With a lot less meetings and activities to go to now the summer holidays are upon us I’ve been looking for things to do, free whenever possible. We normally try to avoid going anywhere in the school holidays whenever we can but we can’t hide away for the whole 6 weeks.
Here’s some of the activities I’ve found for the summer:
Apple Summer Camp – Apple Summer Camp is a place where kids aged 8 to 12 bring their imaginations to life. They’ll learn to make movies by storyboarding ideas, shooting video and creating an original soundtrack. Or they can create interactive books complete with their own illustrations and sound effects. Various locations. FREE
Pets at Home stores are running a series of workshops this summer, each focusing on a different animal. Might be of interest to animal lovers. Click on your local shop and then click workshops. FREE
Halfords Bike Workshops – On a regular basis they host a kids’ bike workshop, teaching 7 to 11 year olds basic bike maintenance. FREE
Attend A Free West End Show – During Kids Week, a child aged 16 or under can experience the magic of London theatre and see a fantastic selection of shows for free, plus two additional children can go at half price (per transaction), as long as they are accompanied by a full paying adult. Plus, there are no booking or postage fees to pay!
Robin Hood Festival 3rd to the 9th August – There are daily activities of archery, medieval music and jousting. There will be strolling players, costumed characters and medieval stalls. Falconry displays on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. FREE to get in but £5 parking per car
Tesco Let’s Cook – children learn how to cook great healthy recipes. May well be totally booked up by now but worth checking. FREE
I am also bookmarking a load of online activities to keep them busy:
Camp Google – is a free camp for kids, full of fun science activities
Tesco Eat Happy Project – has a wide range of (mainly) food based activities including video’s games, puzzles, recipes and more
Minecraft – what else is there to say about that?
Then of course there are the outdoor things that are free to do:
Geocaching – This is something we have just started, we found our first one today. Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
Or simply visit a local park, feed the ducks or go for a picnic 😉
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