101 Things to do with children
If you are stuck for ideas of what to do with your children during the school holidays then take a look at our 101 things to do with children below.
1 | Arrange a play date with friends |
2 | Make cakes or cookies and decorate |
3 | Make popcorn |
4 | Bake bread |
5 | Make ice cream |
6 | Paint a picture using finger paints |
7 | Make a den indoors or outdoors |
8 | Go on a train or bus ride |
9 | Have a film afternoon, close the curtains, turn up the sound and eat treats |
10 | Go to a local play park |
11 | Go to the park and find different objects to draw and talk about when you get home |
12 | Play a ball game |
13 | Fill the paddling pool with shaving foam and slide into it |
14 | Blow bubbles |
15 | Create indoor or outdoor treasure hunts |
16 | Play hide and seek |
17 | Place cushions on the floor and imagine you are on the train to the zoo, what animals do you see? |
18 | Dress up |
19 | Make a volcano |
20 | Make homemade videos |
21 | Make sandcastles |
22 | Do a jigsaw puzzle |
23 | Play with toys / games which have not been played with for a long time |
24 | Go to the woods |
25 | Make ice lollies |
26 | Make sailboats and race |
27 | Make paper aeroplanes |
28 | Play skittles |
29 | Make jewellery out of dried pasta |
30 | Make paper plate masks |
31 | Face painting |
32 | See what pictures you can see in the clouds and draw them |
33 | Play hopscotch |
34 | Skip |
35 | Play Eye spy |
36 | Make a mask |
37 | Play Frisbee |
38 | Camp in the back garden |
39 | Plant seeds in the garden, water regularly and watch them grow |
40 | Make papier-mâché balloon air models and paint |
41 | Decorate old t-shirts |
42 | Make friendship bracelets |
43 | Have a picnic in the park |
44 | Go to the cinema |
45 | Go to a theme park |
46 | Make gingerbread |
47 | Go swimming |
48 | Make and fly a kite |
49 | Make homemade jam |
50 | Do relay races with a friend / sibling |
51 | Visit a museum |
52 | Create your own scrap book throughout the holidays |
53 | Visit a farm |
54 | Play with play dough or make your own |
55 | Ask to pick some petals in the garden and make your own petal perfume |
56 | Go out for a bike ride/scooter or roller skates |
57 | Visit a historic place |
58 | Wash the car or a bike |
59 | Make some finger puppets |
60 | Make a theatre to act out your finger puppets |
61 | Go to a local river to feed the ducks |
62 | Find a park/woods with a stream and play pooh sticks |
63 | Create your own pirate ship with cardboard, old sheets and possible bits of wood |
64 | Create your own karaoke |
65 | Play party games e.g. musical bumps/chairs, dead lions |
66 | Create your own pin the tail on the donkey |
67 | Make different hats out of paper/card/material, you could be kings and queens for the day |
68 | Make an obstacle course and then compete with a friend |
69 | Make some medals and rosettes |
70 | Sit and read a book |
71 | Spend the day with a different relative or friend / perhaps a sleep over |
72 | Have a disco, turn out the lights and put some torches on and dance to music |
73 | Do some finger/hand and foot print painting |
74 | Create a large bubble bath and put bubbles everywhere |
75 | Make superhero capes…. Get some old shirts of a grown up and paint and create |
76 | Make some artificial flowers out of tissue paper |
77 | Visit your local coffee shop. Ask to take away some coffee beans, they make great shakers in an empty bottle |
78 | Put your waterproofs and wellies on and go jumping in puddles |
79 | Paddle in the paddling pool |
80 | Make a banana split |
81 | Make fresh fruit smoothies |
82 | Visit a zoo |
83 | Make paper aeroplanes |
84 | Have a pyjama day, stay at home in your pjs and just relax |
85 | Visit somewhere where you can pick your own fruit and vegetables |
86 | Go bowling |
87 | Dress up as ghosts with old sheets |
88 | Make some funky glasses |
89 | Play charades |
90 | Make homemade pizza |
91 | Make space ships and rockets out of cardboard boxes |
92 | Make a daisy chain |
93 | Play card games |
94 | Grow some tomatoes |
95 | Make paper hats |
96 | Sing nursery rhymes |
97 | Make Grass Heads |
98 | Go fishing |
99 | Have a water or pillow fight |
100 | Make a family tree |
101 | Have a photo taking competition |