| When it comes to spending quality time with your | | | | through your neighborhood or head to your local |
| family, there are many things that you can do that are | | | | neighborhood park. |
| free or low cost. The following ideas are both in-home | | | | 6. Free State Museums - A lot of state operated |
| and out-of-the home ideas. | | | | museums have free or low cost admissions. Plan an |
| 1. Game Night - Pick one night a week or one night | | | | afternoon and spend some quality time visiting your |
| every 2 weeks and plan a family game night. Children | | | | local museum. |
| love to play board games and cards with their parents. | | | | 7. Kite Flying - Head to your local discount department |
| If you are looking to do this in a frugal manner, borrow | | | | store and spend $15 buying a few inexpensive kites. |
| games from family and friends or hit up some yard | | | | Plan an afternoon during summer seasonal weather |
| sales to save money. | | | | and spend some time outdoors flying some colorful |
| 2. Puzzle Time - We like to set up a card table in our | | | | kites. |
| family room and build a large 1,000 piece puzzle. We | | | | 8. Backyard Games - During the summer, we like to |
| can pick puzzles up for $1.00 at local area yard sales. | | | | spend time outdoors in our backyard playing |
| We will let the table and puzzle up for 2-3 weeks until | | | | badminton, volleyball, bocce ball and ring toss games. If |
| it is completed. | | | | you are on a tight budget, look for these games at |
| 3. Movie Night - Once a week, we like to plan a family | | | | local yard sales and flea markets. |
| movie night. We go all out with big bowls of popcorn, | | | | 9. A Family Picnic - Plan a family picnic at your local |
| chips, candy and drinks. We take turns picking out PG | | | | city or state park. Pack up a cooler or picnic basket |
| rated movies to watch. | | | | with some delicious picnic-style foods. |
| 4. Hiking - Get outdoors and enjoy some hiking or | | | | 10. Arts and Crafts Day - If the weather is ugly outside, |
| family walks. This is great exercise for the entire | | | | plan an afternoon inside making some arts and crafts |
| family. On your walks you can collect things you find | | | | projects. You can find thousands of free craft project |
| along the way and once you get home, place those | | | | ideas online. Children love creating new things with |
| found items into a large glass container. We picked up | | | | found and purchased craft supplies. |
| a large glass bowl and keep it on top of the mantle in | | | | Sit down and make a list of all the things that you and |
| our family room. | | | | your family can do together that are free or under |
| 5. Bike Riding - Another great outdoors activity to get | | | | $20.00, then spend some quality time this summer |
| the entire family some exercise. You can ride bikes | | | | season with one another. |