My daughter is 7yro;she's an only child and getts Lonely sometimes. Money is low so I'm looking for Some cheap but fun ways to keep her happy.
Nature walk with surprise picnic. :) My parents used to do that with us on occasion- it was really fun. You could take her to a pumpkin patch, seeing as it's that time of year. They're pretty cheap.
Take her to the pool, that's usually even cheaper than going to a movie.
Drive around and find a cool playground that you don't usually go to and play WITH her. I can't tel you how desperately I wanted my parents to put away being a grown-up for a day and just play on the swings or race down the slide with me.
Go for a bike ride. Play board games. Bake cookies. Decorate a cake (a ton of fun!!). Read to each other excerpts from books in weird voices (she's 7 so this should probably be a lot of fun- I think we did this until I was close to ten...) Carve a pumpkin!! :) Go rollerskating. Face paint with Halloween makeup, Give each other pedicures... ( foot soak, then pumice {her's probably won't need it}, then dry, lotion massage, and finally paint nails)
You could always ask her what SHE wants to do, and give her monetary guidelines. :) Have fun.
I always take my 3 year old cousin to community parks. she loves them. it never gets old. you could also buy a cheap photo album and walk around, and pick up leaves to make a leaf book. I have one, and its a really fun thing to do. you could also maybe sign her up to a boys and girls club. its about 25 dollars a year. they have everything to do there and a bunch of kids. :)
Go take a walk in a park and bond, or you can go to the store and buy some cheap arts and crafts stuff and make some cute things or buy so cake batter and bake together!
my mom would play board games and other games with me and make crazy rules or just act ridiculously funny and it was always a blast!
or buy some bread and go to the park and feed the birds..
