Hot dog! Summer is here! Check out this list for some quick ideas of summer fun with your kids:
- Go for a bike ride
- Help plant flowers or a garden
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Go to a playground
- Have a lego contest
- Discover what animals/bugs/plants live in your backyard
- Bake cookies
- Make homemade popsicles
- Have a picnic
- Make a birdfeeder
- Visit your local library
- Fly a kite
- Catch lightning bugs in a jar
- Make a home cinema, including tickets and popcorn
- Dance around the house together
- Go fishing
- Make giant bubbles
- Tour a local fire station
- Go to the zoo
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go swimming
- Draw with sidewalk chalk
- Set up a lemonade stand
- Create a fort (pillow fort inside or stick fort outside)
- Do a science experiment
- Make gak slime
- Visit a farm
- Paint a picture
- Make a slip n’ slide
- Have a backwards dinner
- Visit a children’s museum
- Try a new food
- Go camping, even if it’s in your backyard
- Make s’mores
- Fireworks/sparklers
- Have a slumber party
- Write a letter to a friend
- Play frisbee
- Press flowers
- Have a paper airplane contest
- Play mini golf
- Visit your local farmer’s market
- Have a pajama party
- Write and illustrate your own book
- Donate toys
- Go to a baseball game
- Create a puppet show
- Make milk carton boats
- Run in a race
- Host glow-in-the-dark backyard games