The family game night is probably the classic way to have fun for free. Have someone pick a game, and start playing. You can have the kids take turns choosing games or come up with your own way of choosing. My husband and I do this sometimes. He’s a...
A little time cooking can be a great activity for parents to do with kids. You just keep the kids’ parts age appropriate, and of course make it fun. Although some kids do enjoy helping make dinner on a regular basis. Cookies are the classic choice. If you don’t...
If your kids are anything like mine, hunting bugs is a major pastime. They have their favorites, generally the pill bugs, and ones they know to stay away from, such as the all too common black widow spiders that pretty much infest our area. Looking for bugs is a...
One of the simplest pleasures with my kids has to be just going through family pictures. Most often we just go through the ones on the computer. We have our screensaver set to go through all the photos in the My Photos area, and we just see what comes...
Indoors, outdoors, who cares? Couch cushions, piles of blankets, the garden hose, lots of toys, whatever you like to make an obstacle course. The great part is how creative you can let kids be. The only thing you have to watch for is excessive risk of injury. No dodging...