How ro entertain inlaws for a weekend

[Pleasepleasepleaseno]

Ideas please!!
We live in South London. We have DC aged 8. Inlaws are coming for the weekend and I have NO IDEA what to do. We can't just stay home or DC will die of boredom but their GPs don't really 'do' walking. So anyone have any ideas that might suit everyone please?
Don't want to spend loads, GPS love animals and shopping (kids hate shopping) GPs won't really want to walk anywhere.
We would normally go to the gym / swimming / Park on a weekend but not really suitable.
I don't think MIL would like museums really.
Help!
Thank you

Make their child (presume your husband!) take responsibility for hosting them? It's him & the kids they've come to see isn't it?

Gym and coffee shop for you?

Do you have a nearby park with a nice cafe? Take them to the cafe and DH can stay with them while you let DC loose in the playground.
Do out for an early dinner somewhere nice?

One of you take DC swimming while the other takes ILs shopping then meet up for lunch.

How about a passive activity like taking the boat downriver to Greenwich and back? DC can scamper around on the boat a bit and spot the sights. In laws can sit with a coffee or a beer and watch the world go by then tell their friends they did a boat trip down the Thames. 😋

‘Kids will die of boredom.’ That’s so sad.

I really do find it sad that you think they aren’t capable of understanding the needs of their grandparents and can’t curtail their usual activities for just one weekend to spend time with them?

Of course you can go out with the children for a few hours to the park etc whilst husband catches up with his parents in your home.

Board games or just grandparents telling stories about their dad when he was child and just how the world was different is a bonding experience and most children take a delight in learning about the past.

You don’t have to actively entertain as such, the simple pleasure of just being together can be a lovely time.

I can't think of many 8 year olds who would sit and listen to their GPs tell stories!

Battersea park zoo? They can watch the kids play then have coffee at the pear tree cafe after?

Dean City Farm has a cafe. The Hornimann museum is great and relatively small, which might make it more manageable.

Would something like ice skating work?

Would they do a bit of baking together

Plan one of your usual trips out to the park, etc for each day. The inlaws can opt to come, have a bit of quiet time in your home or go shopping.

Buy a new jigsaw and a family board game.

Find a film to watch together.

With meals and other goings on, that should fill a weekend for you.

This is very easily solved - ask your DH what his plans are with his parents this weekend.

Ta da da - easy peasy!

Horniman is a good call. They have the butterfly house as well which is nice.
We've done riverboat trips with them before and followed up with the cable car. It was good but they've done it.
Battersea Park and zoo is nice but quite a bit of walking there I think.
They're not really the type of grandparents who would tell stories of when kids dad was small. Stories tend to be about their friends who we don't know so tbh it might not just be the kids who get bored 😬.
Could probably book dinner or maybe pub lunch out which will entertain for a bit.
And dh is rubbish with coming up with ideas of things to do. He does try, he's just completely unimaginative. When we go visit them I have to research stuff to do and make suggestions because they always ask what we want to do but annoyingly I also have to plan when they come here too.

@Pleasepleasepleaseno - entertaining the grandparents isn't really your problem to resolve. It's your DH's problem as this set of grandparents are his parents.
I would honestly do very little to organise anything and say "DH, what are you planning on doing with your parents this weekend when they visit?".

At the very most, going forwards, if you know they are coming for a visit, ask your DH what he's planning on doing a few days/a week before they visit so that he can book something.

If your DH is as you say "dh is rubbish with coming up with ideas of things to do" - he needs to get better at it. The only way that's going to happen is if he does it and even if he picks the wrong place a couple of times, persevere!

Could you get the Uber boat to Greenwich and just have a bit of a wander around there ?
if you have Tesco vouchers could go to the Zizzis with the nice view of the river. DCs could burn off some steam walking up to observatory and DH could accompany his DPs round the free museums.

It’s your DH’s problem. He’s rubbish because you do it for him. How convenient. If you were run over by a bus he’d have to do it. Tell him today it’s on him.

Learned helplessness. Don’t let him get away with it. He too can use Google.

They ask you what you want to do when you go to theirs, so get DH to ask them what they'd like to do.

So this is staying at home , but could you download a film for them - card game etc to play at home or does it have to be outside. I agree with a pp - jigsaws can be more fun than one would think