Ideas to Make Your Spring Break with Kids a BLAST!

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Spring Break time is coming up quick! So what’s a mom to do to fill her Spring Break days?  Here’s  a great list of ideas for you to use when you plan your week:

  • Pick a craft to do, shop for materials and make it.  Letting them pick will probably win you brownie points!
  • Pajama Day combined with popcorn and renting movies
  • Make cookies and take them to local heroes (firemen, police men, hand them to the mail man, etc…)
  • Picnic at the park and play on the playground (assuming it’s warm enough)
  • Visit a local art museum (check their website because many of them offer Spring Break discounts and free days)
  • Make or buy snow cones
  • Go see a movie
  • Make paintings/drawings or cards for grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles and mail them
  • Ice Skating or roller skating
  • Spend a little time talking about how each one would like their room decorated and go get an item or two towards that goal.
  • Go to local Farmers Market and pick some new fruits and veggies to try
  • Plant your own flowers or herbs Day
  • Have a scavenger hunt in the neighborhood, back yard or even in your house
  • Baking/cooking class (making a favorite treat or simple meal)
  • Write and illustrate your own book
  • Go to the Library. Then have a contest to see who can read the most pages in a day (the younger ones can do picture books or have books read to them)
  • Kids in charge Day (this one takes a brave mom!)
  • Art time: drawing, painting, clay or play dough. For the little ones, making letters or shapes with their fingers on a plate of rice or shaving cream.
  • pick your favorite candy bar, find a recipe online and make a replica of it yourself (this is a great way to make it a bit healthier too
  • Rent or buy a DVD that teaches them how to be better at their favorite sport and follow it with them
  • Have a Lego building contest.
  • Have a spa day for girls and paint nails, do hair and dress up. Then take pictures!
  • Have a tea party with girls
  • Have a food science party with boys (look online for recipes that are also science experiments)
  • Go to a craft store and buy cardboard letters to make their name and then decorate them according to their likes (for example glue Legos,  crayons, or feathers to them or paint or color them) then hang them up in their playroom or bedroom.

Not all of these activities are suitable for all ages but you can pick the ones that work for your kids ages.

I hope you have a wonderful Spring Break when your turn comes!  I would LOVE to hear any other ideas you have to fill the days!!

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Planning a Spring Break at Home

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Spring Break time is coming up quick! We are not going anywhere this year but rather are planning to stay at home.  Being at home for a whole week without school requires some planning to keep everyone happy (and mommy sane).  This year I asked my children to write down (or tell me) what 5 things they would like to do over Spring Break.  I told them that we would plan to do at least 1 thing that each of them had picked.  We made a list of some fun things to do and I thought I would share it so you can get some ideas too.  Keep in mind that I have 6 kids and they range in age from 2 to 12.  Not all of these activities are suitable for all ages.

  • Picnic at the park and play on the playground
  • Visit a local art museum (check their website because many of them offer Spring Break discounts and free days)
  • Make or buy snow cones
  • Go see a movie
  • Ice Skating
  • Pick a craft to do and shop for materials and make it (in our case we are going to learn to sew simple pillows and make hair clip flowers)
  • Pajama Day combined with popcorn and renting movies
  • Make cookies and take them to local heroes (firemen, police men, hand them to the mail man, etc…)
  • Spend a little time talking about how each one would like their room decorated and go get one item towards that goal.
  • Go to local Farmers Market and pick some new things to try
  • Plant your own flowers or herbs Day
  • Have a scavenger hunt in the neighborhood
  • Baking/cooking class (making a favorite treat or simple meal)
  • Write and illustrate your own book
  • Go to the Library. Then have a contest to see who can read the most pages in a day (the younger ones can do picture books or have books read to them)
  • Kids in charge Day (this one takes a brave mom!)
  • Art time: drawing, painting, clay or play dough. For the little ones, making letters or shapes with their fingers on a plate of rice or shaving cream.  
  • Taking stuff to the consignment store and picking a few new things (my kids surprisingly love this!  It is a good way for us to clean out the old and update their Spring/Summer wardrobes)

Obviously we are picking and choosing only a few of these to do.   I am excited to have a plan and go into the week looking forward to each day with the kids.  We will still have nap/quiet time every day to make sure that the little ones (and mommy) don’t get too worn out.

I hope you have a wonderful Spring Break when your turn comes!  I would LOVE to hear any other ideas you have to fill the days!!

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