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15 Feb, 6 tweets, 3 min read
#HalfTerm provides an important chance for families to enjoy quality time together.

Now more than ever, it’s important to try to find the fun.

So if you have run out of ideas for activities in lockdown, fear not - we have some suggestions. 📃

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OUTDOOR

🧭 Navigate without GPS
🌟 Go star gazing
🧺 Have a car picnic
🏎️ Build a box-kart
🌿 Forage for food
🎣 Go fishing
🌳 Make a treehouse
VIRTUAL IDEAS

🏛️ Tour ancient Rome
🐼 Visit a virtual zoo
🗺️ Explore the world
🧙‍♂️ Spend the day at Hogwarts
🎨 Paint with Bob Ross
🦕 Join a dinosaur adventure
🐠 Take a guided aquarium tour
INDOOR

⚗️ Create a science experiment
♟️ Play a check mate
🎤 Record a song
🐕 Train your pet
💇 Master the lockdown haircut
📚 Start a family book club
🏺 Throw down some pottery
"Enjoying activities together not only distracts from the current situation, but also provides a bonding opportunity," says Dr @maiteferrin, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at Re:Cognition Health.

"Sharing this time together will help alleviate anxieties"
Looking for more ideas?

Here are 100 fun things to do this half term with the whole family 👇

#halftermactivities
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