School is ending in less then a month and with summer on the horizon, here are some ways you and your family can really enjoy yourselves without hurting your pocketbook.
1. Cinemark's Summer Movie Clubhouse - 10 movies for $5 if purchased in advance. Select your state and movie theater here: http://www.cinemark.com/summermovieclubhouse/
2. Regal's Free Family Film Festival - free movies during the summer. Select your state here:http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx
3. Local libraries - most times they have their summer reading program where you can earn rewards after every so many books read. The ones in Maryland have summer activities. In the past, they have had magic shows, science shows, storytime, etc...
4. Smithsonian Museums - these are always free admission.
5. Redbox - rent movies for $1/day.
6. Blockbuster Express - rent movies for $1/day.
7. Restaurants with indoor play areas - places such as McDonald's and Chick-Fil-A.
8. Visiting a local farmer's market - It is a great time to teach kids about different fruits and vegetables and to find out where our produce comes from.
9. Day trips to Washington DC - is a great opportunity to soak up the history of our country and to visit all the free monuments, museums and tourist attractions. We loved visiting the National Zoo, Navy Memorial & Museum, White House, state Senate office building, reflecting pool, National Mall, Smithsonian Museums, Arlington National Cemetary, etc...
10. Day trips to Ocean City, Maryland - is time to enjoy all the sites on and off the boardwalk and enjoy the beach! While you are down there you can visit Assateague Island National Seashore and wildlife refuge.
11. Visit Baltimore's Inner Harbor - is a great time to take in a little history of Baltimore like at Fort McHenry. There are also the tourist attractions like the National Aquarium, Fells Point, Lexington Market, etc...
12. Groupon.com - Offers great deals on activities throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area and other cities across the country. We were able to purchased discount tickets for Earth Treks and Arundel Golf Center.
13. Local parks - Local parks are a great resource because they normally have running/biking/walking paths, playgrounds, tennis/baseball/basketball facilities, restrooms, picnic areas, water activities, etc... Sometimes these parks host organized runs and have events there as well. Some have admission fees and others do not.
14. Indoor playgrounds - These are often found in local malls. Most of them have hand sanitizer stations.
15. Oriole Park - Chick-Fil-A offers a Junior Orioles Dugout Club program where you can purchase a new membership for $17. For kids 14 and under: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/fan_forum/dugoutclub.jsp
16. U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, MD - Offers a history lesson on the Navy. It is beautifully updated and offers a good view of the dock.
17. Baltimore Washington International (BWI) trail and viewing area - This is a great time to teach kids about aviation and for them to see it for itself. Some of them even have a playground area for kids to play, details here: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/greenways/bwi_trail.html
18. Ellicott City - Walk through and soak in the history and enjoy the local atmosphere and foods.
19. AMC Summer Fun Bowling Pass - Offers 2 free games per day, details here: http://www.kidsbowlfree.com/
20. Bank of America's Museum on Us program - Free museum admission if you use your Bank of America card, details here: http://museums.bankofamerica.com/
21. Apple Free Workshops - Free workshops at participating Apple stores, details here: http://www.apple.com/retail/workshops/
22. Pottery Barn Book Club: Free story time 11-1130am every Tuesday at participating stores, details here: http://www.potterybarnkids.com/customer-service/book-club.html
23. Borders free story time, see your local store.
24. Barnes and Noble free story time, see your local store.
25. National Crytologic Museum & National Vigilence Park: http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/museum/
26. Baltimore Museum of Art - free family Sunday's between 2-4pm with free activities.
27. Anheuser-Busch Here's to the Hero's Program - complimentary one day free admission for a service member and up to 3 family members to either Sea World Orlando Orlando, Sea World San Diego or Sea World San Antonio, Busch Gardens Tampa, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, or Sesame Place, Adventure USA, Water Country USA valid through December 31, 2010.
Registration and details here: http://www.herosalute.com/cavatx/index.html
28. Every Tuesday night, can you purchase upper seating for Baltimore Orioles games at Camden Yards from Ollie's Bargain Outlet for $8, details here: http://www.olliesbargainoutlet.com/newsEvents/articleDetail.aspx?id=26&type=2
29. Read books on free download of Kindle for pc and get free book downloads from various websites.
30. Family game parties - board games, outside games, video games.
31. Pool parties.
32. Don't forget all the places that kids eat free to stretch your dollars even further.
33. 600 museums offering active duty military and their families free summer admission, details in this Washington post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052304305.html
34. Craft days at home with friends.
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