Inexpensive Weekend Activities Before It Gets Too Cold

     School has started back and while the kids are getting into the routine of getting up early and going to bed earlier, I thought I'd try to make the weekends more fun with my list of inexpensive weekend activities.  Please feel free to comment and give some of your ideas for weekend activities.
   
               Writing Goddess Melanie's Top 12

        1. Turn on the sprinkler for the kids to play in.  I                    remember doing this is a child.  Putting the bathing                suits on and playing in the sprinkler.  Fun times!

                        Photo courtesy of gfpeck @ Flickr

           2. Pack sandwiches and go to the beach for the day.

         3. Water balloon toss or water balloon fight

         4. Go window shopping/wish shopping for Christmas

                    Photo courtesy of Allson Christine @ Flicker

         5. Nature Walk

        6. Trip to the Park 

        7. Hopscotch

        8. Sidewalk Art with the family

        9. Decorate a piece of Bisqueen to use as a slip and slide

        10. Children's Museum
        
        11. Make a sand box out of a pallet(free or cheap at stores)

        12. Bubblemachine or just plain blow bubbles and having a             contest for biggest bubble without popping