100 Indoor & Outdoor Summer Activities for Kids

Published by - May 23, 2023 -

These 100 summertime activities for kids are a terrific way to keep your little ones occupied and spend quality time together, no matter the weather.

Summer is all about having fun in the sun, therefore planning outside summer family activities is always important. What about those cloudy summer days, though? Avoid getting trapped behind a screen. With our comprehensive list of summertime indoor and outdoor activities for kids and their families, make the most of your summer.

Outdoor Recreation

  1. Visit a beach
  2. Build a fire and prepare s’mores.
  3. Water gun battles 
  4. Create bubbles 
  5. Journey to the zoo
  6. Scavenger hunt outside
  7. Establish a lemonade stand. 
  8. Go to the water park.
  9. Make a catch. 
  10. Visit the park.
  11. Have a picnic outside.
  12. Play with the pavement chalk.
  13. Create a garden.
  14. Kites to fly 
  15. Visit a berry farm. 
  16. Paint excels.
  17. Enjoy some sprinkler time. 
  18. Camp out 
  19. Make your own popsicles. 
  20. Balloon baseball with water
  21. Take a hike 
  22. Learn how to double Dutch while jumping rope. 
  23. Make a homemade solar oven.
  24. Take a stroll
  25. See the sunrise and/or sunset
  26. Play miniature golf 
  27. Self-painted sidewalks
  28. Circulate the neighborhood on bikes. 
  29. Stargazing
  30. Visit a pond and feed the ducks there. 
  31. Make a puddle of butterflies
  32. Visit the pool in your community.
  33. Sculpt a rainbow 
  34. Jump through hoops 
  35. Gather wildflowers to make a bouquet. 
  36. Rock-hop on the ocean.
  37. sloppy play (Using shaving cream or washable paint) Twister on the lawn
  38. DIY slip-and-fall
  39. Make your own snow cones. 
  40. Produce tie-dye clothing 
  41. Squirt gun artwork 
  42. Drawing a shadow 
  43. Utilize a hoola hoop.
  44. Discover a new dance. 
  45. Race some toy cars.
  46. Create bird feeders from pine cones.
  47. Visit a drive-in movie
  48. Tag game
  49. Look at the clouds and identify the various shapes.
  50. Visit the farmer’s market in your area.

Interior Activities

  1. Build a fort. 
  2. popcorn while watching a movie
  3. Touch-up paint 
  4. Study the process for making friendship bracelets. 
  5. Open a book.
  6. Pillows can be used to make a course obstacle 
  7. Clear a maze 
  8. Create paper aircraft 
  9. In the living room, squat
  10. Visit a library
  11. For your neighbors, make cookies. 
  12. Make a scientific investigation 
  13. creating homemade slime
  14. Conduct a treasure hunt. 
  15. Try out Simon Says.
  16. Construct a cereal necklace. 
  17. create your own pizza station
  18. Make anything from clay.
  19. Have a picnic inside. 
  20. Organize a puppet show
  21. and create your own play dough 
  22. Make a customized escape room. 
  23. Construct a kaleidoscope.
  24. Set up a talent show.
  25. Hide-and-seek game
  26. Create a fresh game.
  27. Make a puzzle 
  28. cardboard horseshoes 
  29. Make summer skewers for children.
  30. Play bowling
  31. Record a video
  32. Sculpt with pipe cleaners 
  33. In a coloring book, draw.
  34. night of family games 
  35. Make and embellish cupcakes. 
  36. homemade suncatchers 
  37. Bingo game 
  38. Try family yoga.
  39. Restaurant game 
  40. Construct a time capsule. 
  41. Publish a tale.
  42. Play some music, and get up and dance.
  43. Playing a role 
  44. Throw a chic tea party. 
  45. Spend the day in the spa.
  46. Put on nail polish
  47. Your own homemade rock candy
  48. Discover a magic trick 
  49. Visit a museum
  50. Create a card for a loved one.