How to bond with your children this summer in a funny way?
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The best time to strengthen family bonds is during summer when the kids have vacations. Be the parent who looks forward to spending time with their children during summer vacations. To make the most of your child’s summer vacations, here are some ideas to help you bond with your children.
Arts
Start living your dreams by becoming creative with your children. What types of art can you do with your children? You can plan arts and crafts days where you and the kids can paint a canvas. Go for drawing, water coloring, or even finger painting. It will be a good way to kill boredom and learn what talents your children have.
Pottery
Kids love playing with mud. If your child is between the age of 3-10 years old, pottery is an excellent way to bond with your child. Make handmade utensils from clay and paint them after they have dried. You can also plan challenges of the best pottery maker or the best artist in the house.
Observe nature and enjoy outdoor activities
When the weather is nice, everyone wants to go out and enjoy themselves. Go for a long drive and show your children mountains, waterfalls, and lakes.
Outdoor games
Summer vacations are all about fun. If your child wastes time on the computer playing games, what fun can it be? Therefore, take your child outside to play. Go to a park where your child can play football, basketball, or cricket. Play along and make your child physically active too.
Hiking
Explore your beautiful country with your child. Plan hiking trips in the mountains. See nature and teach your child to support, preserve and protect it.
Camping
Plan camping trips. Go out in the woods and set up your camp with your child. Make the trip interesting with stories and tales. Your kid will understand how to set a camp and roast marshmallows near the campfire. Even if you cannot go out in the forest often, you can do a barbecue at your place. Set up your camp in your backyard and spend the night there and watch the stars.
Fruit picking
Go for short trips, like picking up Berries, Apples, and Strawberries. It is fun to learn about different fruits and enjoy their taste. Your child will have fun being independent and picking up his share of fruits. Try making a fruit salad with your child after coming from the harvest, and share the salad with your friends and neighbors.
Gardening
You can also add gardening to daily hobbies with your child. Care for a tree or a vegetable plant and notice it gives fruits.
Adventure with animals
Go to the zoo to visit animals. Go to a horse stable and feed the horses. Buy a pet and care for it over the summer.
Pro-Tip: One fun activity for bonding with your children this summer could be building and setting up a DIY deer feeder together, allowing you to enjoy the outdoors and observe wildlife in your area.
Indoor activities
Try to motivate yourself in learning new skills this summer with your kids.
Gymnastics
Focusing on your child’s physical health is a good idea during summer. It is a fun way to get rid of those rigid muscles, especially at a young age when the body is flexible. Your child will become strong and active. It will be a good way to enhance the bond if you teach your child gymnastics or take classes with your child.
Cooking and baking
If your children love food, there may be a chance they will also love to prepare it. Request them to assist you in preparing dishes. Bake a cake together or prepare a snack for the movie night.
Puzzles
Bring board games and play together when it is dark outside. You can also bring in tricky puzzles and challenge your kids to solve them in return for a treat or surprise. This way, your kids will be glad to solve and learn puzzles. That way, your child will also enhance his intellectual skills.
Rubik’s cube
This is one of the trickiest and most fun puzzles to solve. Your kid’s concentration will increase as he will want to solve the puzzle quicker every time. Set a timer and see how motor skills work. You solve the cube with your child and encourage him. Benefits of solving Rubik’s cube: Solving such puzzles enhances memory and concentration. It is a good way to teach and bond with your children during summer.
Conclusion
Kids wait for summer vacations desperately. You should also be a part of their fun by reserving quality time for fun activities with your kids. Please avoid social media, focus on your children, and engage them with you by planning fun activities.