Last week preschool ended. My kindergartner has two weeks left. I can’t avoid it any longer. Summer is here.
We have a few weeks of camp arranged and two family trips. We’ll also hit up some of my favorite local summer spots.
But even with all that we’ve planned, that leaves a multitude of free time. What in the world will we do? Well I sat down and talked with the kids. Together we made a list of 40 things we want to do this summer. (It was harder than I thought!) We may not get to them all, but it’ll be fun to say we tried. (See if you can guess who came up with which idea!)
1. Play in the rain.
2. Make homemade ice cream.
3. Go to the zoo.
4. Have a picnic at a local park.
5. Blow bubbles.
6. Go to a baseball game.
7. Take a day trip to the beach.
8. Go for a bike ride.
9. Go to the pool.
10. Fly a kite.
11. Play in the sprinklers.
12. Go to the Farmer’s Market.
13. See a few movies.
14. Try a banana split.
15. Play dates with friends.
16. Host a cook out.
17. Go to Coconut Charlies or Pump It Up.
18. Color.
19. Go to the Y.
20. Paint.
READ: Summer Activities, Raleigh, NC
21. Decorate our driveway with chalk.
22. Climb a tree.
23. Go to Three Bears Acres.
24. Plant some flowers.
25. Take lots of pictures.
26. Buy some squirt guns and have a water fight.
27. Go fishing.
28. Read lots of books.
29. Work on our Minecraft train track.
30. Go to Dave & Busters and Frankie’s Fun Park.
31. See an outdoor concert.
32. Have a dance party.
33. Practice math.
34. Go to the library.
35. Visit with family.
36. Have a treasure hunt.
37. Play cards – Old Maid, Crazy Eights, War and Go Fish.
38. Go hiking.
39. Go to an amusement park – Carowinds, King’s Dominion or Busch Gardens!
40. Family Movie Night!
I love that a lot of these are free activities. A great way of unplugging and enjoying summer. Great list.
Love this list. It is getting a little trickier as the kids get bigger!
Good list Erin! You have inspired me to do a list with my kids.
Great list. School gets out tomorrow for us so we will trying some of these out very soon!
Great list.
It looks like you’re going to have a fabulous summer! I love brainstorming the things my kids want to do at the start of summer too. We write them on index cards and hang them up and tear them off as we complete them!
That is a GREAT idea! We might need to put them in a jar or something to pull out when someone says “I’m bored.” 🙂
Fantastic ideas! Love read lots of books and go to the library 🙂 Another idea, my kids loved geocaching as a fun summer activity.
Great list! We want to camp out in the backyard this summer!
By the looks of this list, your family has an amazing summer in store! Now that my two are older, getting creative with my summer planning has gotten a bit more tricky, but there are some old faves on here they still love.
Fun list. I’ll have to check off what few we’ve managed to do so far.