Fun Weekend Getaway Activities for the Family

Here are some fun family weekend getaway activities for your family! These fun family weekend getaway activities are excellent for family vacations and even after a long day's work! So enjoy!

1. Build a garden labyrinth.
Outline a path in your backyard using stones, twigs or unmowed grass. Simple patterns can be found on the Internet or in books. Little kids especially will love following the twists and turns of your creation.

2. Plan a treasure hunt.
On your own, plant little dime-store jewels and treasures in the garden. Then draw up a map with directions. (For an ancient look, let some coffee soak into the map to brown it with age; while the paper is wet, rip it around the edges.) You can even hide the map somewhere in the house and let the kids find it while making the bed or putting away toys.

3. Do magic tricks.
Put on a show for little kids, or teach an older child some tricks he can perform in front of the whole family. If you don’t know any tricks, pick up a copy of 101 Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks, by Bill Tarr (Dover Publishers, 1993).

4. Get cooking.
Kids especially love making pie crusts, biscuits and pizza, because they can squish the dough with their fingers. Watching yeasty dough rise and then punching it down is especially entertaining.

5. Kick the can.
Start with at least four people. The child who is “it” starts by kicking the can and counting to 100 while the other players hide. The kicker then sets the can upright and shouts, “Ready or not, here I come.” Then he looks for the other kids. When he finds one, he yells the child’s name and races her back to the can, trying to be the first to knock it over. If the kicker fails, the game starts over. If the kicker succeeds, the hider must stand near the can while the kicker searches. Other hiders may try to free captives by kicking the can before being spotted. If they succeed, everyone hides again. The game ends when everyone has been captured.

6. Create a dress-up box.
On a rainy day, weed out unwanted dresses, hats, shoes and costume jewelry from your closets. After your kids have picked out all the items they want for their costume box, take the rejects to a thrift shop. It doesn't hurt to do some charity so donate the rejects!

10. Watch old movies.
Many classic movies are excellent entertainment for kids age 3 and up. Some we like: Baby Take a Bow, with Shirley Temple; Top Hat, with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire; Young Tom Edison, with Mickey Rooney; National Velvet, with Elizabeth Taylor; and anything that stars Laurel and Hardy.

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