How to entertain children in holidays?

In fact as long as you bring your children have the outdoor activities and then eat in the fastfood restaurant, it is enough for them to be cheerful. Children are not greedy. They hope their parents will spend some time to stay and play with them.

I have two very small children we play games, watch movies, sing, dance. We got to the libary. This year my oldest is going to be able to do pumpkin painting. You don't need to do much depending on the age of a child get together with friends and they can have play dates or even just hand out with family.

I am lucky that there are a lot of parks where I live, and it is not only little playground but they are creative too with some fun slide, water fountains, swings... where I live is trying to build parks every 1 mile make it family friendly. We don't have a lot of money to spend either so it is a great way to make the kids happy, it is free and fun! I think kids are just happy that the parents spend time with them so even with no parks, playing at the backyard would be fun like little ball games? hide and seek or something.

In our part of the world, poverty is very common. But that does not stop us from enjoying the holidays. In fact, I guess we celebrate Christmas for a long time, starting really early and ending really late. What I notice here is that food is prepared (in some cases very simply) and shared by family during Christmas eve. And then, to entertain the kids, people play parlor games (now even most adults play these games). It's a simple way for us to have fun. What really makes this work for us is the fact that families - extended ones (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces) really come together and make big crowds. Also neighbors often celebrate holidays together.

i think the vacation isn`t only going out to the outside.. you can make your home as the best place for suddenly vacation in sunday create the new things in your yard..

How old are the kids?

I used to have a lot of fun with my kids building forts out of the furniture and some blankets. We'd pretend we were camping and tell spooky stories. We also baked--I let them throw together all kinds of stuff and sometimes it was good and sometimes it was awful but it was always fun. We'd play with legos and blocks. We'd get out their toy cars and trucks and build roadways and make buildings out of cardboard. When the weather was nice--meaning below 90°!--we'd build roads and little cities outside. You can take your kids for walks, write a book together of stories you make up and they can illustrate it. There are a lot of things you can do that will keep them entertained. Learn to make your own play doh, the recipe is on the internet, and let your 8 year old make it or at least put in some food coloring. Teach them to cook and bake.

hi Gemmar during the Holidays you own local libra y usually has free programs for kids activities such as handicraft making and other things that kids enjoy.and its all free of charge too.Also some show Christmas films for kida' and parents all free too.also reading hour for kids in the holidays is all fun for them as the children's librarians have special tricks to keep kids really entertained

Why not have the children research an old fashioned holiday. They can use the Internet. Most things were made by hand and from scratch. Even songs to be song or a play to put on just for the family. Most of this can be inexpensive and it will give them insight into days gone by.

One of the things that my kids always loved to do when we were broke around the holidays was make their own Christmas wrapping paper. I would give them paper bags from the grocery store with the bottom cut out and a cut down the side making it a big paper for them to decorate any way that they choose. We would then use the paper that they made to wrap our presents. I have also had my kids make each other presents. My daughter learned how to crochet one year and made scarfs for every one in the family. My son made every one a cute little knick knack shelf out of the cardboard bottle dividers that come in cases of sauces like tabasco. He took them apart and used contact paper to cover the pieces then he put them back together and there you have it a nice little knick knack display. I know that there are tons of craft ideas online if your willing to look them up. I have come across some things that are pretty cool and all that it takes is a printer and printer ink. You print out the pieces and then you cut them out and put them together like a puzzle but they are 3D like cars and boats and cows and such. One time we had an entire farm put together and it was all made of paper all the animals the trees the houses the barns and the farm cars as well. Was pretty cool. I think I got them from the crayola web page. Give them a look you will find many things to do that will keep every one busy for hours if not days.

Well maybe exchange gifts will do or hire a clown to entertain them I'm sure they are going to love it. Or if you want you can go buy balloons or maybe rent a pool and have a swimming party for the kids. goodluck GemmaR

Well i can understand your situation very well. I think during the holidays it is very important to keep children busy and engaged so that they do not get bored and feel left out and lonely. with the aforesaid conditions as u have clearly stated, i can suggest u to plan out small engaging activities at home so that u can also participate with them. Things could be like painting, playing cards, watching movies together, playing fun games, etc that will always be entertaining for them and help them spend their time during the holidays. What say?

If you have enough time in holidays,I think you could spend more time with your children.Children are always want to stay with their parents.And you can do something meaningful with your children.For example,you can teach them to do some handiwork.In addition,you also could drive them to the bookstore to build up their interests of reading.That is really a good habbit.