School holiday activities for kids in Rustenburg
The school holidays are upon us and we all look forward to a relaxing and stress-free time. We share some ideas on things to do during this time and hope that everyone will enjoy this time thoroughly.
School Terms for North West Province 2023
Here are some suggestions for some fun activities during the school holidays:
There are usually organised school holiday programs available: Keep an eye on our Events and Entertainment section for information on these events.
Activities for younger children:
Colouring
A great idea is to print a few favourite images from the internet and colour, paint and paste!
Craft activities
Help them to make greeting cards or decorations. Sticky art and making their own puzzles will be great fun and improve pasting and cutting skills at the same time.
Allow them to paint the driveway, sidewalk, walls, rocks or any unusual surface as this is so much more fun than the usual. Be sure to use paint that will wash off with water.
Scrap-booking is a favourite with girls.
Cooking and baking with kids
A few good ideas are from easy to more advanced: Icing biscuits, making fruit kebabs, pizza and baking cupcakes.
Picnic day
Have a picnic inside or in the garden and have a nature hunt where they must find certain natural things, e.g. leaves, twigs, spiders (just kidding).
Water fun
Shooting bubbles with a water pistol is sure to be a favourite activity for boys. Make your own bubble mix by mixing dish-washing liquid, glycerine and water.
Play tents
Use blankets, sheets, cushions etc. to build a tent. This can be an indoor or outdoor activity.
Theater day
Help them to create their own finger puppets and plan and perform a theater production.
Gardening
Involve your kids with general gardening or plant a herb or vegetable garden.
Activities for older kids:
Waterfall Mall
Movies: see what is showing at Ster Kinekor Waterfall Mall at any time with trailers here.
Other activities at the mall include: a game of air hockey or a 3D adventure at Hard Hats or just doing window shopping and having lunch.
New skills
Use the time to introduce children to new skills e.g. fishing, horse-riding or golf. Find out about holiday courses from clubs or search the Internet.
Outdoor and adventure
Go on a hike or cycling in the Kgaswane Nature Reserve. There are four different hiking trails available. For holiday fun we would suggest the Vlei Ramble 2 km Trail or the Peglarae 5 km Trail. The Baviaanskrans Trail 19 km and Summit Trail 25 km are for more experienced and serious hikers.
A game of paintball at D-Range-d Paintball will be fun for boys.
Magaliesberg Canopy Tours – experience the world from a different angle. Inquire about possible age restrictions.
Holiday day trips with kids
Sun City: The Zip 2000 zip slide for adrenaline junkies and adventure seekers.
Pilanesberg Nature Reserve – Spend a day in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve and get close to nature while having fun together.
Hartbeespoort
- Harties Cableway
- Vulture Rehabilitation Centre
- Elephant Sanctuary
- Ann van Dyk Cheetah breeding station
- Snake and Animal Park
- Ama Zwing Zwing Zipline
Magaliesburg
- Maropeng Centre in the Cradle of Humankind.
- Sterkfontein Caves
Pretoria
- Adrenalin X Adventure Park
- Trip on Gautrain
- Ice skating
Johannesburg
- Northgate shopping Mall: Ice skating
- Montecasino: Bird Park, Ten Pin Bowling, Lazer Zone
- Silverstar Casino: Ten Pin Bowling and Lazer Zone
Whatever you do this holiday, be safe and have loads of fun!