Although I have called this – activities for Tweens, it isn’t actually just for tweens. A lot of the activities and ideas are suitable for all ages, its just that I had my 12 year old girls in mind when I was thinking of things that we could do during the school summer holidays.
Now I know that the school holidays can end up costing quite a bit, so I put together a list of FREE or cheap activities for the summer Holidays.
- Family Bike Ride
- Make slime
- Family olympics
- Day at the beach
- Scavenger hunt
- Geocaching
- Make lemonade
- Camp out in the garden
- Picnic at the park/beach
- Watch the sunset/sunrise
- Make fruit kebabs
- Plant a salad or herb garden
- Make your own ice lollies
- Picnic breakfast
- Paint rocks
- Have a movie night
- Make Unicorn popcorn
- Pond dipping
- Water Fight
- Scrapbook your holidays
- Play badmington
- Play rounders at the park with family or your neighbours
- Paddle in the river or sea
- Feed the ducks
- Play crazy golf
- Visit a museum
- Make pizza
- Go to the skatepark
- Make a dreamcatcher
- Play in the paddling pool
- Go Go-Karting
- Fly a kite
- Visit the library
- Walk the dog or someone elses
- Make giant bubbles
- Flower pressing
- Random act of kindness
- Frisby golf
- Photo scavenger hunt
- Parkrun
- Paper airplane competition
- Fruit picking
- Rollerskating or roller disco
- Visit a farmers market
- Play beach volleyball
- Make a swing in the woods
- Learn origami
- DIY photoshoot
- Pottery painting
- Stargaze
- Visit a nature researve
- Make a time capsule
- Set up an obstacle course
- Complete the library reading challenge
- Make S’mores
- Make a music video
I would love to hear what you have planned for the summer holidays.
