Fun Activities for Kids
Remember To Have FunDon't forget about family fun! Family fun keeps everything in balance. When a family spends time together just enjoying themselves, they learn to appreciate eachother. Family fun improves everyone's mood, perspective and health. Research shows that there are measurable health benefits of laughing.
In addition to creating fun activities for kids, make sure you have fun too. A mom who having fun is giving her family a wonderful gift. Your children love to see you happy. The fun a mom has with your family will create the fondest and most enduring of all their memories.
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- Find pictures in the clouds.
- Have a staring contest. Whoever blinks last wins.
- Make a list of things that you think will be invented in next 10, 15 or 25 years.
- Show your kids that our arm span is the same as our height.
- Have a contest to see who can make the funniest face.
- Have a five minute parade through the house.
- Let them draw on a window with washable markers--clean up is easy!
- Have an indoor picnic.
- Watch the sunset with your kids.
Fun Science for Kids
Children have a natural excitement about the world around them. Because of this, simple science experiments can be some of the most enjoyable of all fun activities for kids and a huge source of family fun. Here are some quick and easy experiments that create some fun science for kids and make you an extra cool mom!
Science Museums!!
Fun Science for Kids
I love science museums! They give you great family fun and they help kids (and kids at heart) understand why science is so amazing. Learning is never more fun than at a science museum. I became convinced about this when we had spent about 3 hours at a science and technology museum and my 6 year old son, begged me, “Please, Mommy can we play here longer?” He said PLAY. I thought he was being educated; he thought he was playing. I went to the front desk and purchased a family membership.
Science museums are easily the best source of fun science for kids. They make for a wonderful day of family fun and can be a very good value when you join as a member. Membership to most science museums will cost between $50 and $80 per year for a family. Depending on the size of your family, this can be the same as the price of admission for one or two visits. Members then get free admission to the museum for a year and discounts at the gift shops. However, the real value of membership comes with the reciprocity between museums. The ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS is a worldwide group of participating science museums and membership to one gives you free admission to the others. This is very useful when you are on vacation or out of town. Most cities we visit have a participating science museum nearby.
The one factor to be aware of is the museums within a 90 mile radius of your museum of membership are exempt. This means that they do not have to offer you free admission. Keep this in mind. If you can join a museum that is 90 miles away from other museums you will have a greater selection. CLICK HERE for the ASTC website. It explains the program and gives a list of all the participating science centers. They also have links that take you to each museum's website.