To want more effort?

[blackhorsey]

I have 2 kids, ages 4 and 6. At school all week obvs.. weekends I’m happy to chill sometimes but lately it feels like we chill a bit too much. I do take them out a lot when I can but I don’t drive and don’t always have money to spare so it ends up being 3 out of 4 weekends indoors playing etc. is that ok or slack? No hobbies yet to do at weekends

It sounds kinda boring but not surprising if you’re short on cash and can’t drive. Are there outdoor things you can walk to? Libraries tend to have free stuff on too. It’s tricky to do a lot if you’re rural and public transport is crap.

I would too bored and frankly it feels wasteful of life! Don't you want to see friends ir family, be outdoors, see and do different things? How will they take up hobbies if they don't try new things regularly?

For me it depends what you mean really, if you mean 3 out of 4 weekends you literally don’t leave the house and are just inside then I would personally say you could do a bit more, even just a morning walk, afternoon park trip, library trip etc. I don’t think there’s any need for every weekend to have an expensive activity but I personally would hate to spend a full weekend in the house and my daughter would go stir crazy!

You could surely make it out to a park if not rainy bare minimum no? Find a cheap/free weekly class for them to attend? Craft activities or whatever at the library might be free/cheap and drop in. Go bike riding/scootering to a local shop and back to buy milk?
As much as cosiness and family time is great, fresh air and exercise is good for them too and they need that balance.

Nature walks are free. Or kicking a ball about at the park. You need to get out.

Is there anything within walking distance? Park, woods etc? Do they do any classes at all like swim lesson, brownies etc

Obviously it is going to depend what is near you, and if you have a partner who drives, but as a general rule, we always went out somewhere every day.
On Sundays, Church, but then all the things people have said above - walks, parks, library, things like open days at the fire station, wondering round a car boot or a Christmas Fair or similar. Going to watch your local club or parks team playing football or rugby, or the park run. Near us they have Community Gardens. Lots of community centres and Churches put on events and activities through the year.

Getting jobs done and involving them. If at work during the week, those things tend to need doing at the weekend.
What about visiting family ? Or meeting up with friends somewhere ?

Go to the park, beach, nature trail, woods.
Gardering if you have a garden
Play games
Do craft
Bake/cook
Go to the library

Plenty of things to do at home and around

We do venture out like to barbers or run errands shopping etc and sometimes playground

Your kids must be bored stiff . Running errands to the shops or the barbers is not really a child focused fun weekend activity now is it !
don’t you take them to the playground or swimming or just go for a walk or bike ride ?

It's a modern concept that children have to engage in structured, fun packed activities every weekend and that their parents must otherwise constantly entertain them. This stifles creativity and self-sufficiency. "Paid for" days out should only be viewed as treats, not the norm. Do you have a garden? Do they have friends locally?

We go out only one day of the weekend, so either a Saturday/Sunday.
we have money to do a grand activity each day but we don’t. I think it’s really important for children to decompress in their home environment and learn to be bored. Very important.

We like to spend one day lazing around, baking, playing with Lego, reading, board games, meal prepping. so so important as a family to learn how to be together.

Park, library, play date , local events - free and can be done on a day over the weekend.

Yes I do take them out on bikes and to swimming

I’d just do more of that then - bikes, park/ playground, swimming.

Any sort of nature walks near you?

Not sure about nature walks locally but will check

no friends yet as youngest only 4 so not got to that stage just yet and eldest autistic and not good socially at the moment

No. You need more energy and effort into your day. This is lazy talk.

I don’t know what you mean by this. A nature walk is simple as getting out and enjoying nature. It’s not an organised thing.

Kick (and collect) leaves. Look out for bugs. Take photos of spider webs. When you get home, make collage art works of stuff they’ve picked up.
It really isn’t rocket science.