Family FUN for the Summer!

Entertaining Ideas for your Childrens Summer!  And cheap.....tooooo.

Make your own mini golf....Get your kids involved in making their own golf course, for them it will probably be as much fun as playing.  Don't go out and buy things....use what you have handy.  Make a ramp from some bricks and aluminum siding;  use an old pipe (large enough for the ball to roll through); make a water trap out of a small bucket set in the ground.  Use your small plastic containers (placed in a little hole in the ground) to catch the ball...(or if you don't want to dig a hole) stake a plastic cup sideways to catch the ball.  Let the kids think up other ideas (like I said sometimes it is as much fun to prepare as it is to actually play.   AND HAVE FUN!

Do a backyard camp out.....Kids love to campout.  If you can't do it out side, do what my sister did with her grandchildren...use the garage, just put on the fans, (if you don't have a tent) just put down some blow-up mattress on the floor, and let them make up stories.  If they don't know any stories, be prepared with your own (ghost stories are always the best).  Let them have snacks that they don't usually get.  AND HAVE FUN!

Do a picnic in the park.....I recently took my nephews to the park and they loved it.  To make it a little different, try doing something like a picnic around the world.  Each week pick a country, fix a lunch that would be served in that country, and even play games that the kids in that country might be playing on their summer vacation.  You really don't have to make this hard ... just research a little about the country on line and I'm sure you will find plenty of info.  Let the kids get involved in the planning!  But most of all HAVE FUN and build some memories with your kids!