Creating A Festival On Your Own
Creating a festival in your own back garden is a low-cost way of entertaining the children this summer. If you enjoy the sun’s warmth on your skin with an ice-cold drink and some popular music to listen to, here are 10 ways you can do some summer holiday activities to produce those feel-good vibes at home.
2. Music: Every festival needs tunes so round up the children to sing their best songs and ask any budding guitarists in the family to perform on your main stage to a capacity crowd. A festival at home is a great excuse to invite your family and friends round to enjoy a free day out! Once the performers have done their set, tune into the radio for non-stop harmonies.
2. Food: Another element of a great festival is savouring tasty street food, from BBQ grills to burritos. Appreciate the smell of outdoor cooking in the air, light up the barbecue, and prepare your feast, but don’t forget to leave room for a cupcake or churro afterwards!
4. Decorate: A festival wouldn’t look like a festival without bunting, glow sticks and solar lights. Get the children to make some decorative flags and tie them around the trees, fence posts and doorways to dress up your pitch. At the local pound shop, you can pick up craft items to make the bunting, along with glow sticks and lights.
5. Face painting: Festivals are all about expression, and anything goes. If your children want to become a butterfly or a spider for the day, do a web search for ‘children face paint ideas’ and use the images as inspiration for your own designs. You could even put a heart or a star onto your own cheekbone and get into the swing of it.
6. Games: There are always frolics at any outdoor music event, so factor some garden games into your plans. A hula hoop display or dance contest gets everyone moving and bubbles are always a welcome sight for children and adults at a festival!
7. Wristbands: Is it ‘access all areas’ or VIP only? Ask the children to design some wristbands for the family to wear to recreate the true festival experience. Some ribbon cut to fit around a wrist with enough left over to form a knot should do it. Let the children decide what colour ribbon indicates your level of access to the festival!
8. Camping: Pitch your tent to enjoy a night under the stars. There’s nothing like being under canvas to make you feel free. The comfort and privacy of your own back garden mean that you can have snug duvets and fluffy sheepskins if you like—think of it as glamping!
9. Storytelling: As the night falls, cuddle up in your onesies and blankets to keep warm while taking turns telling stories by torchlight. Festivals and storytelling are all about creativity, so have a prize for the best story voted for by the rest of the family.
10. Make memories: Take plenty of photos to remember your summer of love where the whole family got together to enjoy being connected to the moment and each other. Festivals tend to get talked about long after the event has passed and as you are at home, your camera or phone should be fully charged up!