Feb

Free or Low Cost Family Fun Activities

Posted by: debbie

You do not have to spend a lot of money to have a fun filled day or evening with your family. In fact there are countless activities that you and your family can do together that are free or cost very little. Let’s take a look.

Visit a local park or playground if you have young children.Let the kids have fun on the playground equipment. Take along a soccer ball, basketball or other sporting equipment to keep you entertained.
Find a nature area or preserve and take a family hike together.Bring along a picnic lunch and enjoy all that nature has to offer.
Dig out everyone’s bicycles and head out for a bike ride. Most areas have bike paths that are great to ride on.
Check out local area beaches. Sometimes there is a small fee for entry. Make it a full fun beach day.
If it is winter time and there is snow on the ground, pull out the sleds and find a park in your area with a hill. If you have young kids even a small hill will be loads of fun.
Head out in the snow together as a family and make snow angels and snowmen. After the outside fun head back inside and make hot chocolate together.
Have a camp out in your back yard.
Have a family game night. Pull out the games from your game closet, dust them off and take turns choosing which one to play. Your family can have hours of fun playing your favorite games together.
Head to your local library and check out books to read and movies to watch together. Most libraries carry a nice selection of family movies. Head home, pop some popcorn and watch a movie together.
Pull out family photos to look at together or take out the home videos. It is always entertaining to take a trip down memory lane.
Have a family pajama party.
Take time to make a fun meal together. One idea is to make homemade pizza. It is pretty easy to make and fun to eat.
Do a jigsaw puzzle together.
Call your local museums and see what programs they offer. Many times local museums offer free or low cost family programs.
Keep an eye on your local papers for fun festivals, area events or other family fun activities that may be free of charge.

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