Super Summer List: 50 Activities for Kids

So as the summer season starts upon us, it’s time to share Our Super Summer List!!!!

 

 

1.  Get ice cream from the ice cream truck

2.  Fireworks on the Fourth of July

3.  POOL time!

4.  Picnic at the Park

5.  Putt-Putt

6.  Make homemade popsicles

7.  Strawberry picking (and hopefully other fruits too!)

8.  Make homemade ice cream

9.  Campfire Hot Dogs and Smores

10.  Catch lightening bugs

11.  Water Day—Sprinkler, Slip and Slide, Water Table, Baby Pool!

12.  Make a bird feeder

13.  Wear pajamas ALL day (a rainy day would be perfect for this)!!

14.  Read books outside

15.  Paint Rocks

16.  Make your own pizza (and hopefully throw them on the grill!)

17.  Make Kool-Aid play dough

18.  Set up a tent in the yard for the day

19.  Have a teddy bear picnic

20.  Go to farmer’s market

21.  Collect shells at the beach

22.  Fly a kite

23.  Go out for self-serve frozen yogurt

24.  Check out library summer reading program

25.  Paint with water

26.  Take a nature walk 

27.  Attempt to make own bubbles

28.  Attend outdoor concert

29.  Have a bike, scooter, ride-on play date

30.  Outdoor dance party

31.  Make sun tea

32.  Feed the ducks

33.  Sunset at the beach

34.  Take a train ride 

35.  Neighborhood Treasure Hunt

36.  Make cards for family members and send them!

37.  Have an outside “art” play date

38.  Outdoor bowling

39.  Bake cupcakes with some friends

40.  Water balloons

41.  Splash in puddles

42.  Watch clouds

43.  Make chocolate covered strawberries and bananas

44.  Make a Fruit Loops necklace

45.   Attend a baseball game

46.   Attend outdoor concert

47.  Car Wash our Hot Wheels

48.  Hide and Seek in the backyard

49.  Take kid camera to park for a “photo shoot”

50.  Make and walk on balance beam

And for any local readers, here’s some ideas for things to do around here:

Watchung The Loop Playground/Trailside Museum

Turtle Back Zoo

Sesame Place

Zerbini Family Circus

Ponderosa Farm, Scotch Plains

Story time at Cranford pool

Alstede Farms

Day Trip into NYC

Shopping trip to Ikea and check out the airplanes from the cafeteria

Kidtoons in Westfield

Scotch Plains Farmer’s Market

Colts Neck Spraygrounds