We’re so pleased our campaign to raise awareness for a healthy screentime balance for kids under 10 has been such a huge success.
With that in mind and the summer holidays looming, at TimeTokens HQ we’ve put our heads together and come up with a fun list of 56 ideas and things for your children to try over the summer hols. Remember, don’t feel guilty when they say “I’m bored” there are so many fantastic thINGs to do and try your hand at out there. Get them excited about using their imagination and creativity. It’s the holidays after all and a great chance to relax, chill out and have some family fun.
- Make a wormery
- Skim stones and beat your personal best
- Play poo sticks
- Try fishing off a harbour wall or with a net
- Play French Cricket, try using a tennis racket if you don't have a bat
- Climb a tree
- Go on a really long bike ride and track your route on an OS map
- Eat berries from the hedgerow
- Hug a tree - just because
- Boil an egg and make soldiers
- Have a water fight
- See how much life you can discover in a rock pool
- Swim a length ..on top or underwater
- Make someone happy by writing and sending them a postcard
- Design something
- Make your own time capsule
- Colour in without going over the lines
- Knead some bread dough and bake a loaf
- Keep a diary of your summer – it’ll be so much fun to read one day
- Teach yourself a magic trick and wow your family
- Create a super cool obstacle race and beat your best time
- Play a game of croquet because it's really fun
- Challenge yourself to do 10 keepie uppies
- Build a den
- Have a tennis rally of 20 hits
- Teach yourself to whistle
- Get really really muddy and don't care
- Teach yourself to blow a blade of grass
- Sell something you have made
- Follow a river to its source
- Make up a game
- Toast marshmallows on a BBQ or campfire
- Plant something and care for it, water it everyday, watch it grow
- Paint a self portrait
- Learn your favourite pop song and perform it for your family
- Make up a show for your family and friends
- Challenge yourself to do something you have never done before
- Go snorkelling and discover a new world under the sea
- Listen to the sea in a conche shell
- Scavenge for treasure on a beach
- Make a daisy chain necklace or bracelet
- Search for a lucky four leaf clover - they do exist - really.
- Press some flowers in a book
- Have a midnight feast
- Roll down a hill
- Do a three legged race
- Play Frisbee with your friends
- Play cats cradle
- Learn the capital cities of the world
- Run through a field and scream as loud as you can
- Master a tongue twister
- Swap your best toy with your friends best toy for the weekend
- Plant up and grow your own micro garden in a bowl
- Plan a fun summer party for some friends
- Learn something new
- Help your mum!
We’re going to work our way through the list over the summer and will share our experiences with you so watch this space!
Have fun.
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