Friday, May 15, 2009

Fun for free

What places/events do you and your kids utilize in your community that cost little or no money?

5 comments:

Claire said...

* Library Toddler Time (free)
* Summer Movies for Kids ($7 to see 10 movies over the course of the summer... Cecelia is still free, so .70 a movie for me! Not bad)
* Cultural Pass... its a program our library is running where we can "check out" a pass to admit up to 4 people into certain attractions. A few weeks ago we visited the local Children's Museum this way. We've also been to the art museum and the zoo. (free!)
* One of our outdoor malls has a fun fountain that we love to go to. Cecelia loves to run through it while I sit in the shade and occasionally enjoy a Coldstone ice cream (free... or $6 if I get ice cream!)
* Visiting the rest home... this is something we haven't done recently. Its been too hard since the lady we use to visit passed away. But I want to start again... it was such a great experience (free)
* Costco. Lame I know! But we love to go to Costco and enjoy the samples! Then we finish off the afternoon with a cheap slice of pizza and a drink. Cecelia loves it. She'll get my wallet, pull out my Costco card and say "Peepa? Dink?" (free, or $2ish if we get pizza)

highdeekay said...

*Story Time at the Library
*Local parks - one is within walking distance and another with a lake and ducks and a water fountain that the kids can play in is a little further away (5 minute drive)
*My friends' pools
*Hobby Lobby - she loves looking at all the fabric, "reading" the pattern books, and checking out the scrapbooking section

Claire said...

Dang, I wish Cecelia loved Hobby Lobby! How did you get Eden to enjoy that?? :D

katie said...

We have started taking Reagan to the Home Depot and Lowes kids workshops. She loves them, they are free, and we get to bring home something homemade 2-3 times a month!

Liz said...

I hadn't thought of the Home Depot idea!

My daughter begs me to take her to Target to see her cousin! :) Me and my sister in law go to Target. It's hard to leave without buying something but many times we just get diapers that we need and a hot pretzel for the girls and a soda for us. (the pretzel and soda combo is 1.50)