82 Fun Summer Activities For Kids
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Try one (or all!) of these fun summer activities for kids to bring a smile to your child’s face and enjoy the sound of their happy giggles as they enjoy summer vacation. The simple days of childhood may be in your past, but you can recreate them for your children with these simple and often free activities!
This long list of summertime fun activities will surely keep you and the kids busy all summer season. From checking out local events to attending free events and hosting fun game nights in your home, the list of summertime fun activities could go on forever.
Don’t forget to check out our fun guide on how to create a summer bucket list (plus 101 things to put on it!), too.
82 Summertime Activities For The Family
- Blow bubbles
- Attend weekly story time at your library
- Find a local free family movie night event
- Take a nap in a hammock
- Host a family game night
- Make soaps and give them as gifts
- Host a family movie night
- Have a picnic at your favorite park
- Enjoy an ice cream cone (maybe even make the ice cream!)
- Go skateboarding
- Take a long bicycle ride
- Be a tourist in your own town
- Make a family YouTube Channel
- Create your funny stories to tell each other at mealtime
- Enjoy a meal on your back deck
- Have a barbeque
- Take a nature walk
- Go to a local farmers market
- Go to a local museum
- Spend a day at a local playground
- Start a garden
- Make lemonade
- Go on Pinterest or your favorite website and find a fun craft
- Pick wildflowers
- Let the kids cook you dinner one night
- Create a new favorite recipe together
- Make a family summertime scrapbook
- Watch the sunset over a lakefront view
- Visit a local cemetery
- Volunteer at a shelter
- Donate food to the food pantry
- Make cards for the elderly at a nursing home
- Eat something new that’s only available in summertime
- Sit at the park and people watch (and make up fun stories about what you see!)
- Take a boat ride
- Run through a sprinkler
- Take a trip to the beach for the day
- Take a train ride somewhere
- Go camping
- Get a huge backyard game of Yahtzee or Chess to enjoy
- Learn a new skill like yoga or karate
- Go to a fair
- Visit a farm
- Build sandcastles at the beach
- Visit some National State Parks
- Pick berries at a local farm
- Go kayaking or boating
- Toss a Frisbee with family and friends
- Collect seashells
- Read a novel (join your local library’s summer reading program!)
- Walk barefoot in your backyard
- Play with shaving cream
- Fly a kite
- Have a water balloon fight
- Play baseball in your backyard
- Make a bird feeder
- Bird watch in your backyard
- Play soccer in your backyard
- Have a backyard scavenger hunt
- Make sensory bins
- Make a tire swing
- Swing in your backyard
- Make your own slip n slide
- Make play dough
- Make glitter slime
- Draw with sidewalk chalk on rocks or your driveway
- Paint rocks and hide them
- Make stress balls
- Wash the family car together
- Make your own frozen treats
- Make rootbeer floats
- Make banana splits
- Have a squirt gun fight
- Play laser tag
- Make your own lip gloss
- Watch the stars and try to find the constellations
- Play badminton
- Play pretend volleyball using a balloon
- Pick weeds from your backyard
- Make a blanket fort
- Go fishing
- Cook a meal together or bake a fun dessert
There are so many summertime fun activities that you can enjoy in your own backyard, inside your home or out in your local community. If you’re on a budget this summer and looking to have some fun, these summertime fun activities should guide you forward in enjoying precious moments with your family during summer break.
What else would you add to this list of fun summertime activities for kids?
