40 Extremely Frugal Family Activities for Summer Fun

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3 жыл бұрын

School's out for the summer and the kids are ready to have some fun. But, what can you do as a family that won't break the bank? In this video, we look at 40 Extremely Frugal family activities for summer fun. Not only will they not cost you a lot of money, many of them are absolutely free.
These free entertainment ideas are great for a no spend weekend (or a no spend summer). There are so many things you can do instead of spending money. We'll talk low budget kid activities, no spend weekends, as well was free family fun.
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@juliemoore6957 2 ай бұрын

As kids, we had backyard shows, carnivals, backyard campouts, A&W yes! Ride our bikes to the Dairy Queen. Play Barbies all day under a big shade tree.

@hanab837 2 жыл бұрын

Our local ski mountain (in New England) has 2 days a year that are "county days" where all residents of the county get a free pass to ride the chair lift and the mountain coaster for free. We had so much fun as a family! Community events are such a great sourse of free fun.

@katherinerichardson1767 3 жыл бұрын

Love the list of ideas. Here are a few activities that we have done as a family. Backyard science scavenger hunt: the teams can only find things in nature. I am a former science teacher so I not only had my children and the neighborhood children seeking things of nature, but I did this with my elementary school children when I taught. It was the best review lesson on the eco systems. At my aunt and uncle's farm in Illinois, my cousins taught my brother and I how to ride a young tree sapling that was located in the 100 acre woods. The rule for selecting a sapling was strict because the tree had to be at least 20 ft. tall and 3-5 inches around. The participate waited for the others to pull it down so he/she could get on. Holding tight, the tree was released and the wild ride began. {Okay, I see NOW it may have been a bit dangerous, but we were young and thought we could live through anything. LOL} Obstacle course done on the equipment in a park. When we would do this, we found many other children [with their parents permission] at the park wanted to play. Visit a different national park or city park each weekend and take a picnic. Toss bean bags into a hoopla hoop or do horse shoes (use metal ones for the older children & adults and heavy plastic ones for the younger ones), & after the game, have family and visitors make their own ice cream sundae. You supply vanilla, chocolate & strawberry ice creams while visitors bring various toppings for the sundae. Take a drive to different farmer's markets in your location and buy foods for lunch. For young children {older ones would think of this as work} , plant flowers or seeds for them to watch during the growing season. This is looking like a novel so I will close now. Thanks for sharing your ideas and reminding me of my wonderful summers when I was a child.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

When you said hundred acre wood it immediately reminded me of Winnie the Pooh, because that was what his woods was called. Also, planting seeds and watching them grow reminded me that my boys had nature notebooks and one of the things we did was divide a page into fourths and draw a tree in spring, summer, winter, and fall to show how the tree changed throughout the seasons.

@oliviafox3310 3 жыл бұрын

I'm with Larry about yard sales. 😳 YARD SALE were actually the first words our oldest kid could read.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Well, it is an important word.

@aronvihaan1656 2 жыл бұрын

I realize Im quite off topic but does anybody know of a good site to watch new tv shows online ?

@kathyfelton7602 3 жыл бұрын

Larry needs that dog! Lol Relay races are fun and so are sack races using old pillow cases. Building fairy houses with sticks, bark etc… Make and paint ornaments together.

@juliemoore6957 2 ай бұрын

Hide n seek, flashlight tag, red rover, red light green light, so much fun!

@Idreamnews 3 жыл бұрын

When I was young, my mom would put water and dish soap so that I could make bubbles with those rings. Never heard of bubble solution until now.

@kittylawson3399 3 жыл бұрын

Our kids loved it when each of us took a turn at being blind folded and finding the other in doors..especially in the winter when you couldn't go out much ..they would get close to the one that was bind folded and tap them on the shoulder ..move away really fast ..and they'd just giggle ...my husband and I would also set back to back on the floor holding a plastic bowl on our heads and the kids would toss socks to see who could get the most points ..we raised our children without television..so we came up with all sorts of things ..we would also hum and play name that tune ..I could go on and on ..lol our kids are in their 40's..we did the same with our grandchildren ..they are all grown ..I sure miss those days

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I love the game of throwing socks into the bowl perched on someone's head. The blindfolded game sounds like an indoor version of Marco Polo that you play in a pool.

@carlenegilstrap2871 3 жыл бұрын

I have more jiggly bits as an adult which makes jumping rope less fun. Lol

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

LOL! That's the truth!

@kathygamboa568 3 жыл бұрын

There were two games I remember loving. We'd fill dish soap bottles with water and draw with the water. The sun would erase it and we'd draw again. We also played a game called MISSISSIPPI. You use chalk and draw a GIANT square in a large area --- like driveway. (We used the street. Ha Ha) Then you draw a squiggly Mississippi River across the middle. Then the kids would take turns, hopping from one end to the other on ONE FOOT and you'd have to JUMP with your hopping one foot across the Mississippi. If you made it across that big square, not touching the Mississippi and you didn't put your foot down------ you got to stand anywhere in the big square and draw a square around your feet and put your name in the square. The first person who had a completed bridge of squares--- won the game. Great HOURS of fun!!!! Lots of laughs. You find out who is the best one foot hopper. Ha Ha Oh--- and when you went across the second time (after winning a square with your name) you got to put both feet in your square and REST. The more squares--- the more rest. Ha Ha So cool.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea! I've never heard of it, but I would SO enjoy this game!

@diannabaker694 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing for this video. My grandson who lives in another state is coming to spend a month with me and I needed these ideas and a reminder to be creative and to play WITH the kiddos. Thank you.

@deannahaapala3356 3 жыл бұрын

We live in MN. When the kids were young we made our lunches or brought a picnic. I would spend only money on gas. We would start early in the morning and spend 15 mins at a different park. We live in the Iron Range or Arrowhead, the northeast part of the state. We would map off different free parks within the different towns. We would visit these town parks. Or if there was a special landmark that was free, we would also visit that too. Some towns had more than one park. We would spend only 15 mins at each one. So this could go on for days. I also carried a box in the back for things we could need at parks, lakes and campgrounds. We would visit these different places and come equipped with items you may use like a blow up swimming animal, sand toys, portable bbq, horse shoes, balls, and the like. I called this "Holiday in a box". We kept theses things in the back of the car just in case. We would visit campgrounds and enjoy the swimming lakes without having to pay for any camping. Plus it was fun to pick out the best sites just in case we may come back and actually camp. Also we did a lot of berry picking of blueberries, service berries, raspberries and strawberries. Some at farms and in the wild.

@dellamonk6792 3 жыл бұрын

Love this idea! Roadside picnics are so much fun!

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful idea! And what fun to map out your adventures!

@sharenp3839 2 жыл бұрын

Horseshoes, rolling down hills, croquet, crafts, bug collecting, cooking together, do genealogy,

@sandrabryan9106 3 жыл бұрын

geocaching is very popular here in British Columbia...people might want to see if it is done in their area. Everyone loves a good treasure hunt.

@jeandistefano5486 3 жыл бұрын

Make pictures out of a jar of buttons! We only did this once as a child but I would love to do this again and make a Christmas tree picture out of buttons!! Gina in lights

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Art like that is so much fun.

@kimincanada7011 3 жыл бұрын

Campfires with hot dogs and marshmallows would be fun.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! We have a fire pit in the back yard and Larry loves to build a fire in it.

@rochellethundercloud346 3 жыл бұрын

When i was a kid,back in the 80's,we played 4square,hopscotch,red rover,dodgeball,had yo mama competitions,chalk art,bike races,skating,(roller),jumprope,frisbee,

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

We did 4 square a bit, but I wasn't that good at it. A "yo mama" competition sounds interesting. we never did that.

@readerbabe1984 3 жыл бұрын

Yo mama is not very nice.. It's cheeky jokes. Example: Yo mama is so fat, when she fell I didn't laugh, but the sidewalk cracked up.

@kaelaleedaley 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips! The game you call "Red light/Green light", we used to call "British Bulldog" in the UK! We used to play with skipping ropes, hula hoops, stilts, those hoops with a ball and string attached that you would put through one ankle and swing, jumping over the ball (I have NO idea what that is called!), we would play with super-soakers, play football, basketball, race one-another, make a mud cafe, create hiding places and dens in the garden (under trees and bushes), swing on a swing set, play in an portable shallow pool, play with the hose, draw with chalk and one summer - we deep cleaned a bus stop! The things we did before mobile phones and the internet! Xx

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Stilts! I haven't tried those in years! It reminded me of something else I'd also forgotten about - pogo sticks. I was really bad at them. They took a lot of balance. I know exactly what you are talking about with the ball attached to the hoop. Was it tether ball?

@kaelaleedaley 3 жыл бұрын

@@UndertheMedian Pogo! I had completely forgotten about that too! Amazing what comes back! It's like tetherball for your legs, I just Googled it and they call it "skip ball" on Amazon! It was something we discovered in the US on one of our holidays and I immediately fell in love with it! In the UK, we used to play a similar jumping game but with skipping ropes, where one child would whip around the rope at ground level and all others had to jump over it or get whipped by it! Xx

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaelaleedaley , that is awesome! I have to admit, doing this video has brought back some really great childhood memories, some of which I had completely forgotten.

@SherryEllesson 3 жыл бұрын

When I lived in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mtns at the edge of Silicon Valley, my son and I used to go hiking, and we'd find things like twised roots, pieces of shed bark from various trees and oddly shaped pieces of vines. We'd take them home, clean them, spray them with some kind of sealant, and thus decorated our apartment.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

What a great idea!

@greeneyedredhead61 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid... I played with hot wheels, a baseball and mitt, and a chinese jump rope all by myself. For summer water fun, we had a slip and slide and a Mr Wiggle. When I had a child of my own and it was just him and me, I took him near the airport and watched the planes land once in a while but mostly we watched tv and read books. I taught my son to read when he was 2 years old. He loves to read. By the way...it is so funny... When Larry opens his eyes wide, and nods yes when talking about getting a dog...Larry looks so much like my son. And something I just thought of that can be enjoyed by one or many....go and feed and watch squirrels play... Just yesterday at work, I saw a bunch of squirrels chasing one squirrel that had a slice of pizza in its mouth... It would get dropped and another would pick it up and then they would all start chasing that one and over and over...I laughed so hard watching this. It was like watching a live version of a cartoon. Something that could be fun for a family to do is have a race...a wheel race... If everyone knows how to use these... Roller blade or skate so far, then switch to skateboard' s, then maybe a wheel barrow then a bicycle ..or even a wheelchair ..use anything that has wheels.. Another kind of race...a trivia math race... Host gives clues of say the title of a book or movie or something...then when the player thinks they got the right answer..the race to the book shelf to find the book...inside the book is a number .. Do this a few times..(one number per person) then add the numbers up..highest number wins...or some version of it.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Such fun ideas! The squirrel idea is especially fun. My boys always loved watching squirrels.

@RhondaLorch 3 жыл бұрын

My now adult kids favourite memory of my Mom was the time she planned a family Olympics for them and their cousins complete with competitions and medals. The medals were made of cardboard covered with foil and were awarded not for being best at a sport but for being the loudest cheerer or helping someone else finish a task. So much fun for all the ages.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I love this! For one of our son's birthdays we did a Greek olympics theme. I made laurel wreath crowns for each guest. They all wore togas made from bedsheets. And we had olympic themed games and races. So much fun!!

@alishajennings2013 3 жыл бұрын

Our version of red light green light was someone stands with their back to everyone and everyone else lines up. The 1 person says greenlight and everyone runs towards the person and stop when the 1 person says red light and goes again when they say green. The 1st person to get to the person facing away is the winner and then stands there and says green and red light. The game you described we called red rover and the saying was red rover, red rover, send one right over. My kids play hide and seek, Simon says, corn hole, frisbee. My girls are trying to learn to hola hoop. The kids also play their version of soccer. No rules, just kicking it around the yard and running after it.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Alisha, you are absolutely right. I was getting Red Light and Red Rover mashed up in my head. I'll explain the actual two games on the next Free Family Fun video. Thanks. It's crazy how I thought for sure I was remembering it correctly and really wasn't.

@TeachingTinyDisciples 3 жыл бұрын

We played Red Rover which is what your game sounded like. We love playing flashlight hide and seek in our house. So fun. Such great ideas! ❤️

@lauriestern8475 3 жыл бұрын

I love to color with my grandchildren. Sometimes if the kids are very well behaved and it's one on one, I let the kids use my special art supplies. Special treat.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I love coloring so much. Only one of my four boys really enjoyed doing it with me. So fun that you have special art supplies that you share with them on occasion.

@yvettesummers1339 6 ай бұрын

excellent advice about putting phones away. I often see parents at the park on the phone instead of engaging with the children. I've even been guilty of it myself with grandkids 😫

@rachellee.9389 2 жыл бұрын

I get my books and audiobooks from the local library for FREE and have them sent to my used Kindle, also for free. The cheapest fun I had with my twins when they were little was running under a sheet or blanket on a windy day. I got the idea from the "parachute" activity at our local parenting group, but since there was only one of me (instead of 20 other parents) when we were alone I'd use a sheet with the wind to help blow it around. There is a book titled something like 100 Outdoor Activities for Kids and I used it religiously.

@esthergraham1353 Жыл бұрын

We always made our own bubbles but I don’t remember the recipe. My daughter could use her hands and blow bubbles through them and make amazing bubbles. She could also do the double ones. We homeschooled our children. It was the best thing we ever did.

@paulallshouse3377 3 жыл бұрын

Like red light green light was red rover red rover (send some one right over) Also we played Flying Dutchman

@AK-gh6cp 3 жыл бұрын

We called it Red Rover too. :)

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know Flying Dutchman. That sounds intriguing.

@jeanneclark99 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!--A&W baby mugs (we called them kiddie mugs, because of course we weren't babies)! We were kids in South Bend, IN, and after going to the downtown farmers market, we sometimes went to the A&W by the river. That was back when you parked and the waitress brought out your order on a tray that hooked into the driver's window opening. Larry, the almost-antiques are seriously cool--especially the personal aspects.

@kathyharmon2093 Жыл бұрын

You said back when you parked and the waitress brought the food out on a tray and hooked it on the window we still have a place like that in Huntington Indiana 😊

@caroscraftykitchen1806 3 жыл бұрын

Your red light game we called “red rover”

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

We played that, too. The rules were the same. So, I don't know why we made it Red Rover one day and then Red Light Green Light the next.

@cowgirljones35 3 жыл бұрын

our grand kids love to play Mother May I, TV tag, Freeze tag, Ghost in the Graveyard, Kick Ball, Dodge Ball,

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Ghost in the Graveyard. We didn't play that one, but I've heard of it. Dodge Ball was fun - unless the older boys got involved and really threw it hard at the girls' legs.

@fourdayhomestead2839 Жыл бұрын

We did a lot of tent camping. Day car trips to free or cheap places too.

@loisfromohio3109 3 жыл бұрын

Frisbee's, We put on plays Camped outside, Went on hikes

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Frisbees were really big fun back then.

@hanab837 2 жыл бұрын

We played that game, but we called it "Red Rover."

@huffpede 3 жыл бұрын

Loved all the photos. Glad you all had a great time.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Audrey. We had such a wonderful time and as a mama, it was amazing to have all four boys with us.

@christinestryker784 3 жыл бұрын

How about kick the can? Does anybody still play that lol. Or remember playing?

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes! Kick the can was popular.

@sandramendoza3302 10 ай бұрын

My husband played red light green light with our kids. That was 20 years ago.

@rochellethundercloud346 3 жыл бұрын

My area,as i said,has hundreds of little free libraries,or free book bins.i regularly hit them up .

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

We do, too. Mostly children's books in the little free libraries. But, our favorite used bookstore always has a free table out front and it has adult level books on it. We bring home a book or two every week.

@LearningLivingLovingLife 3 жыл бұрын

I think that learning baton twirling and hoola hooping are good activities. Children can become proficient in a new skill. It gives them a sense of accomplishment.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I was always in such awe of my friends who could twirl a baton well. They always seemed like the cool kids.

@jarfullofbuttons 2 жыл бұрын

You can use baby potatoes instead of eggs for the egg race!

@maraujo600 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the Threshermans reunion! My first horse show was there. I still go to the flea market and to get the homemade rootbeer. .

@pamelaeberling1519 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Larry and Hope, I am so glad you had a wonderful and safe vacation. And yes i remember all those games in the 70s and 80s. Remember the Croquet Set and playing Croquet.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I'm on the hunt for a new croquet set, Pamela. Talking about it reminded me how much I'd like to have one again.

@ksewald91 Жыл бұрын

Alli, Allie ump-free! All home free.....

@stevenbolin7688 3 жыл бұрын

Clothes hanger bent to shape of choice and Dawn with a little bit of oil baby type was the way used to do it

@sjchan3199 3 жыл бұрын

Im in uk wen my kids were young our local libraries used to run free sessions for craft, book circle, or talks such as an owl sanctuary came along and talked about the owls and the kids could stroke anď hold them. They did allsorts of things and it was free all you had to do was go along n get tickets. I used to go round all these sessions with my kids most of the summer they loved it. I used to take em fruit picking too. We used to play run around the houses. It has a kinda hide and seek but it was around the neighbourhood. Also i used to go to a play centre with my cousin where they had lots of kids playing football cricket lots of games crafts painting etc it used to be on 9am to 12 then shut for 1hr then open 1 until 5pm all the local kids usd to go it was great fun.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

The play centre sounds wonderful! Our public libraries here are a great source for free fun, too.

@bridgetmcgrath3964 3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@BWoods5787 9 ай бұрын

Also Chinese Jump rope! If anyone remembers how to play?? Please message❤

@sandispady9058 3 жыл бұрын

I did the cloud watch with my first graders but I took it one step farther. They had to draw what they saw.

@loisfromohio3109 3 жыл бұрын

Love the vlog

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Lois.

@almas2423 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t know about Chirp. I’ve been looking for no subscription audio books 😊

@ellefson1 3 жыл бұрын

The slate and the camera are so cool. Thanks for sharing.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@lauranadig6696 3 жыл бұрын

Never heard of dynamite 🧨 boom 💥 on the end of red light green light 🚦 We played Red Rover, but I don’t remember how that was played. Leap frog. And statue tag.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, statue tag! I'd forgotten about that one. Yes! We did that too.

@cindyjones920 3 жыл бұрын

Best video yet-except for lawn darts!!!

@jillgott6567 3 жыл бұрын

Nice looking family- great thumbnail photo

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jill. That was at the beginning of a mountain hike. I looked far less refreshed four miles later. LOL!

@gracelake2062 3 жыл бұрын

Outdoor game idea: find the earthworms then prank your friends lol

@shannanhartwig5282 3 жыл бұрын

Geocaching! Super fun and free!

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Several viewers suggested this activity. We have never done it, but it sound so fun!

@kamicrum4408 3 жыл бұрын

When my daughter was10 ish& honeschooled, one of the families in our group has 2 high school daughters who both loved volley ball, the Dad made his own portable volleyball net he took 2 old disc blades welded the correct height pipe to it( the disc blade) he then attached the net to each pipe. To use each disc blade was set down ,the net u rolled wa!la! Instabt volleyball court, a shoe can be used to mark the lines, use your imagination! Enjoy the match. Brin roll net around thebpole add other pole on top, pkace in back of truck, easy to take with you, somethingnlots of people can do together!

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I love it when people figure out things like this.

@SherryEllesson 3 жыл бұрын

I liked the list of forgul! lol

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I worked really hard on that list. LOL!

@SherryEllesson 3 жыл бұрын

I got my first microscope when I was around 5, so for me, finding bits & pieces of things to look at under my 'scope was fun (no sibs). My family also had telescopes and we'd go out on clear nights and look at the moon and stars.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Your family encouraged you early in life to marvel at nature. How wonderful.

@Alittlelady83 3 жыл бұрын

Hopscotch

@cindymae3656 2 жыл бұрын

I loved to play jacks with mom and she had numerous games you could play. Not sure if you can buy them anymore.

@LauraMacMillan-el2kc Ай бұрын

You can still buy jacks. They're worse to step on than Legos! So train the Littles to pick them up afterwards.

@denisestathatos4147 3 жыл бұрын

We played kickball!

@gracelake2062 3 жыл бұрын

I miss playing 7 up

@MsVictoriaLeigh43 3 жыл бұрын

Hula hooping! My kids use my old one and hula or try at least (!) for hours. Hoops are also good as components in obstacle races and are practically indestructible! We have breakfast picnics in the back garden in the summer holidays too when the weather permits... just a bit different and fun than lunch or dinner picnics. We used to use washing up liquid bottles as water pistols as kids too - great for a good soaking, I agree :-) Larry, I enjoy knowing what you have going on in the background - really awesome family history this week.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I agree that hula hoops are good for so much more than hula hooping (I don't even know if that's a proper verb. LOL!)

@esteeb42 3 жыл бұрын

My 10 month old grandsons name is Silas. My sister who is 60 years old told me it reminded her of the Silas Marner story...of course I had to read it. I loved it!

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Silas Marner is such an amazing story. My favorites were Silas Marner and Ivanhoe. I've re-read Ivanhoe several times.

@esteeb42 3 жыл бұрын

@@UndertheMedian I really enjoyed Silas Marner but I am a big Emily Bronte fan myself...Jane Eyre and Whuthering Heights being my all time favorites.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

@@esteeb42 , all three of my older boys read Jane Eyre in high school.

@esteeb42 3 жыл бұрын

@@UndertheMedian I wonder...have you read her books? Just curious your opinion.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

@@esteeb42 , my boys read them for high school lit class. I don't ever recall reading them myself. I have some of them on the shelf because the boys have read them. I have friends who absolutely love her books.

@brianpulliam1100 3 жыл бұрын

Don't know if it was mentioned: Duck Duck Goose.

@StephanieMT 3 жыл бұрын

dollar tree can be a good thing for family fun or kid entertainment. my kids can be entertained for a couple hours with paper and pen we also play cards or with dice

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Whenever our boys lost a tooth they got to go to Dollar Tree and pick out one item to buy. They loved the tradition.

@margaretelder7696 3 ай бұрын

Rover Rover

@debracarroll7732 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. we played Red Rover.

@cherissef5297 2 жыл бұрын

We played "The Still Game" and "The Moving Game" both have someone blindfolded trying to find people within a boundary, one game you had to be still like a statue and one you were allowed to move. OH I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED LONGER! THEY ARE ACTUALLY CALLED "FREEZE TAG" AND "TAG" LOL. . .

@lauranadig6696 3 жыл бұрын

I think your red light green light is my red rover. My red light green light is where the “IT” person stands at one end of a property (finish line) and everyone else starts opposite end. “IT” person has back to the players and say Green Light. And the players start advancing. The IT person goes through the sequence of lights at will. But if the IT person catches a player still advancing on STOP, they have to go back to the starting line. “IT” has to keep their heads on a swivel! Whoever reaches “IT” first is next one to be “it”. Fun game in the wintertime is to stomp out a giant circle in the snow. Then stomp out a giant + / x in the middle, attaching to the circle. Players can only move around the circle. “IT” starts in the center. It announces GO. “It” can only move within the straight lines. Once “IT” tags a player, they become the next “IT”. This is a great game if you want the kids to ware off A LOT of energy! It’s an exhausting game, but fun! Don’t make the circle too big, or it’s no fun for “IT”, they will never tag anyone. Also, EVERYONE has to stomp out the circle and + / x !

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I love the "IT" game idea. I've never heard of it. Other people wrote about how they played Red Light Green Light, too. I do think that I wound up with a weird mash up in my mind about the differences between Red Light Green Light and Red Rover. I'm going to look up some "rule" on the games and explain them in an upcoming video. It's been fun to take a trip down memory lane with everyone.

@doreenblea207 Жыл бұрын

Chinese jump rope, climbing trees, squirt guns, rubber band guns, mud pies, aluminum boats...many more I'm sure.

@jackieburnett6881 3 жыл бұрын

We played jacks, pickup sticks, marbles, dodgeball, tug war, tag, all types of ball, treasure hunt, I spy, catching fire flags, a lot of things you named we did. Nature walks. Yard sales

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

We didn't play marbles much, but we did like playing jacks.

@tlr1604 9 ай бұрын

Our city has many free activities-and low cost. We did archery for free, did kwiak for $5 all through parks and recreation, they also offered snake hunting and learning and other critters at the lake, star gazing at the college and planetarium all free at the college, festivals all free, the only expensive thing is $40 fair for the wk which includes parking and all the rides and rodeo all free this is per person so more of a splurge oh and 2-3 concerts all free at the fair all included with the $40 admission feee, we have 15 parades per year all free and massive candy hand out, free meseums like 4 free in town, also lake has free hikes and free earth day, free beach with water at the lake, free parking 15 free things at library per mn. actitives for all ages, there has to be 100 free things per year to do in Kirksville, MO maybe even more

@lorrainedeininger8503 3 жыл бұрын

I remember Annie I over & duck duck goose.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

My brothers played a lot of duck duck goose.

@mrs.brayman4840 2 ай бұрын

We played Tag & Freeze Tag, where if you were tagged, you would have to Freeze in whatever position you were in and wait for another player to unfreeze you, if you fell over, you're out The third Tag game was Cartoon Tag. If you get tagged hollar a cartoon character's name and keep going, no repeats and if you can't name one you're out.

@loniivanovskis1239 3 жыл бұрын

I must know which scenes from which books? I thought that idea was adorable.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

We acted a scene from a book on the Mayflower. One son enthusiastically gathered props, while the other said, "I can't improvise. We must have a script!" It taught them pretty quickly to rely on their sibling's strengths. Another book we did was, Peter and the Wolf. We read the book and then we listened to the music. They acted out the story while the music played in the background. They cast our black lab, Shelby, as the wolf. The poor dog was so confused as to why the boys were suddenly running away from her. She happily ran after then, thinking it was a new game. Our oldest son loved to learn soliloquies from Shakespeare and act them out. He even did it at college for talent night - much to the delight of his fellow students.

@sharonbeckmon9837 3 жыл бұрын

Make bubble solution with glycerin...bubbles last longer.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I saw some recipes with glycerin and wondered what it did for the bubble solution.

@teresahassell286 3 жыл бұрын

You can get audio books online from our local library. Were the Crawdads Sing. Free from local library. $16.99 on Chirp.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

That is true. We are also huge fans of using the local library and getting things for free. But, sometimes you want to own the book and not borrow it. That's why I pointed out the featured deals page. Chirp changes the items on this page every day and puts new audio books on sale. When we were on a long trip having Captain America in the car was a wonderful way to pass the time and it cost us less than $3.00 for the audio book.

@alishajennings2013 3 жыл бұрын

We live really close to a small airport also. We wanted to take the kids to watch the plainest take off and land so we called and they said they have an observation patio area where we could go and be in a safe area. They said we can go anytime but friday and Saturday are the busy days, so we plan to go soon.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

So fun that you can get that close. We can get pretty close at the really small airport near our home, but the large regional airport has some pretty strict rules in the last 10 years.

@BWoods5787 9 ай бұрын

Red light green light, our generation (im 1975) red rover Flash light hide and seek was flash light tag :) We jump roped for hours!! And H.O.R.S.E. basket ball

@alanbirkner1958 3 жыл бұрын

Give each kid a bag and see who picks up the most trash. Give each kid a pot lid or other cheap noisy thing and make a parade. Go bird watching. Pull weeds and identify them. Tina

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

We've done trash pick ups before. There's a lot of trash in the city. So sad.

@donnakemp6544 2 жыл бұрын

Tin can alley

@tawanarose2898 3 жыл бұрын

We play cards, games or dominoes.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I love dominoes, too. And there's so much you can do with a simple deck of cards.

@readerbabe1984 3 жыл бұрын

The red light green light game sounds exactly like red rover(red rover red rover send insert name here over). We played that game all the time in the 90's.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Others have mentioned this. I really think I'm putting the two games together in my head. LOL! I'm getting old. I think I've got it all straightened out now and I'll have to re-explain both games when we do the next Free Family Fun video.

@stevenbolin7688 3 жыл бұрын

Flag tag ,one would wear a thin plastic belt with a colored "flag tucked into it, if the opposite team grabbed the flag you are out

@TheNinnyfee 3 жыл бұрын

For non-pandemic times: we had a fun game called "knot mommy" (translation from German if it sounds weird for you). One kid had to cover their eyes like in hide-and-seek and get a little distance, and the rest of the group would first join hands in a circle and then quietly entangle with each other without losing the circle. First you e.g. make an 8 and then go from there. When there can be no more entanglements/knots you call "knot mommy!" and the kid covering their eyes has to untangle you until you have a circle again. You can also have a wheelbarrow race with one person being the wheelbarrow. Another cheap option is a ring-throwing game.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Gosh, knot mummy sounds like so much fun! I had totally forgotten about wheelbarrow races! We did that as kids. I always fell down. I was better at "steering" than being the wheelbarrow.

@monikaw1369 2 жыл бұрын

Can you get free audio books from the library?

@rochellethundercloud346 3 жыл бұрын

Doing a huge multifamily garage sale on june 5th.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

I just sold off a lot of our homeschooling books. I made about $350. Our youngest is going into high school. So, I tried to sell off everything that was K-8th reading level. Our neighborhood is going to have a sale in a couple of weeks, but I don't think I'll put anything out.

@jeandistefano5486 3 жыл бұрын

I am having a yard sale tomorrow! Good luck with your sale tomorrow!! Gina in lights

@ruthiegross6718 2 ай бұрын

Statues.

@jessimcconnell2973 3 жыл бұрын

Kick the can

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! You could always tell when the neighbor kids got up a game of kick the can. You could hear the metal clang of the can as they kicked it down the street.

@pamelagroves2142 3 жыл бұрын

You have got to be kidding, a video at midnight. Btw, where’s dad?

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

Larry was taking the photo.

@selena0ldenoughtoknowbette244 3 жыл бұрын

Why are you vegan? What kind of Vegan? We hung swings in our trees. We made a warrior course for the grands out of our old deck. We go on hikes on our property. We play in the sprinkler. We cook together. We play card games. We camp. We visit local attraction the are free or very inexpensive. We participate in local theatre, dance and, sport teams. We participate in church camps. We go fishing at ponds.

@UndertheMedian 3 жыл бұрын

We became vegan about 10 years ago for health reasons. I love the idea of a warrior course. My boys love playing Ninja Warrior. Gosh, you have such a wonderful list!