How to make sure that "just loiter" doesn't mean "I'm terribly bored"? We suggest a few time-proven ideas. From trips to lazing under the trees.
Explore the surroundings
Sometimes, little is enough. Take a look at the map or the pages of the "search" game geocaching. Maybe there is an interesting building, nature trail, or natural monument not far from your house. Sometimes all you need to do is ride your bike to the ice cream stand in the next village or city. You can also take a train for a short trip. Just a few stations are enough, walk through an unfamiliar town, and then go back. The annual summer game show on “Déčko” TV channel offers great destinations for a short trip around the house. Install the “Summer with Déčko” app and see which are the closest interesting destinations to your place.
Visits that you don't have time for over a year
Take the opportunity to visit relatives, ideally if they have children of similar age. Even if they are a little further away, there is a lot of time for that in the summer. Or arrange "exchange stays" with the parents of your children's friends: one day you have a bunch of children in the garden, another day they have fun at their friends'.
The ideal setting for a group of children is under a pergola. A base where they can relax in the shade, have a snack or take a breather at a board game, for example.
The garden is a treasure
When you have a garden, you only have half the worries about your holiday program. The garden can at least partially replace the aqua park, forest, playground and campsite. Deckchairs or blankets on the grass, homemade lemonade, "self-picking" of garden fruits, an inflatable pool and maybe even sleeping in a tent. Unforgettable summer is guaranteed.
Into the open around the corner
Don't you have a garden? No problem, nature is everywhere. Forests or forest parks are within reach even in big cities. You can build houses for elves anywhere where there is a piece of coniferous vegetation. For a picnic in the meadow, all you need to do is go to the park with a blanket. And if you have little scientists at home, they can start an herbarium or observe the behaviour of insects. Children can study insects in the park. You can do without them at home. It’s enough to have insect screens on the windows.
Holidays don't have to be perfect. They just have to be yours. And perhaps it is the holidays "without a program" that your children will remember forever.
