I was challenged by Wilson Field to come up with a post all about as much family fun on a fiver as I could. I was really shocked that my toothpaste nearly cost £5 this week when I went shopping, which really got me thinking about how much family fun can you have for a fiver.
Outdoor Ideas
- Go on a family bike ride
- Visit a local landmark that you have always said you would like the Angel of the North
- Geocaching
- Go on a nature hunt
- Go on a beach walk and collect stones – use your £5 for ice cream at the end
- Go feed the ducks
- Take a free FA skills course with Tesco
- Go to the local park
- Visit the library and get treats on the way home
- Learn how to skim stones
- Make a rain catcher
- Visit local free attractions such as museums, art galleries and airshows
At home
- Have a movie night, with popcorn.
- Have a family colouring in night
- Set up a family science experiments
- Play drinks bottle skittles
- Make dream catchers
- Make button biscuits
- Do some apple printing
- Bake a cake and have a tea party
- Have a family jigsaw night
- Make comic strips
- Make potato print wrapping paper
- Make a homemade book
- Make paper plate clocks
- Plant some seeds and tend the garden
- Make a volcano
- Make some shape sticks
- Make some jam jar candle holders
- Have a family LEGO Evening
- Make some scratch paper
- Make tissue paper flowers
- Spend some time making a scrap book
- Eat some crisps and then shrink the crisp packets
- Embroider
- Get the paints out
- Make cupcakes
- Play pictionery
- Have a family games night
- Make an unbirthday cake
- Make some chic cards
- Make washi tape cards
- Have a spy day and leave some secret messages
- Decoupage something
- Make fingerprint cards
- Do some spring crafts
- Make coke floats
- Paint some plant pots
- Make daffodil pinwheels
- Have a spa evening with homemade spa products
- Make banana bread
Something for the weekend activities
- Post it note crafts and activities
- Stone crafts and activities
- Family drawing activities
- Bird Activities
- Outdoor activities
- Pom Pom activities and crafts
- Heart crafts and activities
Fiver sounds like not much, but you clearly prove otherwise! We’re trying not to splash the cash like mad and your ideas are great. I’m really up for home spa, just need to get rid of the boys for an evening 😉
Some really good suggestions here – love the rain catcher!
There are some brilliant ideas! Harry is only just getting more interested in home crafts etc so I will definitely be borrowing some of these.
An amazing list of things to do for a fiver!
Totally bookmarking this bad boy for half term!
Oooh ice cream floats! I haven’t had them in years, I’ll have to do some for Joseph at the weekend but with lemonade not coke 🙂 great activities here! x
i think our most loved ideas are the visiting the beach, parks and the museums as the family always love those x
Great list lovely x x
Some great ideas – there are so many things you can do that don’t cost a lot aren’t there.
£5 doesn’t go far does it, it’s easy to spend a fortune out and about! I love these ideas so much. I think it’s often activities like these that give us the most joy and time to really connect with our children.
Wow! What an amazing collection of activities! Thanks for sharing them all. Can’t wait for Baby to get old enough to do them 🙂 x
Great ideas here and OH MY coke floats! I used to make these as a kid with my best friend. You really can make a fiver stretch. x
Wow, what an incredible round-up of activities! I may well be dipping into some of them tomorrow – it’s strike day, so I need to entertain the littles!
Goodness, what a fabulous resource. I could chuck away my boredom jar and just use your post for reference!
Fabulous list, have bookmarked it for inspiration in the Easter holidays!
some amazing ideas here! will defo be back to check on a rainy day! x
Some fabulous ideas here. Pinned for holiday ideas
Some fantastic ideas, going to note these down!!
What a fantastic list of things to do and love how they each are linked to a post. You are so clever. That must have taken you forever. Great list though thank you for sharing.
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Wow, I had no idea that £5 can stretch so much
Thank you for this round-up
Some really fab ideas here! Using recycled things like bottles, boxes, toilet tubes is a fab way to keep costs down -as is using natural materials like rocks, leaves, sticks, flowers 🙂 Will pin this post 🙂 x
I keep meaning to try Geocaching, I think the girls will love it 🙂
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