Ready to make this the best summer yet? Here are 150+ Summer Activities for Kids with a free summer activity list download to help you plan tons of summer fun for kids! 

I’ll never forget summer ending one year and looking at my toddler thinking “I only get 15-16 more of these with you”. Talk about jolting me wide awake and realizing when you look at parenthood in summers, wow does it go fast! 

Ever since then, I’ve tried my best to make some summer bucket list plans, and try to create memories and experiences while time flies by. I know most moms feel this way. But I also know feeling like entertaining your kids all summer can feel like a daunting task. This is why we’re here to help you be a fun mom and reach cool mom status with a summer you and your kids are going to love! 

Summer Camp Activities At Home

We’re so excited about our big announcement yesterday sharing our Camp Mom: Summer Camp Activities at Home series. If you haven’t joined yet, make sure you do! We’re sending fun ideas and resources to your inbox completely free!

And today’s post is the creme de la creme, sharing so many fun summer activities with kids with a free printable! That’s right, fun ideas for kids and a list of activities to use for the best summer yet! 

We’ve separated them by category so it’s easy to plan what works for you and your kids. Also, we’re going to share our system to plan these activities with a free planner! Also, we have systems to make sure what matters most happens without burning mom and dad out. I promise you’re not going to want to miss tomorrow’s big post! 

But today is all about the fun! Let’s get excited! Let’s get fun summer activities on the brain, and help you look forward to this summer with fun plans you and your kids will love! 

Without further adieu, here’s our list of 150+ Summer Activities for Kids to do this summer! 

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150+ Summer Activities for Kids

Camp Mom: Summer Camp Activities for Kids sorted by type to help you plan all kinds of summer fun for kids! 

 

Things to Do to Get Out of The House/Fun Adventures 

1. Visit An Ice Cream Shop 
2. Go to the Zoo 
3. The Aquarium 
4. Kids Fun Center
5. Bakery Visit 
6. Lunch Date 
7. Candy Shop 
8. Swimming Pool 
9. Go to the Movie Theater
10. Children’s Museum 
11. Trampoline Park
12. Visit a Local Farm 
13. Have a Waterpark Day 
14. Visit a Petting Zoo 
15. Go to a Local Planetarium/Science Museum 
16. Dollar Store Find 
17. Mall Activity Day 
18. Choose a New Book at the Bookstore 
19. Roller Skating Rink 
20. Bowling Outing 
21. Visit the Arcade 
22. Attend a Sporting Event 
23. Go Miniature Golfing 
24. Take a Day Trip to See a Local Treasure 
25. Go to the Fair
26. Visit An Amusement Park 
27. Go Ice Skating
     

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28. Park Date 
29. Splash Pad 
30. Museum Preview Day 
31. Library Story Time
32. Library Visit 
33. Run through the sprinklers 
34. Kids Club Song Time 
35. Park Picnic 
36. Bike Rides 
37. Go for a Hike 
38. Drawing Lessons Online 
39. Dance to GoNoodle Movies 
40. Build an Epic Fort 
41. Home Depot Kids Kits 
42. Do a Riddle with Google Home/Alexa 
43. Tour a Fire Station 
44. Have a Beach Day 
45. Sing Karaoke Songs 
46. Visit the Farmer’s Market 
47. Go Geocaching
48. Have an Outdoor Family Movie Night
49. Create a Backyard Splash pad 
    

    

    Active/Outdoor Activities

    Let’s burn off some energy and get some fresh air with these active activities for kids and outdoor activities for kids

50. Sidewalk Chalk Art 
51. Bike/Scooter Race Course 
52. Skate Park (Scooters/bike/skates) 
53. Paint Your Own Mural 
54. Water Balloon Fight 
55. Outdoor Obstacle Course 
56. Create Giant bubbles 
57. Do a Nature Walk or Nature Scavenger Hunt
58. Slip ‘n Slide 
59. Sports Camp 
60. Kickball Tournament 
61. Play Four Square 
62. Play Catch 
63. Have a Dance Party
64. Play Glow in The Dark Games 
65. Have a Nerf Gun War or Nerf Target Practice Game
66. Jump on a Trampoline with Sprinklers 
67. Go Rock Climbing 
68. Look for Shapes in the Clouds
    
    

    Mom and Me Summer Activities for Kids

69. Bake Cookies 
70. Make Play Dough 
71. Make Slime 
72. Have a Game Tournament 
73. Read-a-Thon 
74. Cooking Lesson 
75. Back to School Shopping 
76. Deep Clean/Organize a Room Together 
77. Meal Plan/Prepare a Meal Together 
78. Christmas in July: Create Graham Cracker Gingerbread House Creations 
79. Do a Scavenger Hunt at Home 
80. Create a Time Capsule Together 
81. Set Up a Car Wash/Bike Wash 
82. Find and Visit a Free Little Library 
83. Do an Escape Room Together 
84. Choose a Read-aLoud Book to Enjoy Together  
85. Make S’mores 
86. Have a Campout in the Living Room 
87. Decorate Sugar Cookies 
88. Go “Heart Attack” Someone Who Could Use a Smile 
89. Complete an Adventure Challenge for Families 
90. Do Random Acts of Kindness for Others  
    

    Educational/STEM Activities for Kids

91. Build Your Own Houses Out of Cardboard Boxes 
92. Do a Kiwi Crate 
93. Try Some Science Experiments for Kids 
94. Handwriting Practice 
95. Build Geometric Shape Puzzles 
96. Dino Excavation Eggs/Dinosaur Sensory Bin 
97. Design structures out of popsicle sticks 
98. Recreate a Famous Building with Magnatiles or Blocks 
99. Paper Airplane Competition 
100. Salt Dough Dinosaur Sensory Excavation Activity 
101. Build a Rocketship Fort and Watch a Space Shuttle Takeoff 
102. Take an Outschool Class 
103. Tie-Dye Something Together 
104. Make Homemade Ice Cream 
105. Build a Toilet Paper Roll Marble Run 
106. Coding Practice. Keep STEM skills sharp and have lots of fun while learning coding skills.
107. Trace Your Body: Draw and Label Your Bones 
108. Create a Car Track and race cars  
109. Grow Borax Crystals 
110. Build Popsicle Stick Birdhouses 
111. Create Lego Structures 
     

     Quiet Time Activities 

112. Perler Beads 
113. Diamond Painting 
114. Aquabeads 
115. Write/Illustrate Your Own Book (See our Blank Books Activity post for ideas) 
116. Sensory Bins  
117. Paint by Sticker Books 
118. Seek and Find Books 
119. Doodle in a sketchpad
120. Play Dough Building 
121. Model Clay Creation 
122. Scratch Art Creations 
123. Do a Jigsaw Puzzle 
124. Color a Giant Coloring Page
125. I Spy Summer 
126. Origami 
127. Listen to Audiobooks
128. Create Wikki Stix Projects 
129. Do a Doodle Book 
130. Work on an Activity Book
      
     

     Arts and Crafts Time

131. Q-tip Painting 
132. Take a Watercolor for Kids Class
133. Find a Creative Project to Do Together 
134. Paint Watercolor Coloring Pages 
135. Gel Crayons 
136. Paint with Water Books 
137. Dot Markers 
138. Rock Painting 
139. Kids Craft Kits 
140. Create an Art Museum at Home 
141. Learn to Sew Buttons and Patch Holes in Clothes 
142. Take a Music Class and Practice 
143. Create Mosaics with a kit or with small pieces of paper.
144. Have a Pizza Making Date 
145. Create Stop Motion Videos 
146. Do a String Art Projects
147. Work on Color By Number Pages 
148. Paint Pottery 
149. Paint a Canvas Project 
150. Create Salt Paintings Together 
     
     

Grab the Free Summer Activities List Download Here

Want this list in free printable download form? You can grab it right here: 

It works great with a standard printer, but here’s how to print an oversized engineer print if you want to make a larger poster as we did! 

And check out this list in free printable summer bucket list form too! 

Be sure to snap a picture and tag us: @FridayWereInLove ! We love seeing your family joining the fun! 

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