{"id":4971,"date":"2019-11-08T07:12:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=4971"},"modified":"2019-11-08T07:12:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:12:26","slug":"five-fun-activities-to-do-with-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/five-fun-activities-to-do-with-your-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Fun Activities To Do With Your Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keeping your children entertained is one thing but for you to enjoy what they\u2019re doing is something that is often hit and miss. Not every activity you do with your child is going to be a fun one for yourself. However, you should actively look for more things to do with your children<\/a>, that you can both enjoy equally. Here are five fun activities to do with your children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fly A Drone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drones have certainly gotten a bit of a bad reputation in recent years, mainly because some have been using it to cause trouble. However, there are many benefits to using drones, and as an activity, a drone should also be enjoyed by the everyday family, just like you would with a remote-controlled helicopter toy or flying a kite. Most of the time, drones can be harmless and as long as you use it safely and in an open area, that\u2019s all that matters. You want to be careful about where you\u2019re flying it and where you are as a location. Flying a drone near an airport is going to cause trouble, especially as airports are considered secure areas. So if an unauthorised device is flying into the runway, then it\u2019s going to end badly for you certainly. Be sure to know how to operate a drone safely. When allowing the children to use it, keep an eye on what they\u2019re doing and to take over should they start flying off in the wrong direction. Here are some other options<\/a> on drones if you\u2019re looking to buy one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do Some Baking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baking is something that most kids are going to enjoy because they\u2019re using the kitchen and cooking with the oven and various other kitchen appliances that they may not have been allowed to touch beforehand. It\u2019s something they\u2019ll likely be very excited about because it\u2019s a very \u2018adult\u2019 job for them to be doing. It\u2019s definitely important to get your children to do more baking<\/a> because it teaches them those life skills that they\u2019ll need when they become adults. Having those life skills are going to be more beneficial than them not having it at all. It\u2019s messy yes, but you also benefit from it as a parent as it\u2019s quality time spent with your child and you get some food to eat afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take Them To The Cinema<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trip to the cinema is always exciting, and it\u2019s a good opportunity to get everyone sat down together to watch a film. When you\u2019re watching something from home, you don\u2019t get the same experience because you\u2019re able to come and go as you please. Within a cinema setting, there\u2019s no moving or ability to pause the movie whilst you go and do something in the home. It\u2019s definitely something that\u2019s worth doing every so often as a treat for the whole family to enjoy and to keep the cinema experience alive, even though it\u2019s now much more experience to see a film than it was before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have A Picnic In A Local Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A picnic<\/a> down your local park is a lovely way to spend quality time with your family. Use it as an opportunity to sit down, relax and watch the world go by. We all have local parks nearby, so pick one local to you and get all the family involved to prep the food that\u2019s going to be eaten as part of the picnic. Pack a blanket or two and get some camping chairs for those who don\u2019t want to sit on the floor. Bring a few games too if the park allows the space to play those sporting activities that require a lot of space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take Part In An After-School Class<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An after-school class or activity is important for your children to be a part of as they grow, and it helps them to figure out what they want to be doing in life. These after-school classes could be anything like choir practise or learning how to technology better. A class with you and your child working on it together or just enjoying it together will hopefully teach them to explore more as they get older. You want to be a positive influence and role model for them, so use these opportunities to really show how much fun can be head with these after-school classes.
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Finding fun activities that you and your children can do together is extremely important to their growth. Use these as a way of bonding with your child and growing the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keeping your children entertained is one thing but for you to enjoy what they\u2019re doing is something that is often hit and miss. Not every activity you do with your child is going to be a fun one for yourself. However, you should actively look for more things to do with your children, that you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Five Fun Activities To Do With Your Children #dadbloggers","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1,276,7],"tags":[17,12,147,19,16],"class_list":["post-4971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-town","category-blog","category-family","category-inside","tag-around-town-2","tag-blog-2","tag-family","tag-inside-fun","tag-lets-go-outside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-1ib","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4972,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971\/revisions\/4972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}