7 New Ways You Can Spend Quality Time with your Kids this Summer

There’s nothing like spending the sunny summer days with the chikiting, right? They’re only young once so make sure that your family bonding sessions are as memorable as can be!

Looking for extra special ways to spend time with the kiddos? Look no further! Below are 5 awesome activities you can do with your children, all of which the whole family can enjoy! Yes, even your older kids (and you!) will love these engaging pastimes.

Go on a photowalk with disposable cameras

Kids today are aptly called the ‘Screen Generation’ with their affinity with technology. If you’ve got tablet toddlers and preteens stuck to their phones, you’ll love this activity!

Going on a photowalk is fun in itself, but what will make it more interesting is if you go analog. Hit pause on your family screentime and capture life through the wonder of film cameras just like the old days.

Using disposable cameras is a great way to do this. Since it’s a film camera, your kids won’t see immediately how their photo turns out. This builds excitement and delight, especially when it’s time to see the developed film.

Join a coastal cleanup

If you’ve already planned to go seaside, this activity is perfect for you. Tons of beaches are in dire need of helping hands to clear the surroundings of trash.

In the Philippines, a lot of environmental groups host coastal cleanups every summer. Adults and kids alike are welcome!

In fact, these organizations even offer educational forums on how to protect the sea and its inhabitants. These activities will surely inspire your children to foster a lifelong love for nature and conservation.

Start a mini-herb garden

The last few years saw an epic rise in plantitos and plantitas. Though the trend has passed, it’s not too late for your family to grow a green thumb and start a garden of your own.

What better way to do so than to set up an herb garden? Most herbs are super easy to take care of, especially during the summer. In fact, many beginner gardeners choose herbs like Basil, Rosemary, and Parsley to start their plant journey with.

Your kids won’t need much in the way of botanical knowledge to oversee their own plant. But the process will surely teach them a thing or two about discipline. After all, as easy as it is to grow a plant, the act demands a level of responsibility too!

Host a family sportsfest

Remember those friendly sports competitions at school? That would be a cool activity for the whole family too!

Invite other families to join in- those can be from your neighborhood or your extended family. Either way, this lively event will surely excite anyone, especially the kiddos.

Let your kids play outside and make new friends beyond their social media accounts. This will encourage them to step out of their comfort zones and try new things. You’ll probably also find that your fellow parents would love to participate in activities that don’t involve work and household chores.

Cover your family’s favorite song

For music lovers out there, this one’s for you!

Families doing song covers are a hit on social media- and it’s easy to see why. Who doesn’t enjoy seeing adults and their kids playing instruments and singing pop songs in their living room?

The Philippines has a fair share of these types of videos and with good reason. Filipinos absolutely rock it with the microphone!

Even if none of you know how to play instruments, you can always do acapella. Or maybe this activity will encourage adults and kids alike to do something they haven’t before. As a tip, start with your kids’ fave tracks. That will surely get them excited!

Hold an oldschool movie marathon

As parents, you’ve probably been forced to watch many kids’ movies since you’ve had children. Sure, the movies nowadays look amazing. But the classics you grew up with had a certain charm to them, right?

A great way to bond with the kiddos at home would be to have a classics movie marathon. Children used to the CGI animation nowadays would be thrilled to watch the old ones you enjoyed all those years ago.

Learn new recipes

Parents all over the world live the same struggle of deciding what to cook for their kids. If you feel your kids are looking for new culinary experiences, that’s actually a sign to try out new recipes!

You don’t even need to make anything complicated. At first, you can use simple ingredients and from there cook meals your family hasn’t tried before.

Don’t know where to start? Head over to CDO’s recipe page. There, you can find mouthwatering recipe ideas that you can make with delicous CDO products you’ll enjoy that are both accessible and affordable. You can find them in your nearest grocery stores or also order them online via CDO Home Delivery, Shopee, and Lazada.

Spending time with the kids is always fun, especially when you also try new experiences. But you don’t have to go all out everytime. Even simple activities you can just do at home are good enough. What matters most is the loving memories you build with one another.