Things to do this Summer

27 May, 2009 Catholic Homeschool, Challenged Child, Featured, Free, Frugal Family, Interactive Fun, Recommended Resources, Summer Time

Kids Bowl Free All across the nation bowling alleys are offering 2 free games per day to kids 15 years old and under. Check this link to see which bowling alleys in your state are offering this deal. Here’s how it works. They will begin to by emailing you tickets for the week every Sunday morning. There is also a side deal that goes along with this one. You can purchase a family pass for up to 4 people (babysitters, grandparents, aunts, uncle and more included) for $23.00. So your whole family can bowl together. There is only the normal charge for the shoe rental.

Regal Cinemas are offering free movies beginning at 10 AM on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s during the summer. Click the here to check their website. Watch for the select a state drop down menu in the center towards the bottom of the screen, to view which theaters in your state are offing free family film festivals. Not all cinemas are showing the same movies but some of the movies on the marque are Kit Kitridge American Girl, Charlotte’s Web, Curious George, and Horton Hears a Who, just to mane a few.

Scrapbooking or Computer Scrapbooking:

Keep track of all the fun stuff you do this summer and create a Memory Scrapbook. You can also make a Computer Scrapbook by taking pictures of items that you collected on a trip or adventure that won’t last forever. Then post them in your scrapbook.

Here are a link to free clip art for your scrapbook pages to help you along. And, at scrapbook bytes they offer free tutorials for how to digitize you layouts.

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When out in the sun you see all kinds of wonderful things like butterflies and bugs. This inspired me to let my daughter to make my own magnets and I my own inspirational messages on magnets. You can get 20% Off Avery® Magnet Sheetseveryday too. I have purchased other magnet sheets however, I have not had as much luck with using non-Avery magnets sheets. My printer just doesn’t work with any other magnet sheet.

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You can also Save on kid’s craft supplies at www.CreateForLess.com.

While your at it be sure to check out Art Supplies at MisterArt.com you can save 75%.

All over the country parks and recreational areas will have a daily arts and crafts area for kids. Some are free and some are a nominal fee. Check with your local parks and rec dept. or head over to your local park some morning about 9:30 AM and see what’s going on.Childrens's Arts & Crafts

Gardening

This summer why not turn your back yards in to Master Gardens. Gardening for Beginners is a fun site to stop at. Choose from annuals and perennials, learn what they are. Plant a vegetable garden; learn how to make and use compost and a whole lot more. Besides language translations, you can enter your location for hardiness zones.

Learn about Dogs

Chances are if your in the 2nd or 3rd grade level and your haven’t got pet yet – here is a nice website for not only finding a pet but learning about different breeds of dogs. When your on the site just click view all and find many different breeds of dogs. Once you find one your interested in click on learn more and you can find out the characteristics of the breed; such as, are they energetic, do they need much exercise, are they hard to groom, and what type of temperament they have. The website is Petfinder.com and while I only mentioned dogs they cover a wide selection of animals.

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