How much do you spend a month on kids activities

Somewhere between £10-15k a year depending how many masterclasses, workshops and summer schools.

But that covers 3 instruments, composition, screen-acting, dance and all the annual subs for things like Equity, MU, Spotlight and headshots.

DD (16) is an only so it's doable and has also provided a lot of her social life. It's also likely to be her career, certainly her tertiary education - I don't regret any of what we have spent.

It didn't really get expensive until mine were around 8. Before that they just did swimming and dance.

How old are you children? I have a 2 year old and 4 year old and wondering how many years I have until they want to start doing all these activities. I have tried several already but none of them have enjoyed it yet

Cheer is not cheap is it! My daughter wants to try for a summit team next year but hoping they will go to the Europe one in Portugal which might be cheaper.

I counted up dd’s recently and it came to £500 a month for drama/singing/skating/riding/music.

The others do cheaper things by choice, which is a relief! They’re home educated though, so I justify it by thinking that it’s cheaper than private school 🙈.

Oh god I don't want to add it up started off with £20 a month gymnastics 13 years ago that's quickly rose to £70 as she competitive squad.
Currently only in competitive cheer
£110 monthly fees (on 3 cheer and 1 dance team)
£120 this year Extra comps fees
Travel
£3000 for worlds competition in Florida
£2500 Paris competition
£1000 another uk competition
£400 for other hotels that aren't local
£500 a year roughly on spectator fees
£200 a year on competition merchandise
£200 uniform
£280 training/club kit a year
£135 trainers
Then there's all the fundraising and fuel 4-6 times a week depending if they have monthly trains that week.
Also have driving lessons now
Btw I will never give this list to my husband 🤣

10 years ago I was at the highest amount:

piano for both £40 a week
singing for eldest £25 a week
violin eldest £25 a week
oboe youngest £18 a week
orchestra both £80 a term
football youngest £120 a year plus boots and petrol.

choir thankfully paid them, meant i didn’t have to pay pocket money but running them 3-4 times a week 2 miles added up, though as some of the older ones got cars they started to get lifts

Even though we spend a large amount, relative to our income, it is a very low percentage.

We also feel justified in our expenditures because both DH and I have medical limitations. Providing our child with extracurricular activities and hobbies is a way for her to access aspects of life we can’t provide to her directly.

For my 10 year old I pay
£200pm for climbing (squad and private lessons)
£15 for guides
This month we have also spent probably an extra £200 on competitions and a hotel for one of these.
£16 for after school clubs for the whole term

My son who is 8 has
Climbing membership £50
After school clubs £8 for whole term

My youngest hates organised fun so plays a lot of football in the park and climbs with me.

Music lessons and swimming club come to £249 a month. 2 children.

Between £300-700 depending on when if any of the gymnastics or trampoline comps fall on and hw far travel is and if we need a hotel. Generally we have about 12 cops a year between 2 of them.

So yeah, alot

I don't add it up. We are very fortunate but it's basically why I work. Mostly music, a little sport.

Average of around £250 a month.

Tap and ballet - £45 a month
Cheer youngest - £70 a month
Cheer eldest £100 a month
Drama - £60 a term
Plus exam fees/comp fees/costumes etc.

My 2 DC only do a weekly swimming lesson each- cost £30 per lesson!! 🫣

I don't begrudge the cost as it's 1-2-1 teaching and the kids have progressed quickly, I just try not to think about how much it is!

I don’t even want to think about it!

We’ve got two 🫣 one is semi retired but costs more than the fit one!

£142 on DD
Gymnastics
Trampoline
Ballet and
Acting

Very little on DS.
His hobby is Warhammer. The little men are a steep initial outlay. After that, it doesn't cost much.

Crikey Moses! I thought my £66 was a lot! Piano lessons, that's it. Well, if you don't include recently learning to drive, which is beyond a kids activity, but I still have to pay for him!

We added it up and got quite a shock tbh. Music is the most expensive and brownies the cheapest. Adding in wrap around and holiday care on top gave another scary number.

£450 a month for one child 🫠 But to be fair he does extra-curriculars so I can work, if he didn’t he’d be in ASC which he hates so it’s worth it for me.

Per month, dd11, £30 for acro, £34 for gymnastics. Rarely have to buy any kit.

dd13, karate twice a week £65 per month.

so roughly equal and comes to about £130 a month in total. There are rarely any extras and all clubs are within 3 miles so not a lot of time or petrol. It’s good value I think.

£50 a month for gymnastics

£15 a half term for guides

£350 a year for drama (paid over each term or half term)

Scared to add it up but there's

Swimming lessons x 2 £33pm
Karate x 2 £25pm
Coding x 2 £65pm
Drama x 1 £115 per term
Beavers x 1 £30pm
Tutor £165 pm
Football x 1 £80pm

£50 a month for dancing, £2 a week for performing arts, £160 annually for choir and £65 a term for piano lessons at school. Nearly forgot £5 a.week for kickboxing

Never worked it out really.

but swim lessons for the kids is £155 alone. Then we have guides, rainbows, army cadets, guitar lessons, drum lessons and a climbing club.

but that’s just the club cost. Doesn’t take into account paying out for equipment, fuel etc. camps while not over priced. Army cadets seem to do a lot of weekend camps. Those £15-30 weekends add up.