School Holiday Sanity
Thursday, 17th April 2008 By Jane
On the subject of entertaining the kids over the holidays, I bet I would have had no problems if they had one of these to play in.
But, since they don’t, I’ve come up with a list of great FREE things to do with the kids in order to keep myself sane.
- Collecting walks ~ firewood, stones, pinecones, leaves, flowers. If we have to walk slowly, we might as well pick things up as we go.
- Bushwalking ~ more firewood, and lovely clean air to breathe. Hope it’s fine this weekend.
- Visit a new park ~ should keep them occupied for an hour.
- Plant some new seedlings ~ we saved tomato seeds & planted them last holidays.
- Take some cuttings ~ to go with the daisy cuttings I took the other week.
- Camp out in the backyard ~ but only if it’s warm enough!
- Build a cubbyhouse with sheets ~ indoors, I can hang them from the bookcase or outdoors, peg them around the trampoline & put a plastic tablecloth on the ground.
- Visit the library ~ ours is just a short walk down the road, and they have story~time at least twice a week.
- Have a picnic ~ again, this depends on the rain holding off…
- Sibling sleepover ~ occasionally (after we’ve forgetten the dramas of the last time we let them do this), we let one of the kids sleepover in the other’s bedroom. Insane, I know, but they enjoy it and we are suckers.
- Sleepover at Granma’s ~ one child at bedtime is much easier than two. Granma is a sucker, too.
- Roast some chestnuts ~ I know it sounds weird for Autumn, but if it’s cold enough, we’ll be lighting the fireplace, and I have these chestnuts that just called out to me the other day in the supermarket. If it’s not cold enough, I don’t know what I’ll do with them… impulse buying is bad for the soul.
- Invite friends over to play ~ the good old failsafe to fall back on, especially Wren now has a friend who lives only 3 doors away.
What do you do to maintain sanity in school holidays?
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Great ideas — I thought this was a Thursday Thirteen.
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Great idea yourself! If I can think of another idea, I might just link into that meme this week…
Love your ideas! When we moved to the city I thought the walks would not be as fun, but you would be quite surprised what we find!
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In Melbourne Federation Square always has interesting and fun free things to do. We catch the train in and pack a picnic lunch and make a day of it.
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Great ideas. My kids love to make things with sheets. It can keep them busy all day.
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@ Mandy ~ you’re right, although I do miss the beaches where I grew up.
@ Nicole ~ There’s probably plenty of things here in Sydney, too.
@ Alice ~ Same here. The house is never the same afterwards
fantastic ideas , brilliant for school aged kids and even for toddlers too.
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