Home » Helpfulness

Vacation program: what can you do with your children?

experto.de

Reading time: 5 minutes The long summer holidays are approaching and the children are enjoying the school-free time. But after the first euphoria, many kids annoy their parents with the question, what can I do on vacation? Our 50 exciting suggestions for the family but also for sole activities ensure the best vacation ever.

Vacation program: what to do with your children?

Boredom is one of them

Parents are not their children’s break clowns. So stay calm, even if the children don’t know what to do on vacation. Suggest common activities for the whole family, such as excursions.

But parents also need free time to relax on vacation. Arrange times with the kids when the kids are busy alone. Perhaps you can treat yourself to a little more sleep in the morning or enjoy your free time after lunch. Here you will find 50 tips for a great holiday program.

Holiday program: outdoor tips for the family

1. Visit to the museum. You are guaranteed not to know all the museums in your region. Modern exhibitions are designed to be exciting and there is often even a museum rally for children.

2nd bike tour. If you set a destination together, the trip is twice as fun. Plan a bike ride to a lake or swimming pool in the neighboring town.

3rd hike. There may be a children’s trail in your area. There are also exciting moor trails.
Read our tips for a relaxed family hiking trip.

4. Picnic. Find a wild and romantic place, for example by the river or in the park. If possible, choose a destination that the family does not yet know. Don’t forget to pack some games in addition to delicious food and drink.

5. Water battle. On a hot day, the family members equip themselves with water bombs or spray guns and try to spray each other wet.

6. Cloud journey. Lie down in the garden or in the park together. Let your imagination wander and discover adventurous worlds in the clouds.

7th rally through park or shopping center. Go through the park or center beforehand and write down some questions. Also think of a few tasks. While the children solve the tasks either alone or together, the parents go on a shopping spree. After a set period of time, everyone meets to eat ice cream.
Use these tips to create an exciting holiday rally.

8. Artwork made from chalk. Take street chalk and paint a great picture together.

9. Make monsters. Collect stones, feathers, leaves or broken branches as you walk through the park or forest. Everyone makes a creepy forest monster out of it. Award the scariest copy. Alternatively, the family can make a scarecrow together.

10. Play mini golf. Loosen up the game with additional actions. For example, if you use a dirty word, you have to do 10 squats.

11. Campfire. Light a campfire in the garden or at a grill station. There are stick rolls and creepy stories.
This funny scary story is also suitable for smaller children.

12. Pick strawberries. The whole family goes together to pick strawberries, cherries or apples.

13. Geocaching. This modern form of treasure hunt is offered almost everywhere. Fun for the whole family.

14th city tour. Get to know the surrounding area or home town during a city tour.

15. Maize Maze traverse.

16. Go bowling.

17. Explore a lake by rowboat or pedal boat.

18. Play frisbee.

19. Discover constellations in the night sky. Borrow a book with constellations in the city library. With a little luck, in August you will also discover shooting stars. Combine the event with a visit to the planetarium.

20. Go to the cinema. Take advantage of the affordable family tariffs.

Holiday program: indoor tips for the family

21. Exotic cooking. If you don’t have time or money for a long-distance trip, you don’t have to do without exotic flair. Cook typical dishes of your dream holiday destination with your children. You prepare the food and the appropriate decoration together. An oriental ambience, for example, is quickly conjured up with colorful towels and pillows to sit on.

22nd game marathon. Borrow family and board games from the city library. Think about playing a game together at a certain time each day. Or you can organize a game marathon over the weekend. Make sure that each family member takes turns playing a game.

23. Paper plane competitions. Everyone makes their own paper plane and labels it with their name. Which plane sails the farthest.

24. Play theater. You may want to ask friends of the children to help with the project. A storybook or a fairy tale is suitable as a play. Distribute only the roles, the actors are then allowed to act freely. It’s a lot funnier than learning a text. The panels are all made from old pieces of clothing. Invite relatives and friends to the performance.

Organize 25th fashion show. While the girls are modeling, the boys can take on the role of announcer or star photographer.

26. Planning a circus project. It is called ring for the whole family. Everyone chooses a performance of their choice, for example lion tamer, clown or rope artist (put rope on the floor).

27th reading hour. Even big children have fun reading aloud to them in the evening. The stories adapt to the age of the child. Old classics such as "The Lighthouse on the Lobster Cliffs" by James Krüss or the books by Otfried Preußler are great.

28th painting afternoon. Is it raining twine outside? Great, then unpack the crayons. Copy templates from mandala books that you can find in the city library. Everyone paints the motif of their choice.

29. Bake. Turn boring rainy days into a baking festival. Mix muffins or waffles together.

30. Write letters. Craft and write holiday mail together.
Read our ideas for your own holiday card.

Holiday program: outdoor tips for children

31. Holiday pass promotions. The municipalities offer children a lot of variety with the holiday pass. It is possible to get to know new sports. Register your child in good time.

32. Find a vacation job. Those who are bored have a lot of time. Your child can earn some money in the neighborhood. Suitable jobs include babysitting, walking the dog, mowing the lawn, washing the car.
With these tips, students will find the right vacation job.

33. Volunteer at the animal shelter or riding school. Helpful hands are welcome in the animal shelter or on the horse farm, for example to walk dogs.

34. Ornithology. Observe birds in the garden with binoculars and identify the species with an identification book.

35. Plant sunflower. Your child will plant sunflowers in the garden or in a pot. It later harvests the seeds and can feed birds in winter.

36. Learn a new swimming style. Children like to go swimming. It can learn to crawl or backstroke.

37. Create herbarium. The children collect flowers, press them and stick them in a booklet.
Many tips on how to create a herbarium.

38th Hawaii Party. Invite friends and greet them with flower chains.
This is how children make flower chains for the summer party.

39. Camping. Camping in the garden with friends overnight.

40. Make music. Play a musical instrument in the pedestrian zone and earn money along the way.

Holiday program: Indoor tips for children

41. Tinkering with garbage. Keep empty packaging materials and boxes. Your child can make imaginative structures out of it.

42. Read specialist picture books. There are great children’s books on a wide variety of topics. Borrow books for the holidays from the city library.

43. Keep a holiday diary. Encourage your child to write or paint a holiday diary. It’s a nice memory.
With these tips, children can create a great holiday diary.

44. Learn to juggle. For this, children need three small balls.

45. Say the tongue twister quickly.
Children like these funny tongue twisters.

46th flea market. The children sort out old toys and sell them at the flea market.

47. Mix your favorite cocktail. The children mix their favorite mixed drink from various fruit juices.

48. Model making. From automobiles to ships to airplanes – kits come in different levels of difficulty that are also suitable for children.

49. Meteorology. Children make a weather map on which they record the weather for each day of the vacation.

50. Make mobile. Make a mobile out of old blank CDs.
How to make beautiful decorations from old CDs.

Photo credit: Robert Kneschke / stock.adobe.com

PS: Quality management is important to us!

Please let us know how you like our contribution. To do this, click on the asterisks shown below (5 asterisks = very good):

Related Posts

children city library program vacation your
Like this post? Please share to your friends:
Christina Cherry
Leave a Reply

;-) :| :x :twisted: :smile: :shock: :sad: :roll: :razz: :oops: :o :mrgreen: :lol: :idea: :grin: :evil: :cry: :cool: :arrow: :???: :?: :!: