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75 Things To Do With Your Child This Summer

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Looking for ways to stay busy this summer with your kiddos, and create awesome memories? Below I have compiled a list of 75 things to do with your child this summer. These are great ways to keep your children entertained, and have a blast doing it!

Make this summer a year to remember! The most important thing in life is having fun and creating memories. Summer time truly flies by, so get out and enjoy that beautiful sun with your kids.

With this huge list of things to do this summer with your kids, you will be anything but bored. Let your kids pick a few things they want to do each week, and then have fun marking it off their bucket list! Don’t see something you want to do on the list? Add it in, this is just a list of ideas to get your imagination going!

Awesome Things to Do This Summer With Your Kids

  1. Nature Hikes
  2. Scavenger Hunt in Backyard
  3. Bug Collection
  4. Make Sidewalk Paint
  5. Homemade Play dough
  6. Homemade ice pops
  7. Bake Cookies for Friends and Family
  8. Pizza Night
  9. Camp in Backyard
  10. Host a Family BBQ
  11. Ride Bikes
  12. Visit a Park and Play
  13. Spend the day at the pool or waterpark
  14. Have a friend sleepover
  15. Movie Night with fun treats
  16. Luau in Backyard
  17. Visit a farmers market
  18. plant a garden
  19. Make Forts out of cardboard boxes
  20. Indoor tent with blankets
  21. Spend time blowing bubbles outside
  22. Sprinkler Party
  23. Water balloon fight
  24. Color by numbers
  25. Visit a lake or river
  26. Go canoeing
  27. Create art out of leaves you find around your house or park
  28. Bird watch
  29. Set up Lemonade stand
  30. Visit a beach and build a sandcastle
  31. Give back to someone in need
  32. Visit a museum
  33. Go to your State Fair
  34. Amusement Park Day
  35. Make a birdhouse with popsicle sticks
  36. Make sun catchers for your windows
  37. Road trip to another town
  38. Visit a thrift store or flea market
  39. Go Fishing
  40. Visit a zoo or aquarium
  41. Hide and Seek Inside
  42. Roller skate
  43. Horseback riding
  44. Catch Fireflies and put in a jar
  45. Learn to sew or crochet
  46. Take an art class
  47. Learn pottery
  48. Make tie-dye shirts for the family
  49. Make Bird feeders, cover pine cones in peanut butter and roll in seed. Then hang on tree.
  50. Free Workshops like Home Depot or Lowes, where they create a craft for free.
  51. Go to a Few Yard Sales
  52. Picnic in backyard or park
  53. Feed the ducks or geese at a pond
  54. Make homemade ice cream
  55. Collect shells at the beach
  56. Visit a pet store
  57. Eat dessert for dinner one night
  58. Stargaze
  59. Plant A tree
  60. Run or walk in a 5K
  61. Fly a Kite
  62. Go a day with no technology
  63. Read a book under a tree and enjoy nature
  64. Play frisbee
  65. Hunt for rocks outside and then decorate by painting them
  66. Give kids disposable cameras and let them use when they want
  67. Go geocaching
  68. Play freeze tag
  69. Create a fairy garden
  70. Make a family time capsule and bury it in yard
  71. Play in the rain
  72. Go to a baseball game
  73. Play tennis
  74. Learn a new sport
  75. Look for rainbow after a storm

As you can see you can find tons of things to do, to spend time with your kids. Just get outside and enjoy nature! I hope these help bring inspiration on how to make memories with your kids this summer.

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  1. Kelsey Apley says

    May 23, 2017 at 2:31 PM

    I can’t wait to get out and play with sidewalk chalk and paint! Right now my little guy is having a blast just playing in sandbox!

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