Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m slightly jealous of all the cool things I see our friends doing over Spring Break. I’ve seen photos of trips to DC, Florida, Mexico, and even Japan! Meanwhile, we’re having a staycation in Ohio. On the bright side, we’ve been visiting family and we have a couple of little day trips planned to sites close by, as well as a trip to the book store (my highlight!) and a matinee. So all in all, not bad. So far, our kids haven’t uttered those two dreaded words. (You know what they are!) But if yours have, hand them this list and say, “Here. Here’s a list of stuff you can do when you’re bored. Now don’t bother me.”
Things to Do on Staycation
- Make one of these spring art projects.
- Go on a nature scavenger hunt.
- Go to the library.
- Research a country, then cook an authentic meal, listen to its music, make a craft, etc.
- Go bowling.
- Go to a local museum.
- Bake something.
- Go on a hike.
- Paint wooden birdhouses.
- Go to a matinee.
- Make a junk sculpture.
- Build a pillow fort.
- Make a movie trailer using iMovie.
- Make salt dough.
- Pretend it’s summer: go swimming at an indoor pool and stop for ice cream on the way home.
- Plan a garden, then buy seeds to start indoors.
- Make a fairy garden.
- Make mud pies.
- Have a picnic lunch at the playground.
- Pretend to be a wildlife photographer outside.
- Have a dance party.
- Take an afternoon to play every board game you own.
- Read, read, read.
- Play balloon tennis with paper plate paddles.
- Make a town out of 3-D paper houses.
- Make collages out of pictures cut from old magazines and catalogs.
- Fly a kite.
- Visit a nature center.
- Explore a neighboring town.
- Be a tourist if your own town. Visit a few places of historical significance or tourist destinations you’ve never been to.
- Make gourmet homemade pizza.
- Take a bike ride.
- Try geocaching.
- Have a family film festival for a day.
- Volunteer.
Wow, what a list, how long are your kids off for Spring vacation? Been trying to remember what our kids did on Spring vacation.
When we lived in San Diego area the beach was usually first choice, hands down. Course half the neighborhood went with us so it was a packed old pick up truck, took many of them during summer also.
What trouble could they get into at the beach, (except for one kid- shudder)? They all knew rules and they all were pretty much very good about them. They knew if they messed up, no more beach with us.
The kids all called me sarge, even when they grew up into their twenty’s they still called me sarge, but lovingly, lol. Now we have 4 kids so when you get at least 1 or 2 kids each for each kid, I had a crowd of mostly teenagers. 3 of ours are close in age then the little one, 6 yrs younger than 3rd.
We used to go to CO river just north of Yuma, AZ when they all got older, what a bunch of crazy kids. Lots of fun but crazy. When we’d get tired of their craziness we’d hop in our boat for ride down river or go to the bar for lunch and cool off some. It gets very hot there in July and August, like 120 degrees. Almost every afternoon about one could count on wind coming up then rain for while then nice again.
1st. time we went was Easter weekend, by Memorial weekend we had a boat of our own. Not much fun without one.
Later we got a travel trailer we left at our spot in trailer park along with boat. From where we lived in east county of S.D. it took about 3 1/2 hours to the river, still miss all the good times we had there with our kids and their friends. Got so we even went after Thanksgiving dinner. No kids then, all grown up and gone, did their own thing after dinner.
What we did doesn’t compare to your list, just spent lot of time in water out at sand bar and got little sunburned.
Hope your staycation is awesome and your Easter also. Happy times Enjoy your kids while still young.
Oh, don’t worry, we don’t accomplish everything on this list! 🙂 It’s just a bunch of ideas I pull out for Spring Break, Winter Break, summer, etc. Thanks for visiting!