approximately 75 days for you and your kids to fill to the brim. The bad news is . . . there are approximately 75 days for you and your kids to fill to the brim. And when running through the sprinkler and eating Popsicles becomes boring, you're bound to hear, "Mom, what can I DO?" For some reason, many answers-- sleep-away camp, coastal cottages, and so on-- come with a hefty price tag. Sure, summer's a good reason to splurge, but why break your budget? From a magic whimmydiddle to free pets, we've got plenty of ideas under $10 a pop, all guaranteed to keep kids so busy they'll forget to ask, well, you know.
Jodi Picoult is a FamilyFun contributing editor.
