School’s out for summer soon (or for the Xmas week if you’re in the Northern hemisphere)…

Having the little whippersnappers running around for an additional 6 or 7 hours a day under you heels while you’re still trying to run the household or heaven forbid keep a job , can of course be the recipe for “Frazzled Mum/ Dad”.

So we did a round of the office and collected our favourite list of DIY ‘cool stuff to do’ in the holidays:

1) Make a paper mache Piggy Bank (also good for teaching saving lessons at a young age!) http://fun.familyeducation.com/handicrafts/sculpting/36120.html

2) Make your own Christmas Decorations a. Sequin balls http://www.craftbits.com/project/sequin-ball

b. Salt dough ornaments http://crafts.kaboose.com/saltdoughgifttoppers.html

3) Jewelry Making http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/jewelrymaking/a/082399.htm

4) Covering your school books for next year with ‘creative’ art http://www.familytime.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ArticleId=13&CI=

5) Taste Tests http://fun.familyeducation.com/play/35564.html

6) Obstacle Course http://fun.familyeducation.com/exercise/activity/37126.html

7) Build an indoor hut/ fort http://multiples.about.com/od/familyfun/a/indoorfunfort.htm

Make your own Christmas Wrapping Paper http://www.ehow.com/how_2080980_make-christmas-wrapping-paper.html

9) Make your own Christmas Crackers http://www.oldenglishcrackers.com/make-your-own-crackers.htm

10) Record your own family Christmas carols http://hubpages.com/hub/christmas-carols-for-children Any other great holiday entertainment ideas to share for our other parents?

(Besides jumping on a Springfree Trampoline of course!