FAMILY

After a busy term at school, your child/children need the holidays to recharge their batteries before the next term starts, so let's make this school holiday one to remember.

Idea: Make a School Holiday Ideas Jar.

The School Holiday Ideas Jar was first introduced to my daughter last year. I needed to find a way of keeping her occupied during the school holidays, otherwise we would ~~both~~ all go mad! So I came up with the School Holiday Ideas Jar. (You can see my original post here)

Here is a list of possible activities/ideas that your child can do independently, with friends, or as a family. Most of the activities mentioned use items found in or around your home, cost a little bit of money or are FREE. Keep it simple, affordable and fun!

Activities include:

Mini Makeover
Board Games
Make play dough
Super Science
Donate to charity
Visit the SPCA
Manicure & Pedicure
Māori Stick games
Go to the Beach
Visit the Park
Movies
Visit the Library
Read a book
Have ice-cream
Baking
Go to Town Basin
Play with Orbeez
Invite a friend over
Make play dough
Make a vege garden
Have a picnic
Rainbow Loom
Make a hut (inside/outside)
Indoor hopscotch
Water-gun fight
Pet rocks (paint rocks)
Arts & Craft Day
Cool Clipboard
Climb a mountain
Help around the house
Get messy (water play, gloop, slime, paint)
Pyjama Day
Go for a bike ride
DVD & Popcorn
Nature walk
Visit a museum
+ many, many more

Now it's your turn: Grab a pen and paper, and write down some activities/ideas and pop them in a jar. Each day (or the night before) get your child to pull out one activity for them to complete on the day.

ARE YOU BORED?

You might hear the odd "I'm Bored!" and that's okay. You can either tell them to a) pick another activity from the School Holiday Ideas Jar or b) refer them to the BORED chart - as shown below. Children will quite often find something to do. Remember - it's their choice to be bored, not yours.