Coming up with cheap or free activities for your family can be hard at times. But having fun does not mean you have to empty your wallet. Here are some fun and frugal activities you can do with your kids.
Start a new tradition: Movie Night!
Pick a day and time and stick to it! Gather up the family, make your favorite snack and pick out your favorite family movie. Set the tone of movie night by darkening the room and providing comfortable seating and blankets for all. A fun way to add variety to movie night is creating a theme night. Kids can dress up as their favorite character from the movie or make snacks that go along with the theme of the movie – for your favorite BOZ movie, serve Gummy Bears or Teddy Grahams.
Have a Pizza Party
Instead of ordering in, make your own! Pizza night is an easy and frugal way to gather the whole family to spend quality time as you all create your own pizza masterpiece. Buy pizza dough from your favorite pizzeria and let the kids pick out their favorite toppings. Divide the dough among each family member. Add sauce and toppings and bake pizzas at 350 degrees till dough feels crusty and cheese is melted.
Create a Fun Jar
Take an old mason jar and let your kids decorate it with stickers, paint or beads. Have kids come up with fun things they would like to do as a family and write the ideas on strips of paper. Place the strips in the mason jar and have kids randomly select an idea from the Fun Jar and that becomes the theme for your family fun night. You can also use your Fun Jar as a way to collect spare change to use towards activities that require extra cash.
For more great activities and other practical mothering resources visit the MOPS International website.
