Need ideas for fun in the Summer sun? (Or inside away from the heat?) Check out these classic MomLife Today posts for fun ideas for enjoying every MOMent this Summer!
- 10 Almost Free Summer Activities for Kids
- A Getting to Know You Art Project
- Educational File Folder Games
- “MP Camp”
Things to Do this Summer:
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Catch fireflies
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Pick blackberries
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Make and fly paper airplanes
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Make your own bubbles from dishsoap and blow them in the backyard
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Play in the sprinkler
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Have frozen fruit as a snack
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Have a picnic dinner at a park
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Go on a flashlight walk at night
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Have a pajama day
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Host a sleep over party
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Make homemade ice cream in a coffee can with dry ice
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Visit a farmer’s market
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Grow something
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Have a date night with your husband
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Have a date night with your kids
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Find a drive-in movie
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Have a water fight outside
- Have a watermelon seed spitting contest.
- Have a ‘Funday Monday’ (or whatever day of the week you choose.) Taking turns each week, one mom hosts a play date for the kids. Moms sit around, chatting and eating, and kids can play. Keep it very simple–pot luck and water/tea. There is little expense and it’s a reason to clean the house every few weeks. Have sprinklers and little pools in the backyard, along with bubbles and sidewalk chalk.
- Have a lemonade stand! Make and decorate it from scratch or use second hand crates. Set it up on the corner or near a park with some foot traffic. Consider using the money you earn to bless someone with an unexpected gift.
- Do you know your neighbors? Get outside and invite them over for a BBQ! If you don’t make a regular practice of having guests over, start now. It’s never too late.
If it’s too hot outside or on rainy days, try one of these ideas:
- Play a long game of Monopoly or Bananagrams.
- Bake something yummy. Make cupcakes and let the kids decorate them with bags of frosting and decorator’s icing tips.
- Go puddle jumping!
- Spend the afternoon scrapbooking or journaling. Keep scrap papers and a basket of scrapbook items handy. When a rainy day rolls around, the materials are there, ready to be used.
- Before the rain comes go to an appliance store and ask for any large boxes. You can make a playhouse out of one by cutting windows and a door. Then let your kids go wild coloring them with magic markers. You can also get several smaller ones from any grocery store and make train cars for each child.
- Play in the rain. Try floating a sail boat, just a stick through a leave, along the sidewalk and into the gutter.
- For older kids, pull out 1000 pc. puzzles for an all-day/weekend activity.
- For younger kids, pile all the pillows in parent’s bed or pull out the hide-a-bed and have a reading marathon.
- Look at family photo albums and rehearse family “Thanksgiving”stories
- Keep a craft box handy and spend an afternoon making crafts
- Record or video tape the kids doing activities
- Have an indoor camp out!
- Make photo books on Shutterfly or other photo book service
What must do Summer activities are on YOUR list? We’d love for you to share with us in the comments!
Great ideas!