Free & Inexpensive Spring Break Fun For Families In 2024
There are lots of free and inexpensive activities for families looking for affordable spring break fun. These are some ideas for getting back to nature and enjoying the warmer weather with your kids.
Your family can enjoy spring break without having to spend a lot of money. Focus on spending time together and enjoying activities that enrich your lives and improve your community.
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Indoor Spring Break Activities:
Do Crafts
Crafts are always a constructive way to entertain children, giving them an opportunity to express their creativity and develop their motor skills. Build your own bird feeder or grab an inexpensive craft kit.
Redecorate
Give your home a new look after you get rid of the clutter with a spring cleaning. Removable wall decals are an easy way for kids to personalize their bedroom. For affordable touches in the kitchen and bath, let kids help pick out dishtowels and novelty soaps with flowers and birds or other spring themes.
Prepare Healthy Meals
Spring produce makes it easy to eat lighter. Take your kids shopping for colorful vegetables and fruits like baby carrots, beets and strawberries. Small children can shuck corn and shell peas while older children can learn to cut radish roses. We enjoy visiting our local farmer’s market in the spring for a change of scenery. Here are some frugal and healthy recipes to get you started.
Develop a Nature Library
Visit your local library for guidebooks about the flora and fauna in your region. Spend time reading together. Start your own journals about the species you’ve observed and add them to your nature journal.
Conduct Your Own Science Experiments
The change in seasons may make your kids curious about how flowers grow and what causes rain. To get ideas for science experiments you can do at home, visit your local library, local science museums, or Pinterest.
Plan Your Summer Vacation
Enjoy dreaming and planning with your children. We love to include our children in the planning for our vacations. We like looking up local thrift stores to visit, children’s activities; like playgrounds and museums, various state parks, and whatever may interest your family.
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Outdoor Spring Break Activities:
Start a Garden
Introduce your kids to the fundamentals of gardening. You can grow your own vegetables and flowers. For young children, break tasks down into simple steps and get them their own child size tools to keep it fun.
Go for a Picnic
The first picnics of the year always feel special. Let kids help plan the menu and prepare easy salads and sandwiches. Bring along a Frisbee so you can get some exercise.
Play Ball
Check out your local youth sport leagues or just put up a basketball hoop in your driveway. Look for free or inexpensive venues in your hometown where you can play tennis or golf.
Celebrate Earth Day
Plan something special for Earth Day on April 22. Browse through community calendars for organized events or design your own family celebration. You could plant trees or decorate your compost pile. Take a field trip to a recycling center or a bird rescue sanctuary.
Become Nature Artists
Spring is a great time to enjoy the beauty of nature and develop your artistic abilities. Take a walk and bring a sketchpad along. You can make quick drawings of the plants and animals you see and use them to develop your own comic strip. Collect interesting objects like stones and seashells.
Volunteer Together
Volunteering is a great way for families to spend time together and give back to their communities. Look for opportunities through your church or school, or consult a volunteer clearinghouse. You could help build homes for low-income families or clean up your local park.
Explore New Hiking Trails
We love exploring new to us hiking trails. Hiking doesn’t have to be anything extravagant. There are so many parks with trails out there to discover. We will take some water and maybe even a picnic lunch. We love using All Trails to help find new trails, seeing the difficulty, and if they are suitable for pets and children.
Camp Out
Camping is another affordable travel option. Tents can be easily found on Facebook marketplace, yard sales, and thrift stores, especially in the spring! We love using The Dyrt to check out different campgrounds and state parks. You can also just camp out in your backyard! Make some smores and enjoy each others company.
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How will you make Spring Break fun and affordable for your family this year? Let me know down in the comments!
