Get Busy This Summer: 100 Indoor and Outdoor activities for Kids
Every year it comes around the excitement for the summer holidays, ‘only a few more weeks left’, ‘soon we won’t have go to lessons or wake up early for school’ but as the weeks go on your little ones can slowly run out of things to do!
So, in this month's blog we’ve made a fool-proof list of a hundred activities you can do with your kids. And none of them include ipads or technology.They're old school activities to help your kids use their imagination and improve their creativity. Enjoy!
- Draw with Chalk
- Paint with water (no mess!)
- Try a new sport
- Identify trees and flowers
- Make a suncatcher
- Look for cloud animals
- Make a bird feeder
- Listen to the birds
- Make a rock collection
- Have a teddy bear picnic
- Make perfume from petals
- Blow bubbles
- Climb a tree
- Run through a sprinkler
- Make a scarecrow
- Sit and relax
- Read a book
- Eat ice cream
- Go birdwatching
- Identity different bugs
- Make mud pies
- Plant flowers
- Build a bridge
- Start a nature diary
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go the the farmers market
- Feed the ducks
- Fly a kite
- Go to the local museum
- Play dodgeball
- Go swimming
- Go on a treasure hunt
- Do some photography
- Have an egg and spoon race
- Make a lemonade stand
- Tie dye shirts
- Paint pet rocks
- Have a hula hoop contest
- Play capture the flag
- Berry picking
- Eat dinner outside
- Make a paper boat
- Star gaze
- Collect acorns and pinecones
- Blow bubbles
- Play capture the flag
- Go for a family walk or run
- Build a sandcastle
- Make a butterfly feeder
- Roast marshmallows
- Make playdough
- Learn a dance routine
- Write a story
- Paint a self portrait
- Build a den
- Help prepare dinner
- Bake cakes
- Make salt dough
- Do a puzzle
- Write and send a letter
- Make a scrapbook
- Have a pamper day
- Play party games
- Make slime
- Draw a map
- Sing together
- Follow a recipe
- Watch silly videos
- Create a secret code
- Play I spy
- Craft with stickers
- Make rainbow rice
- Make a sensory bin
- Indoor scavenger hunt
- Facetime family
- Do a science project
- Make a mask
- Make paper chains
- Have a tea party
- Play charades
- Build with Lego’s
- Decorate biscuits
- Watch a movie
- Cut out magazine pictures
- Learn a new skill
- Invent a game
- Make handprint art
- Stir up a magic potion
- Make a time capsule
- Face painting
- Draw you friends and family
- Write a diary
- Paint a rainbow
- Put on a talent show
- Create an obstacle course
- Bake cakes
- Have a disco party
- Go for a bike ride
- Backyard bowling
- Go to the park!
While all these activities are sure to help deter boredom over the summer holidays, usually the phrase ‘I’m bored’ is a cry for some company. The best thing to do is to start an activity you can do together that they can finish independently.
We hope this list will help as the weeks go by!