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50 fun ideas to keep your kids busy for April Vacation

April 16, 2015
1.  Visit a new park
2.  Have a picnic at Green Hill Park
3.  Take the kids to visit The EcoTarium
4.  Make your own ice cream
5.  Try a new recipe
6.  Use sidewalk chalk to play games like hopscotch or tic-tac-toe
7.  Take a trip to the library
8.  Create a spring scavenger hunt or visit Broad Meadow Brook's website for more outdoor fun games
9.  Visit the Worcester History Museum's Alden Family Gallery
10. Take a hike
11. Go get an ice cream at Pinecroft Dairy or Meola's
12. Go for a stroll on one of the trails at Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center
13. Family game night
14. Let the kids take photos and then turn them into a movie
15. Backwards Day -- breakfast for dinner and dinner for breakfast
16. Have a silly string fight
17. Have a flour fight (preferably outdoors!)
18. Play Frisbee
19. Finger Paint
20. Make fruit smoothies
21. Make popsicles
22. Rollerskate in the neighborhood.  Or take a ride to Skylite in Worcester to rollerskate indoors
23. Go for a bike ride
24. Have a dance party
25. Have a movie marathon
26. Learn origami
27. Make paper airplanes
28. Tie-Dye T-shirts
29. Make puppets
30. Plant a garden
31. Have a tea party
32. Create soap bubble art
33. Use sight words in hopscotch
34. Make thumbprint art
35. Have ice cream floats
36. Make paper plate crafts
37. Make indoor s'mores
38. Write and illustrate a book
39. Make a marble run
40. Make macaroni art
41. Go feed the ducks
42. Visit a pet store
43. Skip rocks at a pond
44. Play Hide-and-Seek
45. Research something fun like an unusual animal
46. Make instruments out of coffee cans, pie tins, etc.
47. Go thrifting
48. Have a lemonade stand
49. Have a spa party
50. Check out the flowers and plants at Tower Hill Botanic Garden