1. Take day trips. If your children are of the age where they are able to make choices, ask them where they would like to go. That way, you can do some of what you think is best and the children also have some choice. 2. Spend some time at the seaside. 3. Have fun at theme parks. 4. Playtime in the park. 5. Go swimming. 6. Have friends round. Yours and the childrens. 7. Stay at home and get your children to create stories and act them out. 8. Have fun in the gardening, with the gardening, lazing around, playtime with water and whatever you choose. 9. Visit a museum. 10. Visit the cinema. 11. Use the computer. 12. Play computer games. 13. Play sports activities/games. 14. Homework or study. 15. Reading. 16. Watch TV/Videos together 17. Listen to DVDs together. 18. Create an activity project, such as painting, treasure hunt. 19. Attend summer school. 20. Go to a play centre. 21. Go to summer camp. 22. Bake something. 23. Make papier-mch. 24. Put on a puppet show. 25. Go to the Zoo/nature park. 26. Go to magic show. 27. Invite parents of friends who are able to create magic shows around. 28. Go to childrens theatre. 29. Feed birds. 30. Look at wildlife. 31. Go to the farm. 32. Go to the library. 33. Explore the outside world. 34. Mini cruise. 35. Have a tickle party. 36. Wrestle and roll around with your kids. 37. Let the kids take every cushion off the sofa and build a fort. Test it out yourself. 38. Share a skill with your kids; spend some time passing your knowledge on. 39. Take a class together. 40. Go ice or roller-skating. 41. Take it in turns to make up stories 42. Have a dance party in the living room. 43. Cook dinner together 44. Learn a craft get a book from the library, get the materials and get to work. 45. Fix things around the house together 46. Get photographic 47. Go on a scavenger hunt 48. Play hide and seek 49. Have an indoor picnic 50. Go fishing 51. Make a scrapbook 52. Go on a bike ride. 53. Create your own list of fun things to do with the children |
