FREE Activities!

• Life-Size Game!
• 11 things to do when the kids are home sick
• Make "Paper Plate Jellyfish!"
• Visit the library and check out some of these: 100 books every child should read
• Restaurants in all 50 State where kids can eat FREE!
• 101 Indoor Activities!
• Do Random Acts of Kindness
• Make your own finger paint, glue, water colors, paste, puffy paint, play-dough, dyes, sand dough, crayons & glitter!
• Use Family TLC to find games, crafts and activities specifically for your child's age.
• Let the kids invite their friends over for a "PJ's & Pancakes" Party!  Watch movies, play games, etc in their PJ's and then wake up in the morning and have pancakes with different toppings for breakfast.
• Color a picture on aluminum foil using sharpies markers!
• Rolling Pin Art!
• Paint with Bubbles!
• "Painted Sticks!"
• Make your own "Lava Lamp!"
• Start an indoor garden using toilet paper rolls!  When they're ready to be planted outside, place the whole thing into the ground and the roll will decompose.
• Paint with Spaghetti!
• Make Eggshell Flower Pots
• Make a "Tissue Cherry Blossom Tree"
• Make Pictures with Pressed Leaves
• Make "Frog Rocks"
• Make a Mosaic out of Beans
• Make a Bracelet from things you collect on a Nature Walk
• Create a Family Summer Bucket List
• Create a "FUN Checklist" with the kids for Summer & Fall
• Make Water Balloon Pinatas!
• Going out to dinner?  Check this list of restaurants first, where kids can eat FREE!
• Have a camp-out & roast marshmallows!
• Sponge Paint a Rainbow!
• 5 Fun & FREE Winter Traditions!
• 100 FREE things to do during the Summer!
• Going on a Bear Hunt...(Messy Style!)
• Make your own lip gloss!
• 101 activities to do inside!
• Make a "Conversation Heart Jar" to use at dinner time!
• Make your own "Puffy Paint!"
• Got SNOW?  Make an upside-down snowman!
• Snow Paint! A FUN and FREE way to entertain the kids on a snowy day!
• NEVADA: For all of you car lovers in the Las Vegas area, every Saturday morning (October -May) from 8:00 am - 11:00 pm is "Cars and Coffee!" They'll have classics, exotics, concepts, hotrods, motorcycles....everything from a '57 Chevy to a Ferrari F430! It's held at Sansone Park Plaza....9510 South Eastern Avenue in Las Vegas. (215 & Eastern) It's all FREE to see! 
• NEVADA: The District at Green Valley Ranch has FREE carousel rides, trolley rides and places for picnics! During the Spring and Summer months, they also have FREE Movie Nights under the stars with complimentary popcorn and FREE musical entertainment! They're located at 2240 Village Walk Dr. in Henderson.
• Make Paper Snowflakes
• 100 FREE Summer Activities
• 101 FREE things to do with your toddler
• If you live near a Cabela's, take advantage of the FREE entertainment you get, just by walking through the store!  They have wildlife exhibits with real "stuffed" animals from all over the world, huge aquariums that you can walk through and see fish swimming all around, a small pond with fish that you can feed, and a shooting range with a laser gun!
• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  Free Museum Days!
• Go to a beach or lake
• Make playdough
• Make a time capsule
• Go on a bug hunt 
• If you live near a Home Depot, they offer Free Kid's Workshops on the first Saturday of every month.
• Make homemade bird-feeders by spreading peanut butter on a pine cone, roll it in some seeds if you have them, and hang it from a tree.
• Have a coloring contest
• Have a scavenger hunt using items from your home
• Draw a picture on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk
• Plant a flower/vegetable garden.  Start the seeds in little paper cups filled with dirt, if you don't have an area outside to plant in.
• Have a cooking class with your kids...let them help make stuff for dinner.
• Play charades
• Play H.O.R.S.E. or P.I.G. at a basketball court
• Climb Trees
• Have a tea party
• Go fishing
• Have a backyard camp-out with a tent & sleeping bags
• Play hangman, tic-tac-toe, crossword puzzles, word-finds, etc.
• Lay on a big blanket and watch the clouds together....what can you see?
• Volunteer at the Humane Society.  Help walk the dogs or whatever they need.
• Volunteer at a nursing home
• Play board games
• Bake together:  bread, cookies, cake, etc.
• Have a potluck dinner with your friends, using only things that you have on hand
• Make a video
• Have a movie day/night with friends.  Have everyone bring their favorite DVD & snack to share.
• Have a paper airplane flying contest
• Fly kites
• Help the kids build a gigantic fort out of blankets, chairs, tables, etc. or from a huge cardboard box that they can decorate.
• Make cards and mail them to grandparents or anyone else you haven't seen for awhile.
• Start a Nature collection...rocks, leaves, etc.  Go on a hike and see what you can find.  Make something to display them in when you get home.
• Play Dodge-ball
• Put together a puzzle
• Go swimming
• Blow Bubbles
• Visit an Elderly neighbor, friend or family member
• Stargazing on a big blanket outside...find the constellations
• Public libraries offer all kinds of free activities.  For those of you in Utah, the Orem Library offers free concerts, plays, story time, puppet shows, etc.
• Have an indoor camp out with tents, etc.
• Wash the car together and then have a huge water-fight!
• Hopscotch or Foursquare
• Jump Rope competition
• Bike ride
• Get the kids in the neighborhood together for a game of soccer, football, baseball, basketball, etc.
• Go hiking and have a picnic
• Frisbee
• Play tag/freeze tag
• Go to the park and play on the toys with your kids/slide, swing, monkey bars, etc.
• Go for a walk/take the dog too, if you have one
• Trade play days with friends/one day your house, one day theirs (new environment and mom's get a break)
• On rainy days, go puddle jumping in the biggest puddles you can find
• On snowy days, have a snowman building competition with friends in the neighborhood
• Play Eye-Spy/indoors or outside
• Play peek-a-boo/hide and seek
• CALIFORNIA: For all of you garden lovers in the Conejo Valley, be sure to take a tour of The Conejo Valley Botanic Garden in Thousand Oaks! It has 33-acres with fifteen specialty gardens and a hiking trail along a stream. The garden is open every day, except holidays and is FREE! To get there, exit the 101 Freeway at Lynn Road. Go north .7 mile to Gainsborough Road. Turn right and go ½ mile to the access drive on the right at 350 W. Gainsborough Road.
• Take a walk
• WOW!! "FREE Entrance Days" for the U.S. National Parks in 2012!! There's more than 100 National Parks to choose from! Mark your calendars....they'll have several more FREE days coming up throughout the year.
• Play music/sing/dance
• Swing at a park
• Visit a pet store
• Read/go to story time at library
• Look at scrapbooks
• Swim in bathtub/outside in pool/run through sprinklers
• Have a picnic indoors/outdoors
• Watch a movie on tv together/snacks

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