School Holiday Fun – Tips for Kids Activities

School holidays are only 1 day away so we thought we’d give you a few ideas of things to do with the kids over the school holidays.

Seeing it is the last school holidays while the weather is still nice and warm, keeping the kids active outside is a definite winner.

Outdoor Activity suggestions:

1. Visit the beach or local pool (there are loads of council pools with great kid’s water slides, water fountains and other facilities - look at your local council website for more information in your area)

2. Bike riding and picnics (kids love helping to pack a picnic and then eating it!) For little ones take a bike or scooter to the park if they cannot manage a bike track ride.

3. Otherwise go for a drive somewhere new – pull out your map and choose a new place you haven’t been and go for a drive – get the kids to draw what new things they see on the way. (it does not need to be a long drive). There is bound to be a great park in the area you can stop at for a play and picnic.

4. Take the kids for a ride on the ferry or city cat, or jump on a bus or train. These are every day things for most people but a lot of kids who get driven or walk to school/kindy don’t do it everyday and they love it!

5. Research other local attractions in your area, like the zoo (kids love animals!), a ride on a steam train, visit the science or natural history museum. If you are in Brisbane, ecobotanica are running fun kids workshops on ‘Create your own Worm Farm’ and ‘Grow your own Pizza Garden’. These are being held on Friday 9th April – see further details here

6. Also contact your local rugby league or other sporting club – a lot run school holiday programs

For the indoors:

After all of the action above it is nice to have a few ‘quiet’ indoor activities – these are also essential if it rains!

1. You can’t beat the movies in the school holidays. Check out ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ or ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’

2. Visit your local library – most have great programs for kids to keep them busy over the holidays

3. The Lego Education Centre in Brisbane and Melbourne also run a school holiday program – see link here for more information

4. Most of the large Shopping Centres also run free shows on their Centre Stages. Check what’s happening at your local shopping centre.

5. Indoor play centres are also a great way for the kids to burn up energy and you as parents can relax and have a coffee while the kids have a ball.

We hope this gives you a few new ideas – enjoy the school holidays and Happy Easter!

Please visit the Haggus and Stookles E-store. We sell lovely  Children’s Hats and some other high quality products for outdoor activities with your children. Visit now,  you can find variety of products to choose from!

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