I know in my home it’s a challenge to keep my kids away from the ipads, tv’s, wiis, playstations blah blah blah. . What if you work from home and the holidays represents the ultimate challenge like it does for me? This list is for all of you and for me and for everyone else who is looking to make the most out of the Australian Summer holidays.
1. Buy 20 balloons, blow them up. Here are 28 ways to play with balloons
2. Create a slip and slide from plastic and detergent
3. Blow bubbles
4. Pick and Press Flowers in a book with a brick on top
5. Fold origami for the Christmas table centrepiece.
6. Fly a Kite
7. Make an outdoor tent/cubby/fort/teepee/wigwam (how cool is that word! <<<) See below a no sew teepee from thehandmadehome.net
8. Play Hide and Seek
9. Have an outdoor picnic
10. Make your own iceblocks using plastic cups
11. Draw with sidewalk chalk
12. Make some outdoor DIY waterplay fun
13. Stargaze using constellation apps like
14. Go geocaching – We have a guide to Geocaching in Brisbane < here
15. Make a bird feeder
16. Go to the beach
18. Make lemonade
19. Create some pet rocks
20. Create some family rules on a big canvas
21. Make some Christmas Cards
22. Paint some Christmas wrapping paper
23. Get the kids to plan and help them to make dinner
24. Have a DIY pizza night
25. Design an obstacle course
26. Make a scavenger hunt
27. Play hide and seek
28. Write letters or paint pictures for an elderly relative and send it in the post
29. Get the kids to help you bake something for the neighbours
30. Play Lego
31. Read books outdoors on a picnic rug
32. Host a play date
33. Make some potato stamps
34. Make paper planes and have competitions on height and distance
35. Dance in the rain to some loud music
36. Bake some biscuits for the local firestation or police station
37. Wash the car with lots of bubbles
38. play Simon says
39. Camp in the backyard
40. Find a new favourite playground
41. Find a new creek in Brisbane to play in
42. Take a nature hike
43. Gather up old toys after christmas for donation
44. Make puppets from old socks and have a puppet show
45. Play a sport in a local park like soccer or frisbee
46. Go to a movie
47. See a play
48. Have a movie night
49. Make a friendship bracelet
50. Visit the museum
51. Have a bbq where the kids make the marinade for the meat
52. Head to the airport to check out the planes
53. Watch a sunrise
54. Build a sandcastle but plan ahead bringing lots of nature related embellishments like flowers and sticks
55. Go to some antique stores or trash and treasure with the kids
56. Visit the botanic gardens
57. Go to a local aquatic centre
58. Go to a drive in
59. Visit a beach late afternoon just to have fish and chips and icecream by the sea
60.Go on a road trip
Whatever you do remember the Summer is short and memories are long so make the most of the time you have with your kids. It’s okay if you don’t get to enjoy the holidays with your kids, you can still enjoy the moments, ALL the moments with these 100 ideas for living in the moment with your kids.
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