The Summer holidays are coming around again (or are already here for some!) but thanks to the nice people at History Press I have a book full of inspirational ideas! Go-Carts, Catapults & Midnight Feasts is a book with 101 Vintage Pastimes for Modern Kids. It is split into four topic areas: Outdoors & Adventurous, Art & Craft, Rainy Day, and Science & Nature. Simply illustrated and not too much information on each page. Written explanations and sections to interact with the book/get the children involved. Priced at £9.99 this is going to save you a fortune during the holidays.
ISBN: 978-0-7509-6429-6.
Go-Carts, Catapults & Midnight Feasts – My Fav Picks
I will not go into too much detail as that would spoil the book, but below are some of the ideas in the book that I will be trying to fit into our Summer Holiday Fun.
Outdoors & Adventurous
A Scavenger hunt. I used to love these, running around trying to find random items, and getting back first. They would usually be played at social groups where a grown-up would have to take off their smelly sock for us. I like how the book has ideas on adapting the activities and the suggestion here is to do a photo scavenger hunt. These are popular on Instagram too. My 7-year-old is loving learning to use a Digital SLR more so this would be just perfect.
Build a Fire and Cook on it. Since going to Conkers the boys are loving making fires and cooking s’mores. As we want to start camping it would be good to practice cooking other foods – and the book has good suggestions.
Midnight Feast. My boys love trying to stay up as late as they can, so what a perfect idea with no school to worry about. Now just to decide whether they try to stay up until midnight or if they set an alarm to wake them up!
Other ideas include: Learn to roller skate, make a bow and arrow, learn to use a map, climb a tree and spot shapes in the clouds.
Arts & Crafts
Make a Collage – a great activity for using up any bits of materials and good for getting them to sit still and calm down.
Paper darts – they just adore making (and throwing) these.
Texture rubbings – we have done this before and they really enjoyed it. I think it is surprising the things kids don’t learn these days (like rubbings) and we just assume they know them.
Rainy Day
Make sweets & biscuits and have a tea party. I like this idea. We often have tea parties all year anyway – or lots of lovely picnics.
Make your own lemonade – I think they’d find this interesting as they just love mixing drinks to create new ones. I have actually never done this either!
Play the memory game – I think it is good to keep their minds ticking over on the long break from school.
Science & Nature
Blow giant bubbles – we often do things like this in conjunction with our paddling pool, just to make it a bit more exciting.
Vinegar & Baking Soda Rocket – The Sensory Seeker has been learning about Space so this would be just perfect. The older two would be interested in the science behind it all.
Plant a grass head – we really like trying to get things to grow and the grass heads are so simple to do.
Watch the sunrise – but not on the same day as the midnight feast!
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Ohhhh I would love to try them all! Make your own lemonade sounds great – I have always wante to make homemade pink lemonade to drink in the garen during the Summer!
Definitely make sweets and biscuits and have a tea party – I love this kind of thing and my girls definitely would too! 🙂
i would love to do the vinegar and baking soda rocket with my girls, i think i would have just as much fun as them doing it.
Plant a grass head! Not done this for years and I’d love to show the kids how to do it!
Love the idea of this book, my kids are always complaining of things to do , I try my hardest to think of new things to try bet this would definitely give me some great fun ideas 🙂
I would love to try them all and so would my boys
Make your lemonade!This book looks so much fun!
Making your own Lemonade sounds pretty cool 🙂
I would love to try the Vinegar & Baking Soda Rocket as really I am a big kid at heart
Vinegar & Baking Soda Rocket my son always likes making concotions so we would have to have a go
This book would be so much fun, I can do things with my 3 year old girl and my 10 & 14 year boys.
It would have to be blowing giant bubbles as my 2 year old loves them and we would just chase them until it runs out! 🙂
I would love to try them all so would the grandchildren
THe vinegar and baking soda rocket my son loves experimental things like this
Make sweets & biscuits and have a tea party proberley invite lots of teddies x
I’d love to blow giant bubbles. I think I like bubbles more than children do!
I would love to try them all with my children
Vinegar & Baking Soda Rocket sounds like so much fun!
the vinegar and baking soda rocket my son would love that thankyou
I would want to try them all 😀 xx
would love to learn how to make a bow & arrow
liking the sound of paper darts
My grandchildren would love the Vinegar & Baking Soda Rocket
Building a tent outside, because we all love it 🙂
go karting whohoo used to love it when i was younger and would still love it now although i love activities building a tent to exploring 😀
Vinegar & Baking Soda Rocket looks like a lot of fun!!
My little girl loves bubbles so would give the giant bubbles a go.
My boys would love the THe vinegar and baking soda rocket 🙂
make your own lemonade