50+ Fun Summer Activities
As June is rapidly approaching, it is time to think about all of the fun summer activities that are around the bend! We have rounded-up over 50 fun summer activities that our contributors have created over the years. What are YOUR favorite summer activities to do with your family?
- Go tidepooling – find out when low tide is happening
- Build a sandcastle
- Have a picnic lunch in the yard – try these for a fun snack
- Visit a National Park
- Have ice cream for dinner
- Run through the sprinklers
- Go to an outdoor concert
- Watch a movie outside
- Harvest blackberries for a pie
- Make freezer jam
- Sleep outside and watch the stars – meteor shower schedule
- Make daisy chains
- Go to the park after dinner
- Paint a garden sign
- Create garden markers
- Make a fairy garden
- Plant a butterfly garden
- Catch a crab or some shrimp for dinner
- Pedicures
- Build a bat house
- BBQ at the beach
- Bonfire with friends
- Hike to find the Lorax
- Hike to find fairies
- Go to the zoo
- Create a new zucchini recipe
- Explore nature at night
- Face painting
- Dance party in the yard
- Make pizza
- Go to a baseball game
- Go camping
- Go swimming
- Go sailing
- Go fishing – or pretend!
- Go birdwatching
- Look for cloud animals
- Make popsicles
- Make granola bars
- Wash the cars
- Go on a road trip – snack ideas here
- Make bird feeders and bird food
- Go on a biking scavenger hunt
- Sell lemonade
- Pretend to be super heroes
- Blow bubbles — make your own bubble solution
- Fly a kite
- Create a cardboard super structure
- Watch local wildlife (orcas in our case!)
- Create a summer mural with sidewalk chalk
- Roast marshmallows – make s’more cones
- Go on a photo scavenger hunt
- Make a special dessert and deliver it to a friend
- Go for late night ice cream cones
- Make ice cream
A few of our FAVORITE items for summer fun! (with Amazon affiliate links)
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