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Having a friend over for a playdate? Here are a few ideas to get you started or keep you going! <\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1.Meet at a park for picnic lunch, but visit one you and your kids have never been to!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Go see a movie at the dollar movie spot or participate in a kids summer movie program at your local movieplex!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Visit your local firestation for a meet & greet with firefighters and a tour of the firestation<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Visit an indoor playplace <\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Visit your local municipal airport- often times they give free tours and your kids can see small 2 person airplanes up close!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Host a themed playdate. (How about Arts and Crafts? Everyone can bring art supplies to share!)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Visit your local library for children’s story hour and host lunch or a snack at your place afterward!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 8. Have a friend over for <\/span>Muffin Tin Monday<\/span><\/strong><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 9. Visit a local museum of any kind (trains, town history, art, children’s museum) and have a “fact finding” scavenger hunt (this might be more suitable for the older set).<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 10. Go on a walk around your block. Play “I Spy” along the way! <\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 11. Make a mini “parade” with wagons, strollers and bikes. Decorate your transporation and bring along a “boombox” to get the parade pumpin’! Stop at neighbors houses with cookies and well wishes!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 12. Do you have an indoor Mall in your area? Take your strollers\/wagons and power walk as you window shop!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 13. Learn how to make something together-as a group or in teams.<\/span><\/p>\n 14. Make it a “Backyard Boogie”! Play Flipflop’s & Applesauce’s Sticker Tag<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Break out Make & Takes’ Water Sponge Toys<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, play with the slip n’ slide or inflatable pool, play with sidewalk chalk, or just run around!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c2\u00a0 Having a friend over for a playdate? Here are a few ideas to get you started or keep you going! \u00c2\u00a0 1.Meet at a park for picnic lunch, but visit one you and your kids have never been to! \u00c2\u00a0 2. Go see a movie at the dollar movie spot or participate in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[184,267],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}