A Screen-Free Weekend — Here's How to Make It Work 📵
Screen-free weekends sound great in theory — but without a plan, they can quickly descend into boredom and battles. The secret is having a toolkit of activities ready before the weekend starts.
Here are our favourite screen-free weekend ideas for families with young children.
Saturday Morning: Creative Start
🎨 Colouring adventure — print out a Quacky & Rex™ adventure the night before and have it ready on the table. It's the perfect calm start to the morning.
✂️ Craft session — set out paper, glue, scissors and whatever you have in the recycling. Give them a theme and let their imagination run wild.
Saturday Afternoon: Get Moving
🌳 Nature walk — even a short walk to the park becomes an adventure with a simple scavenger hunt list. Look for leaves, bugs, different coloured flowers.
🧩 Puzzle challenge — set up a puzzle or maze challenge and time how long it takes. Make it a family competition!
Sunday Morning: Learning Through Play
📚 Story time — take turns reading aloud. Quacky & Rex™ stories are perfect for this — engaging enough for children, short enough for busy parents.
🌎 World Explorer — pick a country from a map and spend 20 minutes learning about it together. What animals live there? What do people eat?
Sunday Afternoon: Bake and Create
🍳 Bake something together — simple biscuits or a cake. Children love being involved and the results are delicious.
🏆 Achievement time — celebrate everything they did this weekend. Print out a Quacky & Rex™ certificate and fill it in together.
✨ Always Have Adventures Ready
The Quacky & Rex™ Adventure Club means you'll always have fresh screen-free activities ready — 100+ adventures and growing, with new content every month.