Looking for some fun inexpensive things to do with your children during summer vacation? Take a look at the list below and see how many your family can check off the list.

1. Pack an old sheet or blanket and have a picnic in the park. Eating lunch on the ground is fun for kids. Afterward they can play and run off some energy.  Don't want to pack the food and drive to the park, spread out the blanket in the back yard for lunch.

2. Book Club. Take the kids to the library each week. Have them pick out a book, read it with them each day and ask them questions about the story.

3. Pack the sunscreen, life jackets, and beach towels and take family to a local public beach for the day.

4. Put together a Minute to Win It competition with your family. Everyone will have tons of fun.

Click Minute to Win It for over 150 great ideas, including an option to print out rules and directions for each game. Most items needed you will already have around the house.

5. Create a Scavenger hunt. Hide different items around your house when they go to bed.

6.  Living Room Idol. Have your kids dress up, do their hair wild and let them belt out their favorite song.

7. Plant a small garden that your family can care for together. This is a great way for your children to be involved in smack and meal preparation for the family.

8. Bonfire in the back yard. Gather wood, cook dinner, sing songs, and make s'mores.  

9. Take a nature walk or send your kids on an insect hunt around the yard. See how many different bugs they can find.

10. Collect rocks and see what animals they can create by painting and gluing them together.