The summer is almost over and I need some ideas for my for children ages ranging from 3-17, some things to do or see that are affordable, anyone have any ideas?
I am near the boston, ma area.

thanks in advance!

camping for a week?

there are many state parks and campgrounds that offer "camping cabins" (in case you don't have a tent).

It's cheap... some as low as $12 a nite.

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SPJRNTGADL!

Chck the travel board. There is a sticky about a site that has free things to do. It is broken down by state.

I would think Boston has some kind of FREE muesems.

Also, the movie theatre here runs free movies on Tuesday morning. Regal Entertainment Group I think is the web site.

Crafts??? Star Gazing with a telescope?

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Doing the right thing isn't always the same as doing the easy thing.

You could always walk the Freedom Trail....on your own, it's free. I also believe that the USS Constitution (oldest commissioned warship) tours in Watertown are free.

The Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain is free. Nice place for a picnic too.

Sam Adams Brewery in JP or Boston give free tours. Out of town, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in Nashua, NH also has free tours of beer making and bottling and the Clydesdale barns.

There are a few places that are nice to hang out and watch street performers and such - Faneuil Hall and Harvard Square.

I'm not aware of any museums that offer free admissions...maybe a few that do it on specific days.

HTH,
cj/

ETA - googled free muesums in Boston and found:

The USS Constitution Museum is free all the time; the Children's Museum costs just $1 after 5pm on Friday; the Institute of Contemporary Art is free after 5pm Wednesday; the Harvard University Art Museums are free before noon Saturday; and the Harvard Natural History Museums are free on Sunday morning year-round and from 3 to 5pm Wednesday during the academic year. The Museum of Fine Arts "suggests" that you pay the regular $15 admission after 4pm Wednesday, but you don't have to.

Go to different parks, you know the free kind with swings and picnic tables, etc. Use the equipment, eat a packed lunch, then evaluation the park on some predetermined criteria. Have the kids make a chart before hand.

Each day or week visit a different park, use the equipment, eat lunch, then fill in another evaluation sheet.

After several different parks decide which is your favorite and why. What criteria makes it a good park for your family?

The freedom trail is great and you can do it yourself. See where paul revere lived-the old cemetery is on it bunker hill-you get to climb it fanuel hall is great for all kinds of food, the boston common the swan boats- the frog pool and cheers are all together in one area.

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When you don`t know what to do-Walk fast and look worried.

what about going out on a lobster or crab boat? (deep sea fishing) for a day?

or

Nantucket Island or Cape Cod?


(boy I miss that area now!...and thinkin of lobster makes me hungry)

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what we been doing this last week going to different libraries ones we never been to before the kids loved it too one we spent 2hrs in last week had tons & tons of neat stuff we are on a boarder of 3 states so all we have to do is cross a bridge & we are in another state so we checked out thier libraries

And tonight we went to a band shell free concert & we will go to the lake a few more times thats free!! And then last week we also went to some museums & welcome centers here the kids loved it they thought it was way awesome. Check out some nature centers & bike trails. And oh ya some parks around the area you dont normally go to

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