Spring break staycation ideas?

[Anonymous]

My kindergartener has spring break the last week of March. I just realized this. We're saving our vacation time for summer so we can spend a long time with grandparents, so we can't all take the full week off. Our parents will not be fully protected by vaccines yet (one and two weeks short!). Younger kid can be in childcare 4 out of 6 weekdays.

Anything we can do to create some fun for our older kid, focusing on half day activities with one parent at a time while the other works? I can contact a few friends' parents and see if they are up for park play dates, but I have no other inspiration. The usual March stuff like museums, aquarium, etc doesn't make sense. Any staycation ideas?

[Anonymous]

If you have an Amazon Prime account, look into their Explore program. It's 1:1 virtual travel. We've done many and it's lots of fun. Some experiences also have shopping opportunities.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! Any other ideas?

[Anonymous]

My dd and I have had a lot of fun with at home things like doing a spa day, making a fancy afternoon tea, and getting starbucks and walking around the monuments with it

[Anonymous]

Do an Easter Egg hunt in someone’s yard if you celebrate Easter. Depending on where you live, local hikes.

[Anonymous]

Where are you?

[Anonymous]

What about hikes (there are lots of fun hikes in the area, OP where about a are you located?), you can teach her to ride a bike, or if she already knows take a long bike ride to a destination (I’ve taken my 4yo on the WOD trail and we’ll ride a few miles to a picnic, play in the river, get ice cream, fly a kite, sometimes we just ride in circles around a block near our house that has a fun hill to ride down, etc). Frying Pan farm out near chantilly has baby animals that time of year, which is always fun to visit and it’s outdoors and free so you can drive by and see if it’s crowded before committing. We recently did a hike at rock creek park that was fun, kids love throwing rocks in the water and could do it for hours. Have fun during spring break, it’s nice to have solo time with your older kiddo.