Here's a round-up of what we did at half-term and how much we spent:
Saturday
The weather was awful, so we stayed in and made mini blueberry cupcakes. I chose this recipe because I had already had all of the ingredients at home. I bought the blueberries the day before, so when looking through the recipe book, we chose this recipe because I had some fresh blueberries (and no fresh strawberries or lemons, etc, which were needed for other recipes!)
Amount spent: £0
Sunday
A relaxing day spent at home, doing crafts, watching movies and enjoying roast Sunday lunch of gammon, roast potatoes, roasted carrots and gravy.
Amount spent: £0
Monday
My son (aged 7) wanted to go swimming, so we went to family fun session at the leisure centre.
My daughter (aged 12) went into town with her friends to buy things to make Halloween outfits. She had lunch in town.
Amount spent: £16.40 (£6.40 for one adult and one child to go swimming and £10 spending money for my daughter which included lunch).
Tuesday
I took my son to the local museum. It didn't cost us anything to get in as I bought an annual ticket last time we went. I treated us to a drink and cake in Morrison's supermarket cafe afterwards.
My daughter stayed at home, tidied her room, and started making her Halloween costume.
Amount spent: £5 for 2 drinks and cake.
Wednesday
My son enjoyed indoor soft play, including a bouncy castle, at the local leisure centre (which was a special activity for half-term).
I made an apple pie at home with my daughter. It tasted delicious served warm with custard and ice cream!
Amount spent: £2.50 for the soft play session (I also spent about £4 on extra ingredients for the apple pie but this came out of our weekly food budget).
Thursday
I went to a Halloween craft class with my son. He painted a Halloween canvas, designed his own jigsaw and sewed a hand puppet. We both enjoyed being creative.
We treated ourselves to a milkshake (him), slice of chocolate cake (him but I had a few bites!) and cup of tea (me) afterwards.
My daughter went to an auction with her uncle and came back with a new headboard!
Amount spent: £13.50 (£7.50 for the 2-hour craft class and £6 for the drinks and cakes in a nice independent cafe).
Friday
We went grocery shopping and picked up a canvas wardrobe I had bought for my son's bedroom. I was pleased to see that the wardrobe was reduced in price. I also had a £10 voucher so I only paid £7.99 for the wardrobe.
When we got home, we re-arranged some things in his room to make way for the wardrobe. We also sorted out some books that he has grown out of and no longer reads and put them aside, ready to donate to the charity shop. We then assembled the wardrobe and hung up his clothes in it.
My daughter did her homework and finished her Halloween costume.
Amount spent: £7.99 on the wardrobe.
Saturday
My daughter's friends came round in the afternoon and they all prepared for trick-or-treating. After a quick tea of pizza and garlic bread, they went out trick-or-treating. They came back with a huge haul!
I went out trick-or-treating with my son for about half-an-hour and we stayed in and handed out sweets for the rest of the evening until he went to bed.
Amount spent: 0 (although I did spend £2 on sweets which came out of my grocery budget)
Sunday
We went out for a nice autumn walk after Sunday lunch. We crunched through leaves, my son jumped in puddles (good job he was wearing wellies!) and we enjoyed looking at the changing colours of nature. We picked up some small branches with lovely red leaves and I displayed them in jam jars of water when we got home.
Amount spent: 0
So, the total cost of half-term fun was £45.40 which I'm really pleased about as I wanted to keep our spending under £50 for the week.
What fun things did you do at half-term?
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