Kids, Summer, YIKES!
Ideas for Summer Kids Activities
Summer is here, and that means the kids are out of school and looking for something to do. Keeping your sanity as a mom, grandparent, or daycare provider means being able to entertain those kids all day long. This can make for a YIKES! moment when it comes to summer planning. What you need are some brilliant ideas for kids activities.
When looking for activity ideas, you want the kids to have fun. But you also want them to get some exercise for both their body and mind. Another consideration is cost. You don’t want summer fun to break the piggy bank.
Here are some ideas to take the YIKES! out of summer…
The first thing to do is to check your local area for summer kids programs such as:
- A Summer Reading Program at the Library or Book Store. A lot of children’s libraries have other fun programs available too, like story time, magic shows, animal or science shows.
- Free or low cost Movies for kids at the local Theater.
- Check with your city or town for free or low cost Swimming sessions, or other programs they may have available.
I like to inspire you to allow your kids to use their imaginations and get outside and move. Check these out…
Here are some activity ideas for Sensory Play
And now, onto some awesome ideas I collected for you from Pinterest…
Build a Lemonade Stand and have some old-fashioned fun! Check out these awesome printables at Somewhat Simple
Find 100+ Summer Lovin’ Ideas at Mother’s Niche
35+ Nature Activities for Kids at Reading Confetti
Snowball Fights in the middle of summer? YES! Check out this California Snowball Fight
32 of the Best Backyard Games from Listotic
50 Cool Summer Activities for Bored Kids (No Parents Required) from The Stir
Summer Science for Kids from Growing A Jeweled Rose
Over 75 Water Play Ideas from Kids Activities Blog
How To Make Amazingly HUGE Bubbles from Baby Savers
Aren’t these some awesome ideas for kids activities? I hope they inspire you and your children to be creative and have some fun!
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What are some of your favorite Summertime Activities?
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I’ll have to check out some of those sensory activities. We like to make messes around here.
#homemattersparty
The sensory activities are fantastic! You can learn so much from being messy. LOL Thanks for co-hosting with us at the Home Matters Linky Party. 🙂
Lorelai, you have just saved me a TON of Pinterest searching! Some of these look great! I think my daughter would love to open a lemonade stand – but the problem is she would try to drink all the lemonade herself! It’s going to be another great month co-hosting the #HomeMattersParty with you. Thanks for having me!
Oooh, so glad to be of help, Nicole! I hope you and your daughter enjoy many, many hours of summer fun! 🙂
Look at that – even more ideas to add to my list for the kids! Thanks!
And thanks for the chance to co-host this month #HomeMattersParty
You can never have too many ideas to keep kids busy, entertained, and learning… Enjoy! We are super excited to have you as part of the Home Matters team–welcome aboard. 🙂
This is such a wonderful list, Lorelai! I’m always looking for indoor or outdoor activities to do with my daughter, and you got me covered. Loving the science experiment ideas 🙂
There really are some fantastic ideas for Kids Activities here. Hope you and your daughter have a summer full of fun! 🙂
Sonja, glad you found these tips helpful. We are thrilled to have you as part of the #HomeMattersParty team! 🙂
The summer reading program were lifesavers for us when my girls were little. Glad to be cohosting #HomeMattersParty with you.
Oh, we spent TONS of time at the library! And we always had a ton of fun. 🙂
This is such a great resource list Lorelai! I wouldn’t have thought to specifically look for the science activities, but what a great way to keep the learning going all summer. Will definitely do some of them. Thank you for this and for having us as co-hosts for the #HomeMattersParty!
looks like tons of fun things to dooo :)…love to try some of those summer science projects 🙂
With summer just a few weeks away, I need to get started on these fun summer ideas! Thanks for sharing…my kids do SO much better when they’re active during the summer. #HomeMattersParty
Lots of great ideas. I think my son and nephew would really enjoy some of these. #HomeMattersParty
We are almost out of school, so the summer Yikes is upon us. I have to find ways to keep my kids busy or we all go nuts. Thanks for the suggestions! #HomeMattersParty