Fun Summer Activities for Kids

By Lexy Largent, Bridges to Growth

Summer is winding down, but there’s still time to squeeze in a little more summer fun! Here’s a list of some things to try:

• Make homemade ice cream without an ice cream maker.
• Play water balloon baseball. Fill up some water balloons and go after them with a plastic bat!
• Have a picnic at the lake.
• Paint some kindness rocks.
• Hold your own backyard Olympics.
• Try squirt gun watercolor painting.
• Learn some jump rope rhymes.
• Make pipe cleaner creatures.
• Compete in a backyard obstacle course.
• Go on a scavenger hunt.
• Play board games. Make up your own rules!
• Make a race track with masking tape.
• Decorate cardboard boxes and make a fort.
• Write a story together.
• Finger paint with pudding.
• Make homemade pizza.
• Interview a grandparent.
• Try your hand at origami.
• Make giant bubbles.
• Learn some magic tricks.
• Watch learn-to-draw videos on Youtube.

What fun things have you done with your kids this summer?