If you have your grandkids coming to stay with you this summer, these fun activities will help you make the time memorable and strengthen your bond!
Are your grandkids visiting you this summer? Want to make the stay of your grandkids full of fun? Well, we have loads of fun activities for you that you can do with your grandkids and help them have the best summer ever!
Plan Old-Fashioned Outdoor Games
If you plan to give your grandkids the time of their lives this summer, getting them out-of-doors is one way you can do that. Kids nowadays spend most of their time in front of their TVs, playing video games or watching their shows. Give your grandkids the chance to enjoy fresh air, sunshine, and cold water. Play four square, freeze tag, crayon rubbing, or Spud, choose a new game for every day, and you will see how happy it will make your grandkids. To make things exciting, you can even plan a grand outdoor treasure hunt and see the young scavengers enjoy their time to the fullest.
Camping
Give your grandkids a chance to enjoy their vacation by planning a camping night in your backyard. Majority of kids love camping, and it is a perfect way to strengthen the bond with your grandkids and help them reconnect with nature. You do not have to visit a camping site as you can plan it all in your backyard. There are so many amazing ideas that you can find online to make camping fun right in your backyard.
Start a DIY Project
Give your beloved grandkids a chance to try their hand at creativity. Choose any age-appropriate DIY projects and work on ways you can make it fun for little ones. There are so many DIY projects you can start this summer, such as building a birdhouse, planting a garden, recreating one of the walls in your backyard, a time capsule to be opened in five to ten years, and many more. Choose a project that you know the kids will find interesting and let them free. You will be surprised to see what young minds can create!
Cooking and Baking
Kids love it when they are in charge, especially when they get a chance to do any of the jobs their parents do, such as cooking and baking. Ask your grandkids which cookies they like most and see how they react when you tell them they will be doing all the work. Supervise the entire activity. Teach them the basics of measuring and make it a fun learning activity. Have some great time together and help them learn valuable skills.
Backyard Movie Night
Lay out some blankets in your backyard, set your TV and your DVD player, prepare your backyard for a fun movie night. Choose any comedy films and set the mood with the s’mores over the BBQ. Get cosy with
your grandkids and make your theatre under the sky full of stars, give your grandkids the memories they will cherish throughout their lives!
Share Old Pictures and Make a Family Collage
Looking at old pictures of their parents and even yours is very exciting for your grandkids. Take out the old stack of photos and go through them with your grandkids. Kids get a kick out of seeing pictures of their parents and themselves when they were growing. To make things exciting, you can make a family picture collage using the old pictures.
Tuning the Bicycles
If your grandkids have bicycles, ask them to bring them along when they are coming to your place. Team up with your grandkids, and get their hands dirty with some work. They will love to have some grease on their hands. Fix the repairs together and send them off on a ride in the neighbourhood. Teach them the basic repairs so that if they have to fix their bikes on their own, they don’t have anything to worry about.
Have a Pillow Fight
Do kids love anything more than the liberty to make a mess? This summer, give your grandkids the freedom to make a mess by having a pillow fight with them. Nothing would make them happier than a messy pillow fight on the bed with their grandparents.
Arrange a Garage Sale and Teach Your Grandkids the Basics
Summer is a time of garage sales. Majority of families clear up their homes from the things that they do not use anymore. Arrange a garage sale and help your grandkids the basic concepts of money, buying, selling, and change.
Have the best summer ever with these amazing activities that you can do with your grandkids. Make the stay of your grandkids memorable so that they come running back to you next year!