1. Take day trips.

2. Spend some time at the seaside.

3. Have fun at theme parks.

4. Playtime in the park.

5. Go swimming.

6. Have friends round.

7. Stay at home and get your children to create stories and act them out.

8. Visit a museum.

9. Visit the cinema.

10. Use the computer.

11. Play computer games.

12. Play sports activities/games.

13. Homework or study.

14. Reading.

15. Watch TV/Videos/DVDs together.

16. Create an activity project, such as painting.

17. Attended summer school.

18. Go to a play centre.

19. Go to summer camp.

20. Bake something.

21. Make papier-mch.

22. Put on a puppet show.

23. Go to the Zoo/nature park.

24. Go to magic show.

25. Go to childrens theatre.

26. Feed birds.

27. Look at wildlife.

28. Go to the farm.

29. Go to the library.

30. Explore the outside world.

31. Mini cruise.

32. Have a tickle party.

33. Wrestle and roll around with your kids.

34. Let the kids take every cushion off the sofa and build a fort. Test it out yourself.

35. Share a skill with your kids; spend some time passing your knowledge on.

36. Take a class together. Isn't there something you'd both like to learn to do?

37. Go ice-skating.

38. Take it in turns to make up stories

39. Have a dance party in the living room.

40. Cook dinner together

41. Learn a craft get a book from the library, get the materials and get to work.

42. Fix things around the house together

43. Get photographic

44. Go on a scavenger hunt

45. Play hide and seek

46. Have an indoor picnic

47. Go fishing

48. Make a scrapbook

49. Go on a bike ride.

50. Create your own list of fun things to do with the children

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