150+ Summer Activities for Kids with Free Activity List Download!
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
- Visit An Ice Cream Shop
- Go to the Zoo
- The Aquarium
- Kids Fun Center
- Bakery Visit
- Lunch Date
- Candy Shop
- Swimming Pool
- Go to the Movie Theater
- Children’s Museum
- Trampoline Park
- Visit a Local Farm
- Have a Waterpark Day
- Visit a Petting Zoo
- Go to a Local Planetarium/Science Museum
- Dollar Store Find
- Mall Activity Day
- Choose a New Book at the Bookstore
- Roller Skating Rink
- Bowling Outing
- Visit the Arcade
- Attend a Sporting Event
- Go Miniature Golfing
- Take a Day Trip to See a Local Treasure
- Go to the Fair
- Visit An Amusement Park
- Go Ice Skating
Free Summer Activities for Kids
Looking to save some cash? Try one of these completely free summer activities for kids!
- Park Date
- Splash Pad
- Museum Preview Day
- Library Story Time
- Library Visit
- Run through the sprinklers
- Kids Club Song Time
- Park Picnic
- Bike Rides
- Go for a Hike
- Drawing Lessons Online
- Dance to GoNoodle Movies
- Build an Epic Fort
- Home Depot Kids Kits
- Do a Riddle with Google Home/Alexa
- Tour a Fire Station
- Have a Beach Day
- Sing Karaoke Songs
- Visit the Farmer’s Market
- Go Geocaching
- Have an Outdoor Family Movie Night
- 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
- Sidewalk Chalk Art
- Bike/Scooter Race Course
- Skate Park (Scooters/bike/skates)
- Paint Your Own Mural
- Water Balloon Fight
- Outdoor Obstacle Course
- Create Giant bubbles
- Do a Nature Walk or Nature Scavenger Hunt
- Slip ‘n Slide
- Sports Camp
- Kickball Tournament
- Play Four Square
- Play Catch
- Have a Dance Party
- Play Glow in The Dark Games
- Have a Nerf Gun War or Nerf Target Practice Game
- Jump on a Trampoline with Sprinklers
- Go Rock Climbing
- Look for Shapes in the Clouds
Mom and Me Summer Activities for Kids
- Bake Cookies
- Make Play Dough
- Make Slime
- Have a Game Tournament
- Read-a-Thon
- Cooking Lesson
- Back to School Shopping
- Deep Clean/Organize a Room Together
- Meal Plan/Prepare a Meal Together
- Christmas in July: Create Graham Cracker Gingerbread House Creations
- Do a Scavenger Hunt at Home
- Create a Time Capsule Together
- Set Up a Car Wash/Bike Wash
- Find and Visit a Free Little Library
- Do an Escape Room Together
- Choose a Read-aLoud Book to Enjoy Together
- Make S’mores
- Have a Campout in the Living Room
- Decorate Sugar Cookies
- Go “Heart Attack” Someone Who Could Use a Smile
- Complete an Adventure Challenge for Families
- Do Random Acts of Kindness for Others
Educational/STEM Activities for Kids
- Build Your Own Houses Out of Cardboard Boxes
- Do a Kiwi Crate
- Try Some Science Experiments for Kids
- Handwriting Practice
- Build Geometric Shape Puzzles
- Dino Excavation Eggs/Dinosaur Sensory Bin
- Design structures out of popsicle sticks
- Recreate a Famous Building with Magnatiles or Blocks
- Paper Airplane Competition
- Salt Dough Dinosaur Sensory Excavation Activity
- Build a Rocketship Fort and Watch a Space Shuttle Takeoff
- Take an Outschool Class
- Tie-Dye Something Together
- Make Homemade Ice Cream
- Build a Toilet Paper Roll Marble Run
- Coding Practice. Keep STEM skills sharp and have lots of fun while learning coding skills.
- Trace Your Body: Draw and Label Your Bones
- Create a Car Track and race cars
- Grow Borax Crystals
- Build Popsicle Stick Birdhouses
- Create Lego Structures
Quiet Time Activities
- Perler Beads
- Diamond Painting
- Aquabeads
- Write/Illustrate Your Own Book (See our Blank Books Activity post for ideas)
- Sensory Bins
- Paint by Sticker Books
- Seek and Find Books
- Doodle in a sketchpad
- Play Dough Building
- Model Clay Creation
- Scratch Art Creations
- Do a Jigsaw Puzzle
- Color a Giant Coloring Page
- I Spy Summer
- Origami
- Listen to Audiobooks
- Create Wikki Stix Projects
- Do a Doodle Book
- Work on an Activity Book
Arts and Crafts Time
- Q-tip Painting
- Take a Watercolor for Kids Class
- Find a Creative Project to Do Together
- Paint Watercolor Coloring Pages
- Gel Crayons
- Paint with Water Books
- Dot Markers
- Rock Painting
- Kids Craft Kits
- Create an Art Museum at Home
- Learn to Sew Buttons and Patch Holes in Clothes
- Take a Music Class and Practice
- Create Mosaics with a kit or with small pieces of paper.
- Have a Pizza Making Date
- Create Stop Motion Videos
- Do a String Art Projects
- Work on Color By Number Pages
- Paint Pottery
- Paint a Canvas Project
- 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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