Today was the last day of school Yay! No more making lunches, although I still have to get the kids up in ready in the morning, why can't there be summers from work?
So I decided to create a list of 99 Summer Ideas with links to even more ideas so you won't run out of fun things to do or here the dreaded "I'm bored" muttered from your childrens lips.
1. Have a beach day
2. Sidewalk chalk fun - obstacle course, spray paint make your own, etc.
3. Dig for treasure in the sandbox
4. Go to a park across town you've never been too
5. Go for a bike ride
6. Play tennis, soccer, badminton or basketball
7. make bubbles
8. plant a garden
9. nature scavenger hunt
10. Have a water gun fight, make chalk targets on the fence
11. Be a tourist and check out an attraction in your own city you've never been to like a museum or an art gallery
12. Go hiking or geocaching
13. Make a summer scrap book
14. Play skipping hula hoop or that swing step thing
15. run through the sprinkler
16. Make an outdoor science experiment
17. Host a toy or clothing swap
18. Go bowling
19. Have a staycation - go camping in the backyard, make smores
20. Play oversized games: bowling, large jenga, yahtzee
21. Have a campfire - tell ghost stories
22. Check out Library activities
23. Summer minute to win it
24. picnic at the park (or in the back yard)
25. Fly kites
26. Have a lemonaid stand (with free printables)
27. make frozen treats
28. Have a BBQ - invite friends
29. Go fishing
30. Have a pajama day and movie marathon on a rainy day
31. Play hide and go seek
32. Make paper boats and sail them
33. Make a treasure hunt with clues
34. Attend a movie or concert in the park
35. Build an outdoor fort
38. slip and slide
39. Have a dance party or play just dance
40. collect bugs, have an ant farm
41. Go rollerblading
42. Make a sand castle or an entire sand village
43. rainy day ideas - make a house or car out of cardboard boxes
44. Go to a farmers market
45. Celebrate a weird holiday
46. Go for a walk pick and identify wildflowers
47. Go to a pet store
48. Have a spa day - paint your nails, do hairstyles, dress up
50. put on your bathing suits and play in the rain
51. have a photo scavenger hunt
52. Get a free tour - fire department or local factory
53. Clean up a local park or street
54. Dry flowers
55. Play grounder, tag, 5 squares, red rover or dodge ball
56. Get some stale bread and feed the ducks
57. theme activities - Moana, Cars, Coco, Octonauts, Minecraft, Shimmer and Shine
58. Send a card to someone just because
59. Have a My Life or American girl doll day - you can find find
over 100 free printables for you dolls including holiday, food, school, camp and business printables
60. Make your own race track out of masking tape and paper towel rolls
61.make fossils in the sand box
62. Make decorations for your room or house
63. Play baseball or go to a batting cage
64. have a water balloon fight
65. Play card games: cribbage, frustration, double solitare aka skipbo, uno, go fish, crazy eights
66. "car wash" put bathing suits on and wash the car or toy cars
67. Pick berries - go blueberry picking or find a pick your own strawberries farm near you
68. craft days at a local craft store
69. Have a teddy bear birthday party
70. Get ice cream
71. play jacks, marbles or pogos
72. Play frisbee or learn how to play ultimate frisbee
73. Play boccee ball
74. collect and paint rocks
75. Play touch football
76. Play kick the can
77. Make your own alphabet book - get a notebook and draw pictures or cut pictures out of a magazine for each letter
78. Play mini putt
80. Read a book
81. or write your own story
82. volunteer, do a random act of kindness
83. take a free local class: yoga or zumba in the park for example
84. Have a play date
85. Go puddle jumping after a rain storm
86. make jewelry
87. Make a bicycle obstacle course
88. Make a map of the backyard - hide a treasure
89. make crafts out of recycling
90. play with balloons
91. make paper masks
92. Learn to draw.
93. create a play
94. or pupper show
95. Play horseshoes
96. Go to a drop in center
97. Check out a local farm, petting zoo or zoo in your area.
98. Make your own ice cream
99. Do one thing for the environment
