30 Cheap Summer Staycation Ideas

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My husband is officially in his 4th year of medical school! He only has one year left and I am SO EXCITED! One thing about medical school is that he doesn’t really get a day off. When I had my 3rd little girl, the doctor he was following gave him 2 days off. I thought I was in HEAVEN! Because of his crazy schedule, (and the money situation) we don’t have time to go on marvelous vacations. So one of our favorite things to do is go on mini vacation…. AKA a “staycation.” I love to find cheap, fun, activities that our whole family can do together. Here are some of my favorite things! Please feel free to add any ideas you have!

1. Go to a water park

2. Play a round of mini golf

3. Spend a day at a city pool

4. Find a trail and go hiking or for a walk

5. Go for a bike ride/wagon ride with your family

6. Go to a children’s museum

7. Go to a drive in movie theater (don’t forget to bring snacks from home!)

8. Go camping

9. Find a cheap hotel on Priceline and stay a night (make sure it has a hot tub or swimming pool)

10. Rent a canoe and go for a little ride

11. Rent some fishing poles and go fishing

12. If your city has public transportation, take a ride around town

13. Park hop – go to 3 different parks in the same day and vote on which one is the best

14. Go to the zoo

15. Visit a national park

16. Go to a baseball game

17. Find free movies in the park (they are usually put on by the city)

18. Many cities have a special day to celebrate the city (for example: Bear Lake, Utah celebrates Raspberry Days)

19. Visit a farmer’s market and make a meal

20. Take a historical tour of your city

21. Rent a tandem bike and go for a bike ride

22. Visit an amusement park

23. Take a tour of your city’s the capital building (call before you go)

24. Go to a science or space museum

25. Rent a trailer and have a fun sleep over

26. Visit an aquarium

27. Build a fire pit and cook your dinner over the fire

28. Set up a tent in your backyard and have a slumber party

29. Go star gazing. Find maps and look for constellations

30. Go on a scavenger hunt. Let your kids make a list of items to search for

Questions & Reviews

Momma and boys living on a budget says:

Make sure you use your local library to save money on some of the museum or zoo admissions.

Crystal says:

Great ideas!! You came up with some I hadn't thought of. Great list!! Thanks so much!!

Claire @ A Little Claireification says:

Love this! Thanks for linking up at my "Best of the Weekend Party! Pinning and adding to my FB/twitter bufferApp too! xoxo

Camila says:

Awesome ideas Kristen, many of them are just added to my list!!! Yayyy Thanks so much for sharing this at Bewitch Me & Titi! You are going to be feature tomorrow!!! yayyy come and link again and grab you featured button! Hugs Cami @ TitiCrafty by Camila

Diane says:

Thank you for linking up at Family Fun Friday on HappyAndBlessedHome.com! Great post!!

Claire @ A Little Claireification says:

Again, thanks so much for linking this up at my "Best Of The Weekend" party! Featuring you this eve when the new party goes live at 8PM EST. Hope to see you again at the party soon! Have a great weekend! xoxo ? Claire

Mackenzie says:

What a fantastic list! So many great ideas that we often overlook! Thanks Kristen! :)

Krista Low says:

Very fun ideas for the family to do this summer. It can be so hard to keep everyone busy without breaking the bank! I love this list. All things my kids will jump to do :) Krista @ A Handful of Everything

Rose Martine says:

Wow! Thank you! I constantly wanted to write on my site something like that. Can I take a portion of your post to my website? Regards rose martine

Cyd says:

It just has to link back to Six Sisters Stuff staycation post.

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