Summer Survival Guide - Bigjigs Toys
Summer is here! And the holidays are just days away and the kids will be ready to GO all day, every day!
Do you know what we need? A PLAN!
Here are our some of our favourite ideas to keep your little ones entertain through the summer holidays!
Summer Survival Guide: You can work through these one day at a time, a couple a day or one a week! Whichever works for you - but, we hope our summer survival ideas help to keep you and your little ones amused during the summer holidays!
Baking - Bake a cake, cookies or cupcakes! Some kid friendly recipes can be seen here: BBC Baking with Kids Fresh fruit smoothie lollies - our fave are these: Unicorn Smoothie Lollies Water play - whether it's in the garden, bathtub or kitchen sink! Read our Water & Sand Play Blog here Get your Bigjigs Rail train sets and track outside - read how we did it here. Have a face painting party with Playcolor Face Paint Sticks Plant and grow your own salads, veg & plants - read our gardening blog here. Read a book! Make your own jewellery - braclets, necklaces for you, your friends and as gifts! Go on a beach walk. Do some painting - Try our mess-free alternative Playcolour - no need for water or paint brushes! Master the balance bike! Go an adventure walk - Try out our Bug Bingo - click here to download Have a tea party in the garden, living room or park! Build a den - we love this idea from Woodland Trust & if you want to stay inside or your garden - try using a bedsheet and some garden chairs, peg the corners of the sheet to the chairs and voila! Visit a farm - a real one or a wooden one - or why not both! Play frisbee in the garden, at the park or local green! We love our Green Toys Frisbee made from 100% recycled plastic! Go swimming! Build a bug hotel Feed the ducks Play a card game Play shopkeeper Build mud or sandcastles Have a picnic Balloon Boat Racing in the garden Make a shell or leaf wind chime.