Summer Fun Checklist

Hot dog! Summer is here! Check out this list for some quick ideas of summer fun with your kids:

1. Go for a bike ride
2. Help plant flowers or a garden
3. Go on a scavenger hunt
4. Go to a playground
5. Have a lego contest
6. Discover what animals/bugs/plants live in your backyard
7. Bake cookies
8. Make homemade popsicles
9. Have a picnic
10. Make a birdfeeder
11. Visit your local library
12. Fly a kite
13. Catch lightning bugs in a jar
14. Make a home cinema, including tickets and popcorn
15. Dance around the house together
16. Go fishing
17. Make giant bubbles
18. Tour a local fire station
19. Go to the zoo
20. Have a water balloon fight
21. Go swimming
22. Draw with sidewalk chalk
23. Set up a lemonade stand
24. Create a fort (pillow fort inside or stick fort outside)
25. Do a science experiment
26. Make gak slime
27. Visit a farm
28. Paint a picture
29. Make a slip n’ slide
30. Have a backwards dinner
31. Visit a children’s museum
32. Try a new food
33. Go camping, even if it’s in your backyard
34. Make s’mores
35. Fireworks/sparklers
36. Have a slumber party
37. Write a letter to a friend
38. Play frisbee
39. Press flowers
40. Have a paper airplane contest
41. Play mini golf
42. Visit your local farmer’s market
43. Have a pajama party
44. Write and illustrate your own book
45. Donate toys
46. Go to a baseball game
47. Create a puppet show
48. Make milk carton boats
49. Run in a race
50. Host glow-in-the-dark backyard games