50 Ideas of Summer Fun For Kids

Summer Fun For Kids:

1. Go for a hike: This is more for older children, but it’s always nice to go on a hike because it’s like an adventure and you can see so much scenery!
2. Make a scrapbook: You can make a scrapbook from older photos, or you can even start one in the beginning of Summer and add things throughout the Summer so you have one for this summer to remember!
3. Catch Fireflies: I loved doing this as a kid, I would clean out an old pickle jar or some kind of jar like that and run around outside trying to catch as many fireflies as I could!
4. Go to the playground: Most playgrounds are free! It’s nice for the kids to be able to have and it also gets them outside and exercising without them even knowing it!
5. Pick Flowers:– These are always fun! You can pick these flowers and give them to a mom or grandma as a present!
6. Water Gun Fights: These are great for the Summer because it’s a fun way to cool yourselves down on a hot Summer day!
7. Have a slumber party: Let the kids invite over a few friends and just have fun! Watch movies, eat junk food, and have fun!
8. Build a blanket fort: A classic! I loved doing this as a child! It was so fun and so much fun to sleep in at the end of the night!
9. Go on a Scavenger hunt: These are good in order to occupy a certain amount of time with kids! It helps them learn competition if you grant the winner a prize in the end!
10. Start a Lemonade Stand: These are great, you get to bond and you can take them to the store afterwards and let them pick something out with the money they have earned that day!
11. Make S’mores: Who doesn’t love s’mores and they are very delicious at the end of a long day roasting them over the fire as a family!
12. Go on a picnic: Picnics are a great way to spend time together as a family! They are fun and you can bond by preparing all the food for it!
13. Have a movie night: They are fun because you can all choose one movie and then watch them all in one night! It’s a blast when everyone has their own input!
14. Make Ice Cream: Ice Cream is a great treat for a hot day but instead of just going to get ice cream, you can look up a simple recipe online and make it yourselves!
15. Put on a magic show: You can teach them a few magic tricks, invite the other kids in the neighborhood and put on an entertaining magic show!
16. Start a Garden: Kids love to do things like this! They are always interested when you tell them that they can eat something they’ve made themselves in the end! Check out my Mom’s Garden Site
    
17. Throw a ball: Throwing a ball is great for if they’re too young to get into sports yet, it gets their motor skills going so when they are read for sports they know what they’re doing!
18. Go Cloud Watching: You never know what you’ll see in the clouds! It’s so fun to lay in a field and look up and see what you can make of the clouds!
19. Visit a Farm: Farms are great for kids! They are always interesting animals and they have a petting zoo a lot of the times which is always fun for kids!
20. Go fishing: You may have to help them out a bit, but when they catch their very own fish they are always so surprised and love it!
21. Play Dress up: This is fun, whether its girls or boys! They all like to dress up and role play!
22. Play with a cardboard box: The possibilities with a cardboard box are endless! You can make it into whatever you want and use your imagination!
23. Climb a tree: This is fun, especially if you have the means to build a tree fort at the top! They love having their own sanctuary!
24. Wash the Car: They think it’s fun and it’s getting a chore done for you!
25. Decorate Cupcakes: Give them a frosting tube and let them decorate their cupcakes however they want then you can eat them when you’re all done! The best recipe is on my Mom’s Cupcake Site!
    
26. Have a Tea Party: This is fun! Whether you get real tea or not they like to have fun with having a little party!
27. Build a Sand Castle: If you’re able, you can build a fun sand castle! Kiddos love this! Not to mention, it’s always nice being at the beach
28. Take Pictures: Teach them how to use a camera and then print out their photos they took and make a collage!
29. Build a campfire: It’s fun for the whole family to go on a little camping trip in the backyard! And camping definitely needs a campfire
30. Use a Slip n Slide: If you don’t have one, you can make one out of Trash Bags and they are a ton of fun!
31. Mommy-Daughter Makeovers- You do her makeup and then let her do yours! You’ll have a ton of fun and the way you look will look hilarious!
32. Start a Nature Journal: It’s fun to document the weather and what you see day by day throughout the summer!
33. Make Homemade Popsicles: You can simply freeze kool-aid and they are delicious and great for a hot day or check out this list of 32 popsicle recipes!
    
34. Write a Pen Pal: This is a great way to make a new friend and for them to work on their writing skills!
35. Go Stargazing: Also fun to lay down in a field or in the backyard and look up at the stars, look for the big and little dipper!
36. Play I Spy: This is a great way to work on their searching skills!
37. Learn the Macarena: This is fun because it’s an old, fun dance to learn and do!
38. Tie Dye Things: It’s fun to Tye Dye Things, you can make your own shorts and shirts!
39. Have a Yard Sale: It’s great for all the family to make some money and get rid of all of your old stuff that you don’t need anymore!
40. Draw with Sidewalk Chalk: The possibilities are endless with sidewalk chalk! You can make a little house or draw anything!
41. Play with Clay: You can make sculptures and it’s always fun to just play with clay!
42. Teach Grandma to Text: This will be hilarious trying to teach your grandma to text because usually they are not familiar with how to use the phones at all!
43. Go Berry Picking: This is like a fun little adventure and you get to have a snack when you’re done!
44. Daddy-Daughter Makeovers: These will be even funnier than the mommy daughter makeovers because neither party knows how to properly use the makeup!
45. Build with Legos: You can make so many things out of legos! You can make castles, or towers, or bridges, or just simply build whatever with them!
46. Play Charades: This is fun for the whole family, it’s great to see who is good at acting the family and who isn’t!
47. Fly a Kite: Going to an empty park and flying a kit is always fun, it’s great to see them fly high in the sky! Just watch out for those trees!
48. Tell Ghost Stories: These are fun to tell while you’re around the campfire in the backyard, roasting marshmallows for S’mores! Make sure the kiddos know they aren’t real though!
49. Take a bike ride: It’s great to go sightseeing on bikes and get in a good workout while you do so!
50. Go to the Beach: Make sure you take plenty of sunscreen…and things for playing in the sand.