What family activities do you do?

[HappyCamperTent]

Just generally on weekends, evenings or during time off?

I have a dh, ds14 and dd10..and a dog. Wes do a lot of walking and cycling and have challenges for the nicer months such as wainwrights and enduros. But it would be nice to do other stuff too. We spend a lot of time on lakes in the summer too…. Summer is much easier when you’re an active/outdoorsy family.

We’re an active family and like spending time together… even the 14yr old! And even in winter we’re happy to get out for a walk, but it’s a bit samey sometimes!

We don’t live near family so can’t do the usual GP visit on a Sunday, we don’t live near a city and we’re strapped for cash!

What do you get up to as a family?

We make a bucket list of things to experience, see, do and eat for each season. For example, on our summer bucket list we had an extensive list of NT sites, country parks and seaside towns to visit and then for our winter list, we had lots of Christmas-themed events, museums, indoor play areas etc.. I find these lists helpful and easier to plan around our schedules.

When the weather is too cold or rainy, we have movie nights, and cook as a family together.

We schedule family day on Sundays as Saturdays, the kids have sports or lessons during the morning/early afternoon then either. playdate or a birthday party or visit with friends.

Plank challenge
Online 20 min yoga session together
Discuss one current affairs topic over dinner
A chess puzzle a day

A bucket list is a good idea!

I’m a much better parent outside the house. When in I just tidy or chill!

We do play board games and bake, but we could do that more often.

What activities do people do out of the home?

Board games, movie night with popcorn, walks with friends, geocaching, parkrun, tried orienteering a couple of times at a country park, cycle to an ice-cream place, beach walk with kite flying, go to a posh town and enjoy the charity shops or second hand bookshops. Sometimes play music together. Sometimes argue or all veg out on YouTube!

How about board games? Chess or more advanced other board games?
or making your outdoorsy time more varied - make bonfires and make food on bonfires, can be one even in winter? Or going camping, or getting into bird watching or foraging for wild herbs and berries, basically things that takes you further into nature experiencing?
how about volunteering as a family, anything of that sort near you?
or organize local activities, if you’re a bit stuck for ideas, maybe you can create a group for families with similar interest and meet up for walks/hikes or runs or campfire pancake making, lots of stuff? Organizing something as a family is an activity in itself. You may be able to connect with local families via social media or online local groups?

Also crafting! Making jewelry, mucking about with clay, painting, felting..
or more advanced cooking activities like fermenting or making elaborate cakes or dishes?

I'd love to see those lists, great idea. Can you post?

We have horses so spend a lot of time with them, also walking, going to theatre, concerts.
Inside the house, playing games, tidying up after the kids 😂🙈.

Escape rooms, board games (including collaborative games), cinema, theatre, rainy dog walks, ice skating, swimming, baking, Xbox /Wii

Have you ever tried Geocaching?

Mine all loved that! It's a worldwide 'treasure hunt' there will be loads logical to you

www.Geocaching.com

*local

Bellringing. Karate.

Thank you! Lots of ideas… we do a bit of geocaching and orienteering… but not enough!

@5thCommandment It's a work in progress. Here you go. x

Spring
Greenwich Park
Hyde Park
Regents Park
St James Park
Holland Park
Richmond Park
Battersea Park
Sky Garden
Diana memorial park
Coram fields
Horniman Museum & Gardens
Badgers Hill Farm & Cidery
Chatham Dockyard
Afternoon tea: Claridge's, Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, Jurassic Afternoon Tea: The Ampersand Hotel, Wizard Afternoon Tea: Georgian House, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Peter Pan Afternoon Tea: Aqua shard, Peppa Pig Afternoon Tea Bus Tour, Paddington Afternoon Tea Bus Tour, etc..
Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
Christmas Tree Farm
Godstone Farm
Greenwich Ecology Park
Hop Farm
Swanley Park
Whipsnade Zoo
Woburn Safari Park
Battersea adventure playground & Zoo
London Eye
London Zoo

Summer
Minnis Bay
Allhallows beach
Bedgebury Pinetum
Bewl Water
Bluewater nature trail
Botany Bay
Capstone Farm Country Park
Danson Park - has play park & water play
Diggerland
Drusillas Park
Eltham Palace
Dover Castle
Dartford Central: Mini splash play area
Cobtree Park
Cyclopark
Herne Bay
Chessington
Folkestone
Colchester Zoo
Lullingston country park
Buckingham Palace
Big Ben
Westminster Abbey
Tower Bridge
Tower of London
Greenwich Royal Observatory
Terrible Thames Tour (Horrible Histories)
Kew Gardens
Hampton court palace
Mayfield Lavender field
Paradise Park
Southend Adventure island
Thorpe Park
Alton Towers
Paultons Park
Gullivers World
Gullivers Land
Windsor Castle
London Wetland Centre
Hobbledown Farm
The Gorilla Trail- Covent Garden
The Morph Epic art trail: Across city of London
Herd of Elephants- Herd of Hope- Spitalfields Market
Sculpture in the City- Across city of London
Dinosaurs- Crystal Palace Park
Leicester Square- film statue trail
Paddington Bear trail: Paddington
Summer Movie Nights: Merchant Square, Paddington
Summer By The River: London Bridge City
Screen On The Canal: Kings Cross
Family Film Club: Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf
Hyde Park Open House: Hyde Park
Float in cinema: (boat) Paddington
Outdoor cinema: Barbican Centre
Southend beach
Chalkwell beach
Cambersands beach
Brighton beach
Botany Bay beach
Margate beach
Cobtree Park
Capstone park
Danson Park: play park and water play
Southwater country park: mini beach, dinosaurs, kids park
Knole Park Sevenoaks
Dunorlan Park
Jeskyns Park
Teston Park
Tilgate Park
Trosley Park
Tyland barn - Kent wildlife trust
Upnor castle
Woodland trust, Bearsted
Milton creek country park

Autumn
London Aquarium
Kidzania
The London Dungeon
Adventure Kidz
Howletts Wildlife Animal Park
Cutty sark - HMS Belfast
Victoria & Albert Museum
National Portrait Gallery
Legoland
Longleat Safari Park
Little Street
Shorne Woods country park
Knockhatch adventure park
Milton creek country park
Tate Modern
Serpentine gallery
Whitechapel Gallery
Royal academy of Arts
Saatchi Gallery
Frameless: Marble Arch
Twist Museum: Oxford Str
Outernet : Tottenham Court Road Stn
Dali: Brick Lane
Van Gogh: Aldgate
Paddington Immersive experience: Blenheim Palace
BBC Earth experience: Earls Court
Illusionaries exhibition: Canary Wharf
Bubble Planet
Balloon Museum London
Flip out Canary Wharf

Winter
Chatam Ski Centre: toboggan and skiing
Santa's Grotto: Ruxley Manor, Hever Castle, Polhill
Lapland UK
The Polar Express
Wishmas
Winter Wonderland
Christmas at Tulleys Farm
Christmas markets: Southbank, Trafalgar Square, etc..
Dopamine Land
Natural History museum
Science Museum
Design Museum
Museum of London
Transport Museum
Chocolate Museum
National Army Museum
Imperial War Museum
Museum of London: Docklands
Royal Air Force Museum
The cartoon museum
The Postal Museum
Bank of England Museum
National Maritime museum
Young V&A museum
British Museum

Blimey @whiteorchids44 good effort, thank you for these 🫶