Low Cost Summer Activities
· Have a cooking lesson at home (baking cookies, cupcakes, etc)
· Participate in a reading program at the library
· Have a paper plane race or paper boat race (library has books on how to make them)
· Plant a small garden or container garden
· Plan a picnic
· Rent a movie and have special movie snacks
· Go to a garage sale
· Go swimming at the local lake, pond or pool (you can ask for a one day quest pass at a local YMCA to check out the facilities)
· Walk, hike and enjoy nature…create a scavenger hunt!
· Go camping in the backyard
· Participate in free craft making sessions at a Michaels craft store
Do it Yourself Bubbles
1 tbsp glycerine
2 tbsp dish soap
9 oz water
Miix it all up
Pour into small plastic bottles or a pie pan, grab your favourite wand and enjoy big beautiful bubbles.
Popsicle Eating Contest
There are so many variations on a theme for this low tech, low cost family activity. The most obvious contest is to see who can take the longest time to eat a popsicle. There is another activity in which the entire family can participate. The “eating your popsicle the slowest”context takes not only patience, but the ability to withstand turning into a sticky, streaked mess while the popsicle melts.
· Have a cooking lesson at home (baking cookies, cupcakes, etc)
· Participate in a reading program at the library
· Have a paper plane race or paper boat race (library has books on how to make them)
· Plant a small garden or container garden
· Plan a picnic
· Rent a movie and have special movie snacks
· Go to a garage sale
· Go swimming at the local lake, pond or pool (you can ask for a one day quest pass at a local YMCA to check out the facilities)
· Walk, hike and enjoy nature…create a scavenger hunt!
· Go camping in the backyard
· Participate in free craft making sessions at a Michaels craft store
Do it Yourself Bubbles
1 tbsp glycerine
2 tbsp dish soap
9 oz water
Miix it all up
Pour into small plastic bottles or a pie pan, grab your favourite wand and enjoy big beautiful bubbles.
Popsicle Eating Contest
There are so many variations on a theme for this low tech, low cost family activity. The most obvious contest is to see who can take the longest time to eat a popsicle. There is another activity in which the entire family can participate. The “eating your popsicle the slowest”context takes not only patience, but the ability to withstand turning into a sticky, streaked mess while the popsicle melts.
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