10 Best Spring Break Activities for Teens and Tweens
Spring break is a truly magical time in a kid’s life. It’s like that little taste of freedom before the true summer break starts up. And for one glorious week, responsibilities just melt away. This list of 10 spring break activities for teens and tweens will help you plan crafts, art projects, and cheap activities to do over spring break. We tweens like to keep busy, you know! Come with us as we discuss some things we like to do. Some things involve spending money and others simply involve spending a bit of creativity!
Spring Break Crafts
A good spring break craft project is a bit of a hat trick when dealing with a teen. First off, it will keep them busy for a while, which means that much more time gets filled. The second is that they get a nice item to wear, to decorate their room, or to gift to a friend. And finally, it makes for a great social activity. Invite a few friends over, and get them all started chatting and crafting with these spring break activities for tweens.
Make Beauty Products at Home
It’s usually around the tweens and teens ages that kids start looking at bath products and bathing in a slightly more positive light. Combine things to do for spring break with encouraging that newfound focus on cleanliness with these homemade beauty products. Plus they can pick their favorite scents.
Repurpose Old Shirts
Shirts just seem to grow in a teen’s dresser drawer all on their own. Have a look, the drawer will be stuffed full, but you won’t remember buying half of them. When there are just too many, or some need to be gotten rid of, look to these repurposing ideas instead of tossing them.
Cheap Things to Do Over Spring Break for Tweens and Teens
One downside to finding things to do is that it tends to cost. A lot. The more activities, the more the money flows out of the account. Any free or cheap things to do over spring break that will still engage the teens are ideal. These options are here to save the day.
Redecorate Bedroom During Spring Break
All that extra free time during spring break makes it the ideal time for the teen to redecorate their bedroom. Letting them take a more active part in things will help get them engaged, and be more happy with the results. Use these ideas to help direct things in a direction acceptable to parent and teen. We LOVE redecorating our rooms! We move stuff around all the time from room to room, in and out of closets, etc. What can we say? We get that trait honestly from our mom!
Best Spring Break Ideas for Tweens and Teens
Looking for spring break activities for teens and tweens? Help kids live their best lives with these spring break activities teens and tweens. Keep them busy with crafts, art projects, and cheap things to do over spring break.
Craft Ideas for Teens and Tweens for Spring Break
Help your tweens and teens enjoy craft activities for spring break by ensuring you have some basic supplies on hand at home.
What makes this such a great spring break craft is the fact that it’s so very uncomplicated. Even for the weaving-challenged, this friendship bracelet project is totally doable. The whole family can get involved which is great when looking for spring break activities for families.
If your teen still has a few of those wooden children’s puzzles laying around from when they were much younger, they have the setup for a really unique decor item. Using one of the various techniques laid out by this blog’s author, teens can repurpose the wooden puzzle into a beautiful room decoration.
Make DIY Beauty Products at Home
From soaps to make up, teens and tweens are just jumping into the world of beauty products with unmatched excitement!
Aromatherapy Shower Steamers Recipe (For Energizing & Sinus Relief)
Shower melts are like packing a luxurious bath into the shorter time span of a shower. These homemade melts will give your teen a fun project to work on, and a nice way to relax once in the shower. And a relaxing shower is one of the greatest things to do on spring break at home.
A nice sugar scrub is an invigorating part of any beauty routine. Besides using all natural ingredients, this recipe offers a way to use up leftover citrus fruits, too.
Repurposing Old Shirts for Crafts
Crafting with fabrics you already have on hand is the ultimate "save money" feeling. Use old t-shirts for lots of fun and fresh craft ideas.
While tie-dyeing isn’t exactly anything new, it’s also not quite as simple as it looks. These tips and tricks will help produce much higher quality shirts.
If a teen has a favorite shirt that is so ratty, it needs to hit the trash, but even the suggestion of throwing it away will be met with vocal resistance. Upcycle that shirt into wall art. The teen will be happy with their unique spring break crafts, and their overstuffed drawer will be that much less burdened.
Budget-Friendly Things to Do Over Spring Break
These budget-friendly spring break ideas for tweens and teens will keep those kids busy all week long!
Say Cheese with the Ultimate Selfie Scavenger Hunt They'll Love
Pretty sure kids are born already taking selfies nowadays. And they’re always looking for things to do with friends over spring break. The point is, teens tend to love this activity, so why not blend it with the classic scavenger hunt? This will keep teens busy, and they will be sure to remember this activity, with all those mementos they took.
This next cheap project for spring break explains how to turn printed pictures, stuff cut from magazines, even original artwork into a custom sticker. Anything that is on a sheet of paper can be used to make awesome spring break art projects.
Redecorate Bedrooms for Spring Break
Nothing gets someone's creative juices burning more than refreshing a space. Allow your teens to redecorate their rooms (on a budget) for a productive spring break activity.
Succulents make for a fantastic decorating option. They take minimal care, and can add so much greenery and life to a room. The author shares tons of tips to optimize their use and really incorporate them into the decor.
DIY Wine Cork Succulent Planters | Detailed Step By Step Tutorial
And on the subject of succulents, this wine cork planter idea is so unique and beautiful. Combine this DIY project with the tips in the previous article to create an oasis of succulents. Teens will like the slightly edgy element of using a wine cork, as well.
Hope You Enjoyed These Spring Break Activities for Tweens and Teens
So there it is. We hope you enjoyed our list of different spring break activities that tweens and teens can enjoy. There will be new decorations, the house will be more organized, and your teen will be cleaner. But most importantly, they will actually have something to do. Besides complain that there’s nothing to do. Some of us are good at that!
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