Get Out of the House!
These activities are designed to get you out of the house and exploring the world around you. So grab an adult and go! (These are also great staycation ideas.)
Enjoy!
Get out of the house activities with a link have been featured on the It's All Kid's Play blog. These activities may have a photo on the blog as well as more detailed instructions than are shown here.
P.S. Wondering where a favourite activity went? The site is undergoing some changes and some of the activities have been temporarily shelved. Check back to see what's in the works.
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Something Different
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Pretty Cheap Fun
- Go to a garage sale/yard sale
For a challenge take $5 or $10 and try to spend it all. Or, you can try and find something specific—like a scavenger hunt. For example, you have to find a funny looking hat for less than $2.
- Go to story time at the library or bookstore
Phone ahead to see when story time is held.
- Go for a nature walk along a planned nature walk or at a nature centre
- Hiking
Up a mountain ro somewhere challenging.
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Last Minute, Free Entertainment
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Watch construction
Safety First: Make sure you stay behind the fence around the construction area and stay out of the way of machines—constructions sites can be dangerous and they are not for playing in.
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Go window shopping
Window shopping is when you go and look in the windows of stores—but you don’t go in and you don’t buy anything. Just look at the interesting things they've put on display in the windows.
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Go to the library
Take a look around. Libraries often have events for youngsters that are free or cheap. As well, they have magazines, computers, music, stories on tape and lots of books! (If you have a library membership, you are set to borrow items, otherwise you will need a membership.) If you can’t find what you want or need ask a librarian to help you out!
- Go people watching
This one is good for passing time if you are waiting somewhere for your parents. You can also people watch anywhere you can find people (it might be out your front window, your school, just down the street or at the mall). Look at the people walking around. Make up stories of how couples met. Look at what people are wearing. What do they do for a living? Are they kind or not? (It is ok to be silly—Hey! Look at that couple that met at the circus who live at the North Pole, eat only broccoli and used to work as elves for Santa.
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Motorized
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