Home schooling, holidays can prove challenging for parents as they struggle with keeping their kids engaged with productive yet fun activities. Parents even call teachers for suggestions on this and some teachers are not too sure of what to recommend. This segment provides best solutions for both teachers and parents.

The holidays are actually the best time to teach kids new skills which can also help strengthen their entrepreneurial mindset and skills. Making money while at it is also not a bad idea. However, you must make the activities as fun as possible to avoid boredom or loss of interest. It is important for kids because they get to have fun, make money, and learn leadership skills all at the same time. It is also important that you start helping them to build an entrepreneurial mindset early on. Find below 30 creative activities you can engage your kids and students in during school holidays.

You can even download some amazing templates for these activities.

Create Greeting Cards:You can help the kids with creating greeting cards for the holidays and special events. The letters can be handwritten, painted with colors or both. It helps develop their creative skills. You can even ask them to sell these cards and donate the money they make to a charity. Lemonade Stands:This has been the most fun to do activity for as long as I can remember. You can obviously get the kids to do some thinking and come up with ideas to add some more elements to their lemonade stand. With your help, kids can get a permit and create a lemonade stand to sell lemonade drink and fruits to boost everyone’s immunity during these times. How about a branded immunity booster drink stand? You must watch this video to get inspired.

Clothes Designing:A kid with an eye for fashion can be easily steered in this direction early enough so he or she can start designing simple scarves or bags to sell to friends, family, acquaintance, neighbors both online and offline. Encourage them to find more about sustainable fashion show.

Creating Journals(for others):In a fun way, kids can be asked to create fun journals. Gratitude Journal, Dream Big Journal to Aly’s Circuit Breaker Journal, journals have become the most popular way to learn and document things. Imagine the confidence they get when other kids use their journal.

Cooking Competition: This sounds too advanced for kids, however, with adequate supervision, cooking can be done without burning down the house. You can make the meals very simple and be their guide all through the cooking process. Kids enjoy this a lot and for you, it means bonding time with your kids. You could even ask them to create mini meals and offer them to friends and family. Make them donate the money they have earned to a charity of their choice.

Set Goals(for the coming term):How can you do this? Ask the child for the things he or she will like to do once school resumes and most importantly, it should not just be about academics. Remember, you are trying to help them have fun even while being productive. So, let the goal setting cover several aspects, guide the child in talking about what he/she wants to do academically, morally, business wise, in making new friends, in getting gifts for the teachers and so on.

Swimming Classes:You don’t have to go sign up for a class, you can always be their swimming tutor if you know how to swim. Kids love swimming a lot and you can use that opportunity to teach them how to.

Horse Riding:For parents who have always wanted to teach their kids horse riding, you can easily do thatduring the holidays. You can check for horse riding camps and enroll your kids there.

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