Only 2-3 weeks left of the Summer holidays, how have you found them? Germolene have been doing some research and found that 47% of parents claim their biggest concern of the holidays is the cost of family days out and that the average parent spends £650 on family trips during the 6 weeks off! 39% of families struggle to keep their children occupied and 1 in 5 parents feel there are a lack of free events in their local area.
Germolene have put together a free guide ‘90 Days of Summer’ (click on the link to download and have a chance to win a £250 John Lewis gift card) as part of celebrating outdoor play and giving parents 90 creative ideas to help families get outside without spending a fortune.
- Some ideas include;
- Secret dens – peg an old sheet over the washing line or set up a sun tent and use it as your base for an imaginary expedition
- Go on a scavenger hunt – Come up with a list of items that could be found in the park and let them go hunting. It could be a feather, pine cone, a smooth stone etc
- Pebble art – Find a pebble and use chalk or paint to draw some patterns. There are lots of groups now where you can leave them for other people to find and you look for others too
- X marks the spot – Use GPS enabled devices to find hidden geocaches that send you on a trail. Children will love the thrill of the hunt and the combination of technology and treasure hunting. Go to Geocaching for more info
- Holiday Vlog – let your children play director, actor and cameraman using your phone or a camera to make a video of their Summer holiday
- Pick some fruit – it’s a great day outdoors, going to local public fields or pick your own orchards. Collect some fruit and take it home to create crumble, juice or jam
- Recycled robot – Raid your recycling box for toilet rolls, bottles and cereal boxes. Set your children the challenge of making a robot or animal
- Host your own mini olympics – Get the whole family together and find out who can run the fastest, jump the highest or throw the furthest
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If you fancy winning a summer cool bag with a number of items to get you started when it comes to making the most of the outdoors including a skittle set, bucket and spade, chalk, paints, coloured paper, frisbee, adventure notebook and bubbles, enter below x
Summer toy bundle
the kids would love this giveaway
This would be great for the summer holidays.
Lovely bundle for my 16mnths old granddaughter who love the outdoors xx
My daughter would love this treats, little bits of fun.
Super duper fun to keep us all active and entertained
What a lovely prize bundle thanks!
Great prize – thank you for the giveaway!
What a great summer bundle of toys, brilliant!
Good bundle … hope the weather stays nice enough for it all to be used!
Some great ideas to keep them going 🙂
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity, to go to Romania.
This would be great fun for my cousins who love playing outdoors.
Brilliant giveaway
Good old fashioned outdoor fun toys, can’t be beat 🙂
great giveaway lots of fun to be had it will keep the amused for hours
This would be fab for my little girls and her cousins x
Lots here to keep the kids amused
Great for encouraging kids to play outside
great ideas for the summer!
what a supepr cool selection, thanks for the giveaway x
What a fab bundle 😀 thanks for the chance x
lovely giveaway
Lots of lovely things to play with
My kids love being out in the garden
It is always great to get kids outside in the fresh air, whatever the weather!
What a lovely little bundle – my little boy is happiest when he’s outside and I know he’d LOVE this!
Fabulous giveaway, would give the little ones hours of fun
Great prize kids will love this
What a great little mix plenty to keep them busy.
Fantastic bundle that would guarantee hours of outdoor fun and games
Great selection. My nephew would love all of this!
My daughter’s would love this
Great prize, thankyou for the competition x
A fab bundle to entertain the kids whilst they enjoy being outside
love to win to play with my daughter
Would be fantastic for my 3 year old nephew, thanks for the opportunity
Perfect for the little 1s!
I love outdoor my son is always much more engaged when he’s outside
This would be great for my son!
Sadly I think we have reached the end of Summer but would be a fab prize to put up for holidays or next year, fingers crossed
What a great prize for my son x
Looks great, perfect for lots of outdoor play which is so important for children
This would be absolutely perfect for our grandchildren
Brilliant prize perfect for my Grandsons
A great bundle for grandson, he’s a real outdoor lad
Would love to win for my little boy
My kids would love this! Hours of outdoor fun! X
Fantastic bundle my niece would be made up with this
Great competition. Thanks.
What a great bundle of toys to keep them busy and outside
Some really good ideas can’t wait to try some out with my daughter especially want to do the mini Olympics sounds fun
My daughter would love this bundle.
Thanks for another great giveaway
this would be lovely for my nephew
wow, what an amazing bundle! It’s great to encourage outside play.
Sounds like a good selection of stuff to keep little ones busy.
This is a lovely and worthwhile prize, so good to encourage outdoor play.
How lovely. These toys take me down memory lane remembering my childhood summers.
a generous giveaway – many thanks!
Great prize, thank you! Love the cool bag!
There is plenty items in this giveaway to keep my grandchildren happy. Thanks for the chance
Nice selection to keep the kids amused
The boys would love this, they have a sunflower competition between them every year
I love the ideas in the Germolene guide and I know Leo would love this prize because he loves playing outside
My children would love this
My kids love outdoor play
this would be fantastic x
Not everything costs money. I love some of the ideas you’ve come up with for fun.
My Cheeky Monkey’s would be delighted if I won.
Ideal for grandchildren, thank you.
My boy would love this. He’s a real outdoors kids he spends most of his time outdoors come rain or shine.
A great assortment of goodies for the kids. Thanks for the chance to win!
My kids would love this so much choice as well
We’ve been so lucky with the weather these holidays it’s lovely to make the most of being outside
Fab giveaway, my grandchildren would be so happy if I won this
Fantastic giveaway thank you for posting. My Grandson would love this.
This great bundle would keep my grandchildren busy & happy
Great prize – looks like it will keep the whole family entertained!
Wow. Hours of fun with this great prize
oh a great bundle of fun to keep my grandchildren entertained with
my grandchildren would enjoy these items!
This would be amazing to win.
We try and get outside in the garden everyday so this prize would be fun!
This is fab. Thank you for the chance to win
Lovely selection of outdoor toys!
My kids would love these!
Lovely giveaway, count me in to Win please x
AMAZING!! fingers crossed 🙂
These would be great for the grandkids x
Lovely selection of toys, thanks, they would keep my children busy.
A lovely prize, to keep kids amused, lots of fun guaranteed.
Lots of lovely things in this bundle – thanks for the giveaway.
Love the bright primary colours and plenty of play value in this bundle
Great bundle of role play toys Ava and William would love these xx
Awesome. Thanks for the chance. My daughter would love these.
Would love to play skittles with my 4 year old niece great hand eye co-ordinations skills and great fun too
Perfect games for the kiddies for next summer 🙂
Aww my kids and their friends would love this to play with xx
Great bundle, but I would probably have ended a Summer competition a little earlier and not in late September 🙂
Three would adore this bundle!
Aw this is fab! Outdoor play is the best!
Fab bundle of goodies
This is a fantastic prize!!
I love playing outdoors with my granddaughter. hopefully we have some nice fine days over autumn when we can do things outside.
Lovely summer prize! Perfect for our summer//autumn picnics.
Great giveaway would love to win
A great mix of items – this would keep my children busy for ages!
My son would be thrilled with these goodies…we are a very outdoorsy family and spend lots of time in the garden so this appeals massively to us.
My three year old son is called Lucas too, we play outdoors in all weathers, a great giveaway.
How fantastic we love being outdoors!
a great bundle
Lovely prize. Please count me in!
Fantastic bundle of goodies.
Lovely giveawat, my grandson would be chuffed to bitsbits!
my nephews would love these
Fantastic
What a fab bundle of goodies! We have a caravan on the coast, a short walk from the beach, and our girls love spending time there. These could be used all year round.
an amazing bundle of goodies, the kids would love this
Lovely bundle of summer fun, thank you for the chance
Lovely giveaway
This would be such a wonderful bundle of goodies for my daughter!
be great for christmas
My two children would love this! They love the outdoors
Great bundle. My 11 month old would adore it. Lovely review guys xx
Would love to win for my 2 children the garden is bare this would help so much
My children would be super excited to win this giveaway
Lovely prize! Would love to donate to my God Daughter’s nursery as they only get toys from donations, there is no funding for them 🙁
Ohh fab prize to keep the kids (and adults) entertained!
Great ideas x
some fab goodies here – im all for outdoor play H and D would happily just sit on their tablets/playstation all day if i let them