If you are looking for fun family activities on a budget, cheap weekend ideas, indoor games or even outdoor activities for families this post is full of ideas for you and your family. So let’s get cracking!
This post is all about Budget-Friendly Family Activities That Create Lasting Memories.
Outdoor Adventures That Cost Next to Nothing
We all need cheap weekend ideas don’t we! Every weekend can’t cost a fortune or we wouldn’t have any money left would we!
- Nature scavenger hunts in the park.
- Forest walks to gather pine cones and paint at home.
- Picnics with homemade snacks – I do this all the time!
- Walk to and visit the local park
- Play in your garden!
- Visit the beach
- Go for a bike ride
- Go out on the scooters
- Build a homemade kite and take it out to fly it
- Take paper planes to the local field
- Make an obstacle course in a forest with the trees and environment
- Go stargazing
- Read a book under a tree
- Visit the ducks
- Create a bird watching station and make binoculars out of toilet roll holders
- Find bugs and insects and learn about them
- Make a homemade bird feeder and hang it in the garden
- Build a mud castle and play in the mud
- Run through the sprinkler
- Jump in piles of leaves
- Go strawberry picking
- Blueberry hunting
- Go apple picking
- Build a snowman
- Go sledding
- Snowball fight
- Water balloon fight
- Watch the sunset
Rainy Day Fun: Creative Indoor Games
- Fort building with blankets and pillows
- Charity shop board games
- Charity shop puzzles
- Shaving cream fun – put it on a tray and pretend its snow
- Dance party
- Indoor scavenger hunt
- DIY colouring pages – create on canva and print!
- Batch cooking – cook together and alway get the meals sorted for the next week
- Bake breakfasts and freeze them
- Indoor scootering
- Indoor bowling
- Indoor camping – create a den, or put up your tent in the house!
- Create a photo booth and dress up to take funny pictures
- DIY ice cream
- Charades
- Dance competition
Get Crafty Together
When it comes to crafts, clutter can easily get out of hand. Keep this in mind when getting carried away buying what you ‘need’ for a project. (Need to declutter? Read here for my tips)
- Make homemade holiday decorations – with what you already have.
- Do art projects using recycling from your kitchen.
- Rainbow rice and pasta
- Paper crafts – paper planes, snowflakes, gingerbread man
- Cardboard projects – build a doll house, create a toy car
Movie Nights Without the Theatre Price Tag
- Create your own little movie theatre at home with cheap snacks and blankets
- Create a bucket list of family friendly films that you want to watch and tick them off!
Seasonal Traditions on a Budget
- Camping with the family
- backyard camping
- Baking and decorating cookies
- Make a christmas wreath from branches and fallen trees
More will be added!
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