50 Cheap or Free Activities to Do as a Family This Weekend

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Clare Whitfield

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December 3, 2025

Family outdoor fun with parents and a toddler on a sunny day.

11. Make a cardboard box into a cubby house.

12. Tie a rope between two trees and try and do some tight-rope walking.

DIY Cardboard Playhouse for Kids. — via suburbansolutions.com

13. Visit the local RSPCA and pat all the animals.

14. Organise a slumber party in the lounge room.

15. Make a cake or biscuits from scratch.

50 Cheap or Free Activities to Do as a Family This Weekend | Stay At Home Mum — via shutterstock.com

16. Have a Nerf gun fight.

17. Go geocaching.

18. Check out your local hardware stores to see if they have a free class for the family.

19. Build a bonfire.

20. Have a Slip N Slide.

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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