Nilly Dahlia, a content creator and mum of three, says she prints out a six-week calendar with a range of activities for her kids during the holidays. <\/p>\n
As part of their “summer bucket list”, they are planning to check out all the parks in the local area and she is prioritising low-cost activities throughout the summer. <\/p>\n
“I feel like there’s this intense pressure to have Instagram-worthy holidays now,” she says.<\/p>\n
“What’s wrong with just staying in the UK, staying out till sunset, riding your bike, just going to the river, like I did? I really want the kids to experience a nostalgic summer.”<\/p>\n
Dahlia stresses there are many things on offer during the holidays that won’t break the bank, such as free kids’ meals in cafes and discounts on local travel. <\/p>\n
And there are often offers at bowling venues and cinemas, she says, while her family enjoys a movie night at home every Friday.<\/p>\n
“They each have a bowl of popcorn and treats and we move the sofas into two rows so it’s like a cinema.”<\/p>\n
James Gray, communications and advocacy manager at Libraries Connected, says the summer holidays are also where libraries “come alive”. <\/p>\n
He says libraries across the UK will hold the Summer Reading Challenge, encouraging kids to read more in a fun format, and many will be hosting events such as arts and crafts, performances and creative workshops, all for free. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nilly Dahlia, a content creator and mum of three, says she prints out a six-week calendar with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-710150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}