Ideas for fun at-home activities with children during the summer holidays

[cloudy23]

Hey everyone, does anyone have any suggestions of activities to do at home with my kids who are 8 and 10. Trying to make the summer holidays fun!

B + G the same ages.
Painting on the patio using paintbrushes and water.
Building dens with duvet covers/sheets.
Using slightly cooled melted chocolate to make their own chocolates in silicone molds.
Playing shop with M & S miniatures collected a few years ago using various briefs - healthy eating, BBQ, picnic, snack after swimming.
Cycle/scooter races.
Blackberry picking.

I'm in a similar boat and there are lots of threads about this with all the usual suggestions: crafts, baking, cooking, board games, puzzles.

Other ideas:

• Learning a dance routine from YouTube
• Finding a recipe online and cooking for the family (a sort of home Come Dine With Me)
• Sorting out and decorating kids' rooms: clearing out old stuff and selling on e.g. Vinted or having a garage sale, painting or redecorating, getting AI to do a mockup of how it could look. You could even get the kids to make their own artwork for the walls.

Making a den - torches a a welcome addition

Doing a show

Lego

Sprinkler/hose in garden if weather permits

Making bracelets

Open up cardboard boxes and draw on them

Make your own crossword/ worldsearches

On the back of don't sing Susan's ideas for clearing out wardrobe, why not do a carboot sale? Always a laugh, kids love them