Activity ideas for kids over the Christmas Holidays
As well as some local options listed below, there are some online resources providing creative ideas to keep Tamariki busy, spark their imaginations, and support learning and personal development. One online resource is spaklers.org.nz which has a range of downloadable templates and how to guides with activities around learning, resilience and growth, managing emotions, mindfulness, kindness and friendship, and identity and culture. A sample of these activities include:
- Mandala coloring
- Make your own Whare Tapa Whā (Four Tapa House)
- Create a Whanau memory poster
- Finding common ground
- Bunches of Aroha
These are just a handful of the many activities available on the Sparkers NZ website, there are many more! Check them out here.
Local options for entertainment and activities in Westport and across the Buller and Westland region:
- Pulse Recreation Centre
- Westland Recreation Centre
- Mini golf
- Shantytown Heritage Park
- NBS Theatre Westport
- Regent Theatre Greymouth
- Geocaching
- Coaltown Museum
- Punakaiki Pancake Rocks & Blowholes
- Outwest Tours
- Kawatiri Coastal Trail
- Denniston walks & Historic Experience
- Tauranga Bay Seal Colony
- Westport walks
- Hokitika region walks
- Greymouth walks
- Hokitika Museum
- Punakaiki canoeing
- Barrytown knife making
- Teke Koha gallery – Jade & bone carving
- Hokitika Wilderness Gallery
- Golden Sands horse & wagon tours
Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to suggest anything to add. Wishing you and your Whanau a safe and happy holidays!
