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Low Cost, Fun Summer Outdoor Activities for the Whole Family
Summer vacations may be a dream but there are many low or no cost, fun summer activities that the whole family can participate. Here are a few ideas.
If you have a tree in your back yard or a local park and have a picnic. Have some lemonade and cookies or sandwiches and read the books you’ve checked out from the library. Take turns reading. It may be fun to invite friends and their kids to join you.
Gardening is a great low-cost and fun summer activity for kids. Have your kids plant their own flower garden. Talk about each flower; how it grows, how much room it needs, and then give the kids a title, such as Director of Water Works (this would be to oversee the watering of the plants); or Director of Roots and Shoots (this would be to oversee the weeding), everyone can be Master Harvester, etc. Also, give your kids some watermelon seeds to plant. You never know what may crop up. Have them plant some pumpkins to carve Halloween.
If your kids love pirates, make a treasure box with your kids. Have them scout around the back yard or beach for rocks, sea shells or any item they think would be cool to include. Have the kids make a treasure map and include some information on pirates found on the internet. Add some coins, and make a pirate’s flag with black fabric. Have the kids add their own symbols to it. Then the kids can bury it in the back yard or keep it on hand and add to it each year.
Low cost, fun summer activities for the whole family can be achieved with a little imagination and a lot of creativity.
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