Free Family Fun September 7, 2008

101 FREE ways to have fun with the kids

 

1.     Go to local carnivals, fairs or bazaars

2.     Hike at a state park

3.     Check out preview classes at music and dance studios like Gymboree

4.     Wash the car

5.     Volunteer

6.     Campout in the back yard

7.     Have a scavenger hunt

8.     Go to the free weekly kids movies

9.     Build a fort inside or out

10.   Check out some books from the library

11.   Attend vacation bible school

12.   Read a book out loud together

13.   Visit the farmers market

14.   Play on the playground at the park or local school

15.   Eat breakfast for dinner

16.   Make a photo album

17.   Play make-believe

18.   Visit free museums

19.   Have a lunch picnic

20.   Gaze at the stars

21.   Rearrange your rooms

22.   Make a home movie

23.   Put on a play for your neighbors

24.   Play flashlight tag

25.   Build a snowman

26.   Run a lemonade stand

27.   Swim at a friend’s house

28.   Play dress up

29.   Make masks out of paper bags

30.   Feed some ducks

31.   Fly a kite

32.   Bake some cookies and share them with your neighbors

33.   Do a family tree

34.   Take a walk

35.   Go fishing

36.   Go window shopping

37.   Build a tire swing

38.   Learn origami

39.   Make collage using beans, noodles or rice

40.   Start a journal

41.   Karaoke

42.   Make your own instruments

43.   Learn a new language

44.   Start a recycling program

45.   Take your kids to work for a day

46.   Have a sleepover

47.   Paint a self portrait

48.   Create a new recipe

49.   Do some bird watching

50.   Look through old family photos

51.   Have a campfire

52.   Make a mural with sidewalk chalk

53.   Play games online at sites like Disney.com

54.   Put together a puzzle

55.   Play school

56.   Find shapes in the clouds

57.   Turn up the music and dance

58.   Pick places on map and research them online

59.   Visit the oldest building in your town

60.   Head to the beach

61.   Create your own puppets from old socks

62.   Climb a tree

63.   Play tic tac toe

64.   Make a movie theatre with some pillows and popcorn and a DVD

65.   Make fondue for dinner

66.   Ride bikes

67.   Burn a mix cd

68.   Put food coloring in water with a flower

69.   Make a piggy bank with a coffee can

70.   Play restaurant and let the kids be in charge of lunch

71.   Color

72.   Make your own secret language

73.   Learn how to sew

74.   Go to the bookstore and read books in the big comfy chairs

75.   Attend a Home Depot kids “How-to-Clinic”

76.   Count your spare change

77.   Learn card tricks

78.   Play board games

79.   Make a tornado in a soda bottle

80.   Go to story time at the library

81.   Play hide and seek

82.   Go ice skating

83.   Plant a garden

84.   Make smores on the fireplace

85.   Visit a local farm

86.   Make your own ice cream

87.   Get a pen pal

88.   Ask Grandparents to tell stories from when they were kids

89.   Go sleigh riding

90.   Have bike rally with your friends

91.   Do a costume parade

92.   Host a neighborhood block party

93.   Play “I Spy”

94.   Go see a free concert in the park

95.   Make your ice cream sundaes

96.   Bake some cupcakes

97.   Setup a grocery store in the kitchen

98.   Hit the beach

99.   Rake some leaves and jump in the piles

    100. Play library with your own books

    101. Finger paint