Pflugerville Offers Ways For Families To Keep Busy And Have Fun

PFLUGERVILLE, TX — As families look for ways to continue to keep active and engaged amid the pandemic, the Pflugerville Parks and Recreation Department invited the community to check out suggestions for creating a unique camp experience to enjoy at home. The following virtual events and activities are sure to keep you busy while having fun and are designed to be enjoyed by all.

"Field Trips"

• Virtual Animal Visit with Tiny Tails to You - Enjoy a virtual trip to the petting zoo in this hour long video filmed on Facebook Live.
• Bob Bullock Museum Digital Classroom - Dive into Texas history from your home
• Blanton Museum of Art - Enjoy the exhibits at home
• ACL Live on PBS - Catch up on concerts from ACL Live
• Smithsonian's National Zoo Webcams - visit the zoo without leaving your home

Camp Activities

• Thinkery at Home - Easy and fun activities to do at home
• 10 Rainy Day Activity Ideas - Bring a little bit of camp into your home thanks to the American Camp Association.
• Chopsticks Game - A fun and educational indoors game
• Paper Football - All the rules and regulations you probably didn't know about paper football
• National Geographic Kids Magazine - activities and games about nature
• Online board games - links to several popular online classic board and card games
• 101 Sidewalk Chalk Ideas - play games and leave messages for your neighbors
• Scavenger Hunt - Create a scavenger hunt that takes your family around the house, or even through family memories by using old photo albums or family videos. This trip through memory lane will bring the family closer together and your kids may learn something new about the past! Scavenger hunts can also be used to make exercise fun with clues like "Find something that is heavier than..."

At-Home Activities

Time Capsule - A great way to capture this unique time in our lives. Make sure to use an air tight and water proof container so your time capsule doesn't get ruined when you store or bury it. Put anything in your capsule, including photos, a letter, prices of items you like to buy, a newspaper or magazine or technology you aren't using (like an old phone or remote). Make sure to write on the front when to open it!

Treasure Hunt - Make a map of your house or yard with clues and a path towards "treasure." Make sure to build in challenges or traps for more fun!

Mini Golf - ·Set up a mini golf course in your backyard! For equipment use whatever you have on hand, including ping pong balls, tennis balls, golf balls, hockey sticks, golf clubs or whatever you can create. You'll also need objects to create obstacles. Set up the course one hole at a time, and challenge the winner of each hole to design the next one!

Hallways Laser Challenge - Challenge the whole family to cross a hallway or a room full of lasers. Make lasers out of red string that is crisscrossed through the room at different heights and different angles to increase the difficulty. For more competitive groups you can add a timer and see who can get through the area the fastest. Add a 5 second penalty for those who touch the string. It could be a fun break from school work or just a great past time on a day where it’s too hot to go outside.