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With spring in the air, you might be looking for fun, yet affordable things to do at the weekends. There are plenty of activities you can do during your two-day break from work, so here are four money-saving ideas for frugal families.
- Arrange a trip away
Believe it or not, you don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy a trip away! There are many offers and deals available these days, so have a look around and see what you can find. Make the most of kids go free offers and book outside of half-terms or other holidays as prices will be lower. If you pay electronically, however, use a UK credit card with minimal charges and try to clear your outgoings before leaving home.
- Visit friends or relatives
If you’ve got a weekend to spare, why not invite your friends or relatives to stay? You won’t have to travel anywhere and will keep costs down by relaxing at home. Of course, you’ll probably have to provide some kind of food, but supermarkets are packed with low cost snacks and value meal deals. Making things from scratch could also save you a fortune, but always compare prices between shops before stocking up on ingredients.
- Make the most of outdoors
Being cooped up all day is far from fun, so grab your thermals and make the most of the great outdoors. Sure, it’s still a little cold but when you’re walking through a park or cycling through the woods, you’ll be warm before you know it! The flowers start to bloom at this time of the year and baby animals are hopping around the fields, so take the time to be at one with nature.
- Enjoy arts and crafts
If the weather takes a turn for the worse and you’re stuck indoors, it could be time to unleash your creative side. Arts and crafts are great fun for the whole family, so buy some paint, paper, pens and other basic supplies and let your imagination roam free. Stickers, transfers, glitter glue and coloured card can also come in useful and are available at most arty stores at a decent price!
As a parent, you’re probably always on the lookout for low rate credit cards and other affordable deals, but don’t forget to have fun at the same time!
These are wonderful and it helps that we don’t always have to break the bank as a family of five.
Lately our recreation has been my daughter playing on her swingset while mommy does yardwork, but we don’t mind 🙂
I need to get away more often.
I always try to take my girls outdoors, weather permitting. They love just running around and playing with dirt and bugs, so it’s free and fun!
We like to take the kids to our local zoo (we’re members so we pay once per year) or to one of the bazillion parks we have here. You can have a great time without spending money.
We love to go hiking and walking at the weekends, whenever possible (we also have a local wildlife park that we are members of). Fortunately we don’t have to drive too far for hiking as we live in a semi-rural town. I agree there are lots of things to do that cost very little, if anything. If all else fails, just being outdoors in the sunshine doesn’t cost a cent! 🙂
I wouldn’t consider us frugal, but we have run out of weekend ideas. This list helps!
We have some great parks in our city, so when we needed to get out and about and not spend a lot of money we spent a lot of time there!
Great ideas!!!We live by a beach so we go on “vacation” quite often during the summer lOL. Our vacation just happens to be 5 mintues away 🙂
Great list!
Being somewhat new to the area, day trip s are great for us right now.
These are great tips for making memories!
I love these tips. We spend a lot of time outdoors because the things we can do are really endless!
Wonderful ideas!