This year’s spring break may not feel like much of a break, but these creative parents have some terrific ideas:
Plan Unique Activities
- Challenge your family’s inner food critic (and support local!) Pick a type of cuisine for dinner, order curbside pickup from a few restaurants and then vote on the best taco, pizza, sushi or burger. For dessert, rate your favorite ice cream flavors from local ice cream shops.
- Drive Chicago’s vibrant art community and explore its street murals. Take a photo/selfie in front of your favorites and pack a picnic to enjoy in the car.
- Plan a scavenger hunt as a family while checking out the great things to do in Chicago.
- Discover Chicago’s great architecture. Walk Brookfield Zoo or Lincoln Park Zoo and watch as the animals come out of hibernation when zoos reopen this month.
- Hike Starved Rock State Park or enjoy historic Lake Geneva.
Give Back to the Community
- Volunteer at Feed my Starving Children which is open in several area locations.
- Spend a morning as a family purging clothes and other unused items. Deliver them to your local shelter.
- Ask your local food pantry or place of worship about ways you can assist families in need or connect with seniors who live alone.
For more things to do close to home, see the Friluftsliv article below with great places to explore in our own backyard!
NOTE: If you travel outside Illinois over spring break, keep in mind Lake County Health Department’s out-of-state quarantine guidelines.
