Spring Break Ideas for Your Bored Kids

Eliza Ferree — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:46:42 +0000

For many, Spring Break doesn’t start for another week but for some crazy reason my children’s school decided we’d do it early. What does this mean? For me, it means I wasn’t prepared for the “Mom, I’m bored, she hit me, he won’t quit looking at me” and all those other sayings that go with four kids being in the same house with absolutely nothing to do.

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Currently I’m listening to them dish out ice cream:

“Oh gross I bet he put boogers in it. Sissy did he put boogers in my ice cream.”

“No, he didn’t put…What? Ewww, that’s gross, BabyGirl. He’d never. Oh gross.”

Yes, believe or not they are really arguing about the possibility that their older brother may have done this. No, he didn’t. No one has the slightest clue why she thought this either. Little A is currently throwing a fit too over his ice cream, at first he didn’t want it, now he does.

Starting tomorrow I’m going to have the following ready for them:

1- Movie Marathon: This will be a list of movies they can watch, provided this is a list you’ve put together that are okay for them. Now they can make a theater in all types of ways. Hand them Easter or Halloween buckets and let them decorate them for Movie popcorn. Designate the older children to pop the popcorn and get the younger kids to make the mix. Have fun! Yes, mom there will be a mess but they should be out of your hair for at least 1-3 hours depending how long the movie is.

2- Library: Take a trip to the library and allow each child to get a certain amount of books. Give them each a certain amount of days to get them done and write a mini report on it. Or maybe (if they are smaller) have them put on a play.

3- Picnic: I can never say this one enough, but going out and having a picnic with your family can really bring the memories home. Make sure to have a bag to put all the food in, or a basket. Buy or bring all the necessary items and don’t forget the football, basketball, soccerball or some other type of fun activity to engage in while you are out. Your kids will love this and you will get exercise.

4- Make a garden: It’s spring, plant a garden. Make sure to have ready some hand tools or big yard tools to get the job done and some seeds. Or have them make a list of all the things they’d like to plant and the reason why. Yes, a little writing to go along with this one. Go out and shop for the materials with the children, you could get the items on your own or give each of them a list or dollar amount they could spend. Once back at home, give them each assigned jobs or spots in the yard to have their own area. They’ll get to play outside, get dirty and you’ll not only have the kids enjoying fresh air but you’ll have them away from the BOOB Tube as my father use to call it and making your yard look better.

I’ll continue to add more throughout the week, right now we are headed out to do a bit of seed shopping. Have a nice day! What do you do on Spring Break?

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Spring Break Ideas for Your Bored Kids

Springtime at the Zoo

Katelyn Thomas — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:52:27 +0000

One of the nicest things you can do with the kids as Spring arrives is to head to the zoo. Today, we did just that. It was the perfect way to spend St. Patrick’s Day weekend, even if none of the animals was sporting a bit of the green in honor of the holiday. (Although the peacocks were showing plenty of other colors!)

Photo by K Thomas

Our little zoo is just the right size for a trip with young children and has a really nice picnic and play area attached. I don’t know if the kids had more fun visiting the animals or climbing on the play equipment, but I know I had fun seeing some of the animals up close.

We saw some baby goats, but if you wait a bit longer and go to the zoo for Easter or spring break, you may be able to see some more exotic babies, like gibbons or wombats. (If you can’t wait to get a baby zoo animal fix, check out ZooBorns. These guys are soo cute.)

Don’t forget to check to see if your zoo has any spring time specials. Our local zoo doesn’t, but the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore is having a grand opening special today and tomorrow where admission is only $7 for kids and adults. Other zoos do egg hunts during the Easter holiday.

Photo by K. Thomas

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Springtime at the Zoo

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Spring Break Ideas for Your Bored Kids

Springtime at the Zoo