Fun Summer Activities With Kids or Without Kids
It is summer time! Time to get outside and enjoy the sun or stay inside and be creative! Don’t get stuck in front of the TV with all your extra time. Get busy! Here’s a reference list of some fun things you can do with your kids, or without kids if you want to have some good natured fun!
Outdoor Activities:
- Sidewalk Chalk: Draw Pictures. Make a Map. Play Hopscotch. Make Chalk dress up dolls
- Slip n Slide
- Fun-noodles
- Water balloons: Have a water balloon fight or host a contest
- Run through Sprinklers
- Ice Cream Man: Make this a special treat
- Find a local farm to go berry picking
- Lemonade Stand: Help your kids make some money
- Picnic at the park
- Pick flowers
- Wash Cars: Have some fun while being productive
- Catch Fireflies
- Camp in the backyard
Indoor Activities:
- Make homemade popsicles: use your popsicle maker, or if you don’t have one use dixie cups and popsicle sticks
- Homemade ice cream: try making a new flavor of ice cream
- Cookies: Have a cookie making contest
- Go to a library
- Visit a fire station
- Make Jewlery: friendship bracelets, beads, lanyards
- Puppet Show
- Take an art class
- Have a tea party
- Have a dance party
- Read a new book
- Legos
- Write a story
- Tie-dye
- Scavenger Hunt
Make a structure for your days. But also let your kids pick. Letting them pick will give some ownership of what they do each day. Also make a jar with popsicle sticks that has ideas of what to do when bored. So if they ever say they are bored, they can have some go to ideas and you don’t always have to think of something on the spot. But also help them realize they are not bored, they just need to use their imagination and create something to do, or be proactive and think of something to do.
Some Teen/Adult Activity Ideas:
- Take a class
- Go without technology for a day
- Go on a hike
- Explore your town
- Do a puzzle
- Write letters and send in the mail
- Read a new book
- Eat/Cook something new
- Road Trip
- Ride your bike to a certain destination
- Sit on a bench downtown and watch people
- Organize a sport/activity to play with other people
- Go to a matinee
- Start a journal
- Learn something new each month or week
- Make something for a friend or neighbor who wouldn’t expect it
Most of all, have some fun. Take one day at a time. Make memories. Take pictures. Enjoy every moment.
What are some new activities you are thinking of doing this summer?
