So now as we’ve had the children at home since March the 6 week summer holiday should be a doddle. That said, with a lot of things not open as normal, holidays cancelled and the pandemic hanging over us, what fun things can we do at home this summer?
Kensington Mums, an online platform to keep mums in the loop in London, have shared some of their ideas with us.
Make A Butterfly Feeder
Butterflies are beautiful to watch and there are loads of ways to make a butterfly feeder on Pinterest to attract them into your garden. Here’s what you’ll need to create a butterfly feeder:
- jar or plastic container of your choice
- string, twine or thin rope
- hot glue
- sponge
- sugar and water for nectar solution
There are more fun ideas and inspiration on Pinterest, worth having a look!
Free LEGO Activities And Printables
LEGO are providing loads of downloadable activity ideas and printables to help kids pass the time and ‘encourage’ all their core skills and creativity.
LEGO Master Builders – LEGO are providing a variety of videos to teach children how to build certain models. Take a look at their current building challenges, such as, ‘How to build a LEGO dog!’ or ‘How to build a LEGO cupcake!’
They are also challenging children to build any animal they want and then to share their ideas and challenge the Master Model Builders on what to build next! Use the hashtag #LLCBuildingChallenge.
There are also some great LEGO sets available, from building cities or models from your children’s favourite shows. You can read more about Lego activities here.
The Museum Of London – Fun Online Activities
The Museum of Fundon is a brand new platform with a range of new and exciting online and offline activities for families to take part in at home. It’s from the Museum of London and the Museum of London Docklands.
Whether you want to become a puppeteer, test your memory skills, discover more about the Great Fire of London or just get crafty, the #MuseumofFundon is the place to go for all of that and more, with content that educates and intrigues.
The Museum of Fundon homepage can be located here.
Take A Virtual Tour At The Natural History Museum
Delve into the Museum from home with a virtual self-guided tour of the galleries, an interactive experience about Hope the blue whale and audio guides narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
Tie Dye Fun
Tie dying has become a really popular thing to do during this period and it’s something that parents and children can get really creative with.
There are different styles that can be tried with different colours, making it a fun and experimental. You’ll be hunting out all your white pieces of clothing to do this. Now you can also make your own tie dye fun masks.
Make Jewellery
Making jewellery is something fun, fulfilling and relaxing to do at home. With summer jewellery being really fashionable right now, you can show off your personalised creations and bring out your children’s creative side.
Camp In Your Back Garden
If you can’t get away, why not make your own adventure at home. Camping in the back garden with the family will be different and exciting for the children.
You don’t need a great big tent. You can decorate it with fairy lights, cook outside – you could use a BBQ or even better, a firepit.
Make it cosy and it will be something the children will always remember.
Make Giant Bubbles
What child does not love bubbles! They are magical balls of rainbow colour and creating your own will be fun to do at home.
To create your bubble solution, first mix 2 cups of dish soap, 2 tablespoons of baking powder, 2 tablespoons of corn starch and 4 tablespoons of glycerin in a large bowl. Pour in a half gallon of distilled water and stir. This will create the solution. You can either buy a giant bubble wand or make one with two wooden dowels and some string.
Most of all, enjoy quality time at home with your little ones, creating memories as they are only little for a short while. Stay safe everyone.
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