101 Fun Things For Families On A Budget
Looking for fun things to do that are within your family budget? Whether it’s having fun at home, in your neighborhood or around town, there’s sure to be something on this list that will keep the entire family from being bored. The best part is all activities on this list are free or nearly free. So leave the big wad of cash and credit cards in your purse and go have some fun!
1. Draw pictures with chalk on your sidewalk or driveway
2. Go to the local library
3. Go on a nature hike
4. Make Popsicles
5. Take fun pictures with your digital camera
6. Turn on a great movie and a cook up a big bowl of popcorn
7. Visit an elderly neighbor
8. Pick flowers and make a flower arrangement
9. Play Frisbee golf
10. Have a scavenger hunt
11. Tie-dye some t-shirts
12. Hide and Seek
13. Go on a picnic
14. Watch the planes land and take off near the airport
15. Go on a bike ride
16. Go to a flea market or street fair
17. Invent your own board game
18. Feed the ducks at a nearby pond
19. Take a dog for a walk
20. Have a pillow fight
21. Take a walk around your neighborhood
22. Sculpting with clay
23. Have an egg toss
24. Have a BBQ
25. Make an obstacle course in your back yard
26. Play cards
27. Build a time capsule
28. Make a box garden using a shoebox
29. Make sock puppets
30. Make a cake from scratch
31. Camp in the backyard
32. Watch old family videos
33. Do shadow puppets
34. Make a bird feeder
35. Play board games
36. Paint faces
37. Color eggs, even if it’s not Easter time
38. Bird watch
39. Make home made ice cream
40. Act out a play
41. Have a treasure hunt
42. Make a collage
43. Make hanging mobiles
44. Go thrifting
45. Make a video movie
46. Make a flip book
47. Catch tadpoles
48. Bake a loaf of homemade bread
49. Build with Legos
50. Color in coloring books
51. Review paper airplane designs on the internet. Have a distance flying contest.
52. Visit a flea market
53. Build a fort out of pillows, sheets and blankets
54. Make Playdough
55. Play family friendly internet games on the computer
56. Go fishing
57. Play kickball
58. Visit a working farm
59. Plant something
60. Blow bubbles
61. Catch bugs
62. Have a lemonade stand and donate the money to charity
63. Have a water balloon fight
64. Climb a tree
65. Have a fashion show
66. Ghost stories in the dark
67. Go to your local mall and people watch
68. Donate some of the toys and clothes you no longer use
69. Fly a kite
70. Rearrange the furniture
71. Make S’mores
72. Dig for fossils
73. Give each other a makeover
74. Try to break a World Record
75. Make a scrapbook
76. Bake some cookies
77. Go camping in the woods
78. Build a sand castle or sand sculpture in the sandbox
79. Wash the car
80. Write letters to soldiers
81. Play wiffleball
82. Build a fort in your backyard
83. Make your own banana splits with all kinds of toppings and sprinkles
84. Visit the zoo
85. Make something new out of something old
86. Decorate placemats on construction paper and cover with contact paper
87. Make a bird feeder
88. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or retirement home
89. Explore a part of town you haven’t been to before
90. Visit a toy store
91. Visit a farmer’s market
92. Go to an art gallery
93. Go to a minor league baseball game
94. Play soccer
95. Swing on swings at the playground
96. Try to make a house of cards
97. Put together a puzzle
98. Go to a car show
99. Buy model cars or airplanes and assemble them
100. Play family games on the Wii/Xbox/Playstation
101. Raft/tube down a local river
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