How much do you spend a month on kids activities

[Butterflying123]

I think we spend quite a lot on hobbies, and we are very happy with the arrangement, but I curious how it compares to other people.

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

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 🤣

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 🙈.

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.

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

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

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.