder ones too like turquoise and burgundy.
17.Write numbers by 5’s to 100 and then to 1000.
18.Make little signs to name things in your room. Put them up in your room.
19.Draw a picture of something outside. Write 5 or more sentences about it.
20.Write all the number facts that will add to 10. (6 + 4 = 10, etc. )
21.Go on a nature hike. Collect things and put them in a picture.
22.Pretend you are a giant. Write a short story about it.
23.Write numbers from 301 to 500.
24.Cut out words from the newspaper - one for each letter of the alphabet
25.Use the letters in the word UNITED KINGDOM to write as many words as you can.
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26. Find a recipe that uses a colour word in it's title and help your mom or dad make it.
27. Count out loud to 1000
28.Write 10 sentences. Use a colour word in each sentence.
29.Write numbers by 2’s to 100 (2, 4, 6...)
30.Write a fairy tale. Then read it to someone younger than you.
31.Write a poem about the weather, an animal or a plant..
32.Plant something outside or help take care of a garden.
33.Imagine that you have an alligator as a pet. Write a story about it.
34.Cut apart the squares of a comic strip. Mix them up. Rearrange them in the correct order and then rearrange them into a funny mixed up story.
35.Compare your bike with a friend’s bike. How are the alike? How are they different? Then do a safety check on both bikes.
36.Make a sandwich. Cut it in half and then in fourths, see if you can cut it into eighths too.
37.Make a list of everything you can find that is orange.
38.Cut out words from a magazine. Make sentences out of them.
39.With your parent's permission, find one person on your street who is elderly and offer to help them with their garden work one afternoon.
40.Write any ten numbers between 1 to 100. Cut them out and mix them up. Arrange them again from smallest to largest.
41.Cut out a picture from an old calendar. Cut it into puzzle pieces and then put it back together.
42.Choose a flower out of your garden, learn everything you can about that flower.
43.Make price tags for several objects in your room. Make some play money and use it to buy the things in your “play store.”
44.What would you do if you lived during the time of dinosaurs? Write a story about it.
45.Write numbers from 501 to 700.
46.Draw a map of your garden, put a treasure (a small box with a few treats) somewhere in your garden and mark it on your map. Invite your friends to try to find the treasure.
47.Find objects around your home that begin with the sound SH . Draw a picture of each of them or have someone help you write them down. (sheets, shoe, etc.)
48.Write your name. Cut out each letter. Arrange the letters in A,B,C, order.
49.Pick anywhere in the world and find out more about that place by going to the library or searching on the internet.
50.Read 26 books, starting with a book in which the authors last name begins with A, and then B until you get to Z.
51.Write numbers by 10’s to 500.
52. Go to the library and check out some books about space.
53.Go outside and find 3 different kinds of leaves. How are they alike and different? Try to find out what types of leaves they are.
54.Write numbers from 701 to 1000.
55.Go outside. Learn which direction is north, south, east, and west. Walk 10 steps north and then 5 steps west. Where are you? (Stay out of the street!)
56.Volunteer - ask your mom or dad to help you find someplace in your community where you can volunteer once or twice a week to help (places like the library, a veterinarian clinic, a senior's home).
57.Collect bottles from your neighborhood and donate the money to a local charity.
58.Write all the names of animals you know and have a friend do the same thing. Who can write the most names in 5 minutes. Have your mom time you. .
59.Find pictures of objects that when matched will make a compound word. Suggestions: a horse and a shoe: a nut and a shell; a tree and a house; a cow and a boy. etc.. Then have a younger relative try to match all the pictures.
60.Look for rocks in your garden. See if you can find 10 unusual rocks.
61.Visit 3 tourist spots in your hometown or area.
62.Make a picture journal of your Summer. Each week take 3 or 4 pictures of some of the things you are doing and when you develop the film, put your photos into your journal and write a description about each picture.
63.Find out if any of your local museums or libraries have any summer programs just for kids.
64.Memorize a poem and recite it for your family, or have everyone in your family memorize a poem and have a family poetry night.
65.Count out loud from 400 to 500.
66.Have a game night each week with your family, try some indoor and outdoor games.
67.Make a list of everything you can find that is the colour red.
68.Make kites with your friends out of newspaper.
69.Play the “What’s Missing?” game with someone. Find 5-10 objects inside your home. Arrange them on a tray. Have someone look at them for 5 seconds and then cover eyes while you take one of the items away. Can they guess what is missing? Then let your friend remove an item and you try to guess what is missing.
70.Have a paper airplane contest, who can make a paper airplane that flies the furthest.
71.Find a neat recipe for a dessert and have your mum or dad help you make it..
72.Write a thank you letter to someone who has done a great job or helped you in some way.
73.Plan a picnic with your family, make up the list of items you want to take and games to play while on your picnic. Then help your mom and dad get things ready for the special day.
74.Think about a job you might like to do when you grow up. Write a letter to someone who works in that job and ask them questions about their job.
75.This is the year 2007. Write down 2007 words you can spell or read. You might want to work at this over a few days.
76.Cut out food pictures from magazines. Make 4 category cards - Dairy Products, Meat, Fruit and Vegetable, and Bread and Cereal. Arrange the pictures under the correct category.
77.Draw a map of your house and label all the exits you would use in case of a fire. Plan a meeting place with your family in case there ever was a fire and what talk about what you should do as well.
78.Measure things in your house. Make up a chart. Measure the items by the length of your finger, hand and arm. Then try measuring using a ruler. Record the results.
79.Play the “Direction Game.” Have someone tell you three directions and see if you can do them correctly and in the right order. Example: Clap your hands 5 times. Go look out the window. Write your name on a piece of paper.
80.Make up some bubble solution and find some objects around the house to blow bubbles with, try some unique things using straws, string, and other objects.
81.Practice the times table. Day 1 do the 1 times table, Day 2 do the 2 times table and go as many days as you can.
82.Go to the library or look on the internet for a neat craft you could make. Ask your mum or dad to help you find all the materials.
83.Sign up at your local library for their Summer Reading Program.
84.Get a book about birds and spend one afternoon seeing how many birds you can identify that live in your backyard.
85.With your mum or dad's help, go through your old books and donate them to a hospital for sick kids to be able to read.
86.With your mum or dad's help find some "good" old toys and clothes and donate them to a shelter in your town.
87.On a piece of paper write the dates for 20 days during the Summer months. Beside each date write the name of a fruit or vegetable you ate on that date. See if you can have 20 different fruits or vegetables on your list.
88.Choose a sport you like. Either find a way you can play that sport or write a list of new things you have learned about it.
89.Write a letter to your last teacher. Tell your teacher the best things about your class last year. Give your teacher one new idea you think next year's class would like to learn. Take the letter to school on your first day back to give to your "old" teacher. If they have moved away, ask the school's secretary if they could send the letter to your "old" teacher for you.
90. Write all the number facts that will add to eighteen.
91.Lay down a blanket in the backyard and go star gazing.
92.Plant a sunflower seed and keep a journal about how it is growing.
93.Create a sculpture using rubbish.
94.Write a play and have family and friends perform it.
95.Get a skipping rope and count how many times you can skip without missing. Try it again. Can you beat your record?
96.Make a list of 10 things you could NEVER do in the summer.
97.Make a list of 10 things you could NEVER do in the winter.
98.Write a joke and tell your mum or dad the joke.
99.Pretend to be a pirate and imagine an adventure.
100.Write an adventure story and read it to a younger child.

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elysia2003

wow that is an amazing list thanks very much :A

rsdiscos

There are lots of really orginal ideas on this website things to print to do outside or even inside.
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/learning-kids/Pages/children.aspx

Enjoy Melissa

qwiksave

Thought I'd revive this thread. The Summer Holidays aren't over yet!

I found this link today with some papercrafts that some people might like to try.