50 Essential Summer Activities for Your Family

Sweet, sweet summertime!! How I love you!!

I like to brainstorm ideas when a new season comes so I have a nice list of wishes!

I may not get to enjoy all of these this year but I’ve learned that a list of ideas is nice to have when your brain has taken a summer vacation. 😉

Here’s my list of 50 essential summer activities!!

Btw, most of these are free! Bonus!!

1. Go to a park
2. Catch Fireflies
3. Sign up for a local VBS
4. Play with bubbles
5. Throw frisbee
6. Visit some National Parks
7. Find an awesome lake and spend the day
8. Go to a State Park or two
9. Have a play date with some friends
10. Several movie theaters offer cheap movies during the summer
11. There’s always library reading programs. Our local library has lots of great entertainment all summer.
12. Arts programs are fun.
13. Festivals – I love a good festival!!
14. Make a craft!
15. Having a reading party
16. Go swim a bunch
17. Play in the sprinkler
18. Get in the creek
19. Start a family book
20. Do silly pictures
21. Start a Bible Study with and for your kids
22. Try a new recipe or maybe one each week
23. Do a family game night or one a week.
24. Play with water balloons
25. Play with glow sticks
26. Make sun tea
27. Make sidewalk art
28. Go camping
29. Make homemade ice cream
30. Go out with the girls to refresh your mommy-soul.
31. Go for plenty of walks
32. Do a family video
33. Take a bunch of silly photos
34. Dig in your storage for toys or activities that you haven’t enjoyed in a while.
35. Purge your closets before school starts back
36. Make S’mores
37. Do a science experiment
38. Visit an elderly person
39. Find a cause to volunteer with
40. Go to a Home Depot class
41. Splash pad
42. Let the kids choose for the day
43. Geocache
44. Bowl for free. You’ll want to sign up for this program.
45. Movie night with sleeping bags
46. Camp out in the living room
47. Go stargazing
48. Watch fireworks
49. Wash the car
50. Go on a picnic

What does your summer wish list look like?