Right now is the PERFECT time to start planning your summer bucket list. Here are 107 must do summer activities for kids!
The key to having a fun, memory filled summer is to intentionally plan it!
Now I’m not talking about planning every minute or over scheduling kids. What I mean is take a peak at the 107 Must do Kids Activities for your Summer Bucket List, grab the free printable if you like, and start penciling them in on your calendar.
Then you will make sure to actually do the fun things you intend to do and actually create that fun, memory filled summer you and your kids are longing for.
Fun Summer Activities for Kids
Paint with Rocks like Fantastic Fun and Learning
- Join a Summer Reading Program
- Catch Fireflies in a Far
- BIG homemade bubbles like We Are That Family
- Visit a Zoo or Farm
- Colorful Bubble Snakes by Housing a Forest
- Word Scavenger Hunt by Play dough to Plato
- Have a Family Pillow Fight
- Build a Huge Fort (using sticks, pillows, legos, whatever you have!)
- Glow in the Dark Chalk by Growing a Jeweled Rose
- Make Family stepping stones like Z Recommends
- Have Family Derby Races like TP Craft
- Make Ice Cream in a Bag like Food Your Way
- Fizzy Sidewalk Chalk by Growing a Jeweled Rose
- Make a lemonade stand by Sunscholars
- Wash the car by hand
- Make a Kid Wash by 123Homeschool4Me
- Paint Me! Frozen Paint Sensory Fun by 123Homeschool4Me
- Pouring Potions & Color Mixing by The Chocolate Muffin Tree
- Regrow Celery by Housing a Forest
- Marshmallow Shooters (go 30+ feet!) by 123Homeschool4Me
- Go on an Alphabet Treasure Hunt by Playdough to Plato
- Go Star Gazing
- Watch the Sunrise (bring a picnic breakfast!)
- Play at a [new-to-you] park
- Zoo Scavenger Hunt with Printable by I Can Teach My Child
- Fly a Kite
- Have a Picnic like East Coast Mommy
- Fly a Bottle Rocket like Science Sparks
- Go swimming at a pool
- Have a water balloon fight like Love Play and Learn
- Play Mini Golf
- Paint with flowers by 123Homeschool4Me
- Fly Swatter Painting Outdoors like Reading Confetti
- Grow a Grass Friend
- Paint Rocks by Eighteen25
- Plan a Memorable Family Vacation like 123Homeschool4Me
- Pick berries or produce from a U-Pick
- Father & Son Home Depot Clinic on making Bird House (free!)
- Set up a backyard Slip & Slide like 123Homeschool4Me
- Make homemade ice cream like 123homeschool4me
- Go to Farmers Market
- Go Fishing
- Take a Boat Ride
- Watch Fire Works
- Go to Disney World like 123Homeschool4Me
- Play Sight Word Hopscotch like Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
- Make an Outdoor Marble Run like 123Homeschool4Me (coming soon)
- Make Sand Art like Busy Kids Happy Mom
- Spend a day at a Children’s Museum (great for rainy days or for low crowds go on a sunny day!)
- San Francisco by Bug and Buddy
- Little House on the Prairie by Living Montessori Now
- San Francisco by Bug and Buddy
- Have Popcorn Movie Day on a rainy day
- Go Bowling (or join a bowling league)
- Practice spelling in the pool like Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
- Go to Chuck E. Cheese (don’t forget to get an online coupon first!)
- Play in the Rain like Kids Activities Blog
- Volunteer with your kids like 52 Brand New
- Host a themed Playdate
- Put out the Fire (with water hose) by Toddler Approved
- Make a Portable Water Wall like Fun-a-Day
- Make & Sail Ice Boats like Reading Confetti
- Painting with your Feet like Here Come the Girls
- Paint with Water and Ice like Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
- Attend a local church’s Vacation Bible School program
- Have a Backyard movie night like Housing a Forest
- Sensory Fun with Ice like Plain Vanilla Mom
- Backyard Frozen Fun by Counting Coconuts
- Marshmallow Sensory Play by Fantastic Fun & Learning-
- Summer Sensory Play with Shaving Cream by Growing a Jeweled Rose
- Make a Hot Air Balloon like DIY Projects for Kids
- Make a Mud Kitchen like The Imagination Tree
- Make a Pinecone Bird Feeder like Tinkerlab
- Make a Melted beads Stain Glass Sun Catcher like 123Homeschool4Me (coming soon)
- Glowing Outdoor Science Lab by Growing a Jeweled Rose
- Lawn Tic-Tac-Toe like Learn Create Love
- DIY Spray Paint for Preschool and Toddler Art by Sun Hats and Wellie Boots
- Alphabet Water gun targets by Creative Capital B
- Make a Solar Oven for some Summer Science by Kitchen Pantry Scientists
- Make Your Own Lava Lamp by Come Together Kids
- Make a Pinwheel like My Homespun Threads
- Rock Candy like Moms Crafty Space
- Grow Giant Sunflowers like The Golden Gleam
- Make Bubble Prints like Vivid Layers
- Sand Paper Print T-shirrs like Alpha Mom
- Make Root beer Floats
- Make a Craft Stick Bracelets like 123 Homeschool 4 Me
- Play tennis with Balloons
- Disappearing Letters by Reading Confetti
- Make Sponge Bombs like Inner Child Fun
- Play Capture the Flag
- Do a Water Table Makeover like Growing a Jeweled Rose’s Princess Water Table
- Build with Ice Cubes like Train Up a Child
- Read a New Book Aloud Together (recommendations from 123Homeschool4Me)
- Make homemade popsicles like these colorful ones from Babble
- Visit a State Park
- Make Salsa from your Garden you grew
- Make a Driveway Obstacle Course like Creative Family Fun
- Pool Noodle Backyard Obstacle Course by Train up a Child
- Make an Outdoor Band (bang on garbage lid, wind chime, water in cups, etc)
- Take a Nature Walk (wherever you are: neighborhood, beach, rain, state park, etc.) like Crystals Tiny Treasures Marine Walk
- Go Go Camping outside or indoor camping (
- Take a day trip to a Beach
- Make Sponge sculptures like The Chocolate Muffin Tree
- Glow in the Dark - Firefly Nightlights by 123Homeschool4Me
- Get moving in the back yard like Growing a Jeweled Rose did with Get up & Move Backyard Dice
- Play Backyard Twister like Eucharisteo
- Practice your Alphabet with an Ice Letter Hunt like Reading Confetti
- Watering an Alphabet Garden like Toddler Approved
- Summer Bucket List with Free Printable by Motherhood on a Dime
- Sensory Roller Painting by Mummy Musings and Mayhem
- Find more great ideas from Little Wonder's Days Bucket List
- Bowling - KIDS BOWL FREE
- Ice Cream in a Bag - Growing a Jeweled Rose
