30 Ways to Have Fun on a Budget

You don’t have to spend $3000 on a trip to Disneyland to have meaningful, family fun. Here are 30 ways your family can have quality fun, every day, without busting the budget:

1. Feed the ducks
2. Build a sand castle
3. Go bicycle riding
4. Play a card game
5. Solve a puzzle
6. Go on a picnic
7. Cook dinner together
8. Serve at your local soup kitchen together
9. Kick a ball at the local park
10. Fly a kite
11. Build a model car
12. Put on a theater performance in your living room
13. Sing karaoke
14. Go on a family walk
15. Have a lemonade stand
16. Play a board game
17. Play musical instruments
18. Play “Hide and Seek”
19. Go listen to live music
20. Tell jokes. Laugh. Then laugh some more. 
21. Turn your dining room table into a ping pong table
22. Make a piece of art for a special occasion
23. Adopt a child for the holidays
24. Create your own version of “American Idol” or “Dancing with the Stars”
25. Start a garden of vegetables or flowers
26. Paint a room or piece of furniture together
27. Go to a local museum
28. Pick up a new sport: tennis, badminton, ping pong, pool, bowling…to name a few.
29. Take photos of each other and make a photo book
30. Laugh. And laugh some more.