As we head into another weekend of lockdown here’s a quick roundup of 5 things you can do with the kids. Ranging from free activities at home to local walks.
Please adhere to the safety advice & Government guidelines on exercise
The advice of the UK Government and can be found in full here.
For more inspiration make sure you check out our Lockdown Survival Guide HERE
WEEKEND 3
- Go on a Bug Hunt– From crafts and activity sheets to getting your hands dirty with a magnifying glass and a wormery, we’ve got some great critter-finding activities here
- Get baking – If you’re children fancy doing some baking, these are Mumbler’s 3 favourite recipes to do with the kids (and they are easy to follow!)
- Take the skateboards, bikes or scooters to a skate park and try some new skills – this is a new concept for my Mini-Mumblers but they had great fun on their scooters in the local Skate Park this week!
- Get started with the Winter Mini Reading Challenge – The Summer Reading Challenge has teamed up with Knights Of to bring you some extra special reading rewards this winter. This year, “Everyone is a Hero”! The Winter Mini Challenge is all about discovering heroes big and small, by reading brilliant books! We’ll be joined by some of our favourite heroes from books like Knights and Bikes, High-Rise Mystery and the Run series. Find out more here.
- Big Garden Bird Watch: Activities to do with the kids. The RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch is happening 29th – 31st January 2021 so we’ve put some ideas together of things you can do with the kids all around the topic of birds here!
WEEKEND 2
1. Looking like mixed weather this weekend, we have some great indoor activities to occupy the kids HERE.
2. Looking for some inspiration for a some cheap and easy family fun? We have some great ideas HERE.
3. Set up an Indoor Camping night. Think tents in the living room, throws over the dining room table… Enjoy some hot chocolate, tell campfire stories and sing songs!
4. Get the kids experimenting with our Mumbler tried and tested ideas science ideas HERE.
5. Get out and feed the local ducks – they will appreciate it after all that snow!
WEEKEND 1
- Mix up your daily exercise with one of these great ideas to make walking with kids more fun!
- Try geocaching: this isn’t something we’ve tried yet, but have friends who do it all weekend. Geocaches are treasures hidden by other players; usually little plastic containers with a few trinkets inside. You download an app, get GPS information for the geocaches you want to find, then start hunting. There’s usually a logbook inside and you can take one of the knickknacks home, leaving one of your own behind for the next people to find. Remember to take the hand santitser!
- Take a trip to your local park – we need to make the most of the fact these are open at all this lockdown! This could soon change! Try to avoid crowded times and remain 2m from other families at all times.
- Have a lazy day and enjoy some family Hygge time together, we have some ideas HERE.
- Have a non-birthday party – think tea, cakes, party games and balloons!
