Are you looking for some fun activities for your kids this summer? Here are some great activities to do with your children this summer.
School is almost out for most students, and it may be out for some of you already. My daughters go to school til June 2nd, so that’s less than a month away. With them being home for a few months, I have to think of some ways to keep them busy. I know kids can become bored very easily too. This is why I’ve come up with a list of some fun ideas that your kids may enjoy. My daughters love them all, so I hope your kids will too.
- Play at the park. Most have local parks nearby they can bring the kids too. My girls always have fun at parks.
- Bubbles. We always have bubbles during the summer. It’s one of my kids favorites.
- Have a lemonade stand. My girls and I have already done this and it’s been fun!
- Treasure Hunt. This is another one of my girls favorites. We always hide something and have a treasure hunt. We have clues to help find the treasure. This is always a lot of fun.
- Have a picnic. You can do this right in your backyard or go to a park and have a picnic.
- Go camping. My girls haven’t been able to enjoy this yet. This is on my list of things to do this summer with my girls. I want to take them camping at least once this summer.
- Go swimming. Swimming is always a great way to keep cool and the kids love it.
- Set up a tent in your backyard. My girls love this one. They could play in it for hours during summer.
- Water balloon fight. This is another one my kids really enjoy.
- Go to the library. Most libraries have an area for kids to play in too. Ours has a lot of neat things my girls love to play with. They enjoy sitting down and reading while they’re there as well. A lot of the times they have free events too!
- Take a walk. Kids love to see everything outdoors. My girls and I usually search for rocks while we’re walking.
- Go bike riding. If you have a biking trail, that would be even better.
- Go to the beach if you have one nearby.
- Plant a garden. This can keep everyone busy for hours. We’re going to be doing this during the summer. My girls love picking veggies from the garden. We also plant all kinds of fruits. This year we’ll have blueberries, raspberries, grapes and hopefully an apple and pear tree too!
- Play with chalk outdoors. Kids love to write with chalk.
- Visit an amusement park or a water park. This will surely brighten up your kids day!
- Paint. My kids love to paint, so this is always fun for them.
- Have a puppet show. You can easily make some sock puppets or make them from paper bags.
- Visit a museum. They have lots of things to see at museums.
- Go fishing. This is a fun one to do with kids. My girls love to go fishing.
- Bake. My kids love to help me out in the kitchen. If your kids do as well, make a day of baking with them.
- Have fun in the sprinkler. If you don’t have a sprinkler, they don’t cost much. You can find many different kinds of sprinklers around all kinds of stores.
- Have a game night. Kids love to play games!
- Have a family movie night. I know my kids love to sit down and watch movies with my husband and I. That or you can take them out to see a movie.
- Make a fort. My kids love this. We usually make forts out of boxes or tables, chairs and blankets. It’s always fun!
- Volunteer at an animals shelter. My daughters love animals, so they always have fun when we stop by our local animal shelter and visit with the animals.
- Go bowling. This is another one on our list of things to do this summer. My kids love to go bowling.
- Sign up for those free building shops, like Lowes or Home Depot.
- Visit a fair. There are always fairs going on during summer.
- Go roller skating. My girls went last year for the first time and they had a blast.
- Sign up for local library reading programs. I don’t know if your library does this, but ours has a reading program during the summer for kids. They get some prices for books they read during the summer.
- Camp out in your own backyard and roast marshmallows and have s’mores!
- Catch bugs. See what types of bugs you can catch. Check for fireflies at night. Those are always neat to catch in a jar at night.
- Do some puzzles. We have a lot of puzzles at our house, and my girls enjoy doing those.
- Go to the zoo. This one is on our list for the summer. We’re going to go in June right after they get out of school.
- Make your own popsicles. We do this every year, and my girls love being able to make their own popsicles.
- Fly a kite. You can make your own or buy one from the store. When it’s a windy day, go out and fly your kites.
- Create an obstacle course. Whenever my husbands grandmother comes to visit, she always does obstacle courses with my girls. They love it!
- Water gun fight. Get some water guns and let your kids spray everyone. Always lots of fun!
- Slip n slide. Either make your own or buy one. You can use tarp to make your own.
- Make a bird house. You can make these out of popsicle sticks.
- Make a bird feeder. One of the popular ones to do, is to take pinecones and put peanut butter on them. Then you roll them in bird seed. Birds will love this.
- Plant flowers. We love picking out flowers and planting them around the house. This is a great way for kids to be able to pick out some flowers of their own too.
- Tie dye shirts. I remember doing this as a child and I loved it. This is something my girls have been wanting to do.
- Collect rocks. You can always find rocks anywhere.
- Go to a farmers market. Kids will enjoy being able to pick out their own items at the farmers market.
- Check out flea markets. These are always a lot of fun. They have so much stuff to look at.
- Go to garage sales or have your own sale. Kids love to find new things at garage sales. My girls love having their own sale as well. They love to see what people will buy.
- Write a book. Your kids can make their own books with some paper. My daughters have done this in school and they loved it.
- Visit family. My kids love it when we go spend some time with family. It gets them out somewhere else and they will have others to play with.
I hope that you will all enjoy this list of activities. I know we have a long list of fun activities to do this summer. I hope this helps you find some more activities to do with your kids too! Which ones are you thinking of doing with your kids this summer?
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That is a HUGE list of stuff! I am so bookmarking this. Summer is going to be awesome.
I could have added even more! There is so much to do.
You seem much more ready for summer than anyone I know. That was a great list to choose from. My kids are older but I always sent them to day camp and that resolved a lot of boredom issues.
I’m very ready for summer! I want some warmer weather and more time with my kids.
That’s a great list! I’m already trying to come up with fun things to keep my 5 boys occupied this summer!
There is so much for them to do. I hope this list helps you some!
I want to have a treasure hunt with the grandkids this summer. They had a lemonade stand and made about $180 give or take. It was a great learning experience for them and they’re on pins and needles to have one this year as well. But guess who has to make all that lemonade lol. I’m going to try quite a few of your activity suggestions this year.
Wow, that is a great amount for lemonade! Do you live in a bigger city? We live in a small town, but we’re excited to do more lemonade stands.
What a great list of ideas to do with your kids this summer, I don’t have children myself but will share it onto some friends who do!
Thanks for sharing! There is so much to come up with for kids. They love just about anything.
This came right on time! My son will be done with school in 21 days and I’m already struggling with what we’re going to do over the summer. I am definitely going to pin this.
Great! I hope you all enjoy some of these ideas.
A couple things I want to add to this list:
Library events – many libraries have actual kid friendly events, not just during the summer but year round on specific days.
Recreation center events – many community recreation centers host events for kids during the summer that are absolutely free
In store events – places like Home Depot, Michael’s (the arts and craft store), Toys R Us, LEGO Store, and Lakeshore Learning host free events that will give your child a chance to do something creative, socialize with other kids, and hang out in the air conditioning this summer as well
If you read though it again you’ll see that I had these events in there already. 🙂 I put the in store event and library ones down. 🙂
So many of these activities are things I still love to do at my age! These are excellent ideas!! You have one lucky kiddo!
Thanks! My girls are going to have a lot of fun this summer I’m sure.
My kids love to have water balloon fights. I will have to try a few of these this summer.
Those are my kids favorites too. They love them!
This is a terrific list of suggestions. I love movies, museums, and the mall along with other similar ideas for summer as they all have air conditioning that lets you beat the heat.
Yes! There are so many great activities to do with kids.
We do a lot of these in the summer. Camping is our fave
That’s something my girls and I have yet to do and it’s on our list.
My kids love going to local parks and the beach in the summer. Basically, they love almost everything outdoors which is fine with me! As long as they are having fun!
Right! Them being outdoors is great for them.
That is a great list. Here in Florida it is already in the 90’s, too hot to go to the park so any outdoors we do will be in our pool! Time to get really creative!
Wow, I wish it were that nice around here. I love the warmer weather.
Wow, that is a great list of activities! The kids in our area do not get out of school until the end of June so they have a bit of time til they can start enjoying the summer activities. It doesn’t help that tonight’s low is 37 degrees to make it feel even longer.
I will be sharing this great list with others!
It hasn’t been that great of weather here either. Luckily it’s getting warmer with highs in the 50-60’s.
These are great ideas for kids for summer. My kids always loved swimming.
Mine too. A great way to cool off as well.
These are all great kid friendly activities for the summer. It is so important for parents to get outdoors with their children. I used to go for walks to the park with my kids along with rock hunting. Thanks for sharing these awesome summer activities.
You’re welcome. Rock hunting was always a favorite of mine as a kid.
This is a great resource for activities to do with your kids in the summer!! Love it!!
Thanks! There is so much you can do.
This is quite a list of fun stuff to do! I am always on the lookout for more fun with the family, thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome. I hope you found something to do on the list.
I always look forward to the summer because I get time at home with my girls. I will have to keep these all in mind for this summer. Thank you!
You’re welcome. I hope you find something off the list to do.
This is quite an extensive list! While it would be nice to just relax, my kids thrive better with plans and structure. Thanks for the suggestions!
You’re welcome. I hope you’re able to find something on the list to do.
This is a great list of things to do with kids over the summer. We love to have lots of water ballon fights and picnics.
Same! Water balloon fights are always fun!
We will be spending a lot of time outside thanks to my little guy. While I’d rather be inside, he will want to be swimming, playing at the park and riding his bicycle.
It’s nice when kids want to be outside. I love being outdoors!
So many great suggestions! My girls loved to go on picnics when they were little. They are grown and don’t have time for them anymore!
Awww..I love picnics too!
What a list! Love all the ideas that you’ve mentioned. So looking forward to summertime and enjoy the warm weather!
Same here. I love summer!
Awesome List of things to do this summer! Great Ideas for Family Fun, Free Printable Summer Chart keep the family happy .
Yes! There is so much for kids to do over the summer.
This is such a fantastic list of suggestions. It’s amazing how entertaining bubbles can be to kids. I was obsessed with them as a child lol
Right! I still love them!
What a great resource for kids to be entertained this summer.some of these bring me back to my childhood summer like water balloon fights.
Right! It brings back so many memories for me too.
I enjoy many of these activities, but my all-time favorite is going to garage and yard sales. I also enjoy hiking, gardening, going to the library, and going to museums.
Yes! I love garage sales. They’re the best.
looks like to awesome activities. it looks like they are having a lot of fun.
They sure do have fun. We love the summer.
What a great list of activities. I cannot wait for my grandson to get a little older. We have already taken him camping and kayaking. I see so many thing I would love to do with him in the summers to come.
Right! There is so much to do in the summer. I love it!
I don’t have children but my friends with littles will sure appreciate this list, gotta keep em busy!
Yep, sure do!
Your list looks a lot like our – our kids LOVE camping. Our daughter actually decided not to do travel softball this summer because she wants to do more camping!
Camping is always so much fun!
My kids and I live right across the street from a park and we LOVE it! Super convenient : ) And before the warm weather even came my daughter was asking me when we can make a lemonade stand… Oh, and the obstacle course is a definite fun time (I even do them with my kids at times : )
Yes, all of them are so fun. We love doing lemonades stands.