Summer Holidays are a great time to spend time with your children. With warmer weather and late summer evenings here are some ideas for things you can do.

• The park: Play football, frisbee, cricket, tennis, skipping, tag etc.
• Hop scotch drawn out with chalk
• Local day trips
• Bike rides
• Grow fruit, vegetables and flowers in your garden
• Visit indoor play areas
• Picnics
• Go swimming, fishing, skating, bowling or to the cinema
• Water games in the garden
• Go out taking photos for the day
• Pond / Stream dipping
• Day trips further afield
• Camp out together in the garden
• Build a den together
• Fruit picking
• Beach trip
• Forest bug hunts
• Visit free museums, nature reserves and parks
• Summer library reading schemes
• Play board games
• Going on a mystery trip
• Sleepovers
• Make popcorn
• Baking, cooking helping prepare a special meal
• Kite flying
• Eating out
• Make ice creams or ice lollies
• Help with DIY tasks or decorating their room
• 50 things to do before you are 11¾ (click below for link)