Inside:
Look at baby books & Photos
Have a picnic inside
Write a letter to your best friend
Find a pen-pal (parent permission)
Write a poem
Write a fairy tale
Write a song
Keep a journal of what you do during the Summer
Compare a book to a movie
Have a scavenger or treasure hunt for them (leaving clues around the house).
Have a winter theme party
Have a family game night
Prank call their grandparents, using disguised, humorous voices.
Crafts Crazy (give a bunch of loose supplies)
Google earth. Use google earth and maps to explore new territory.
Have a pillow fight
Have an on-going jig saw puzzle
Rent a dvd and make popcorn
Fingerpaint
Write letters to family
Do a science experiment
Teach them to play chess
Learn magic tricks
Stop motion animation starring Legos or action figures.
Grow a Crystal Garden
To Make & Eat:
Make yogurt popsicles
Make fudgesicles
Make home made ice cream (machine)
Make Kick the Can Ice Cream or 5 Minute Ice Cream
Freezer Jam:
Make & eat Kabobs
Make homemade mini pizzas
Make milkshakes
Bake some cookies
To Make
Make a Megaphone
Make a FeelBox
Make a noodle necklace
Make a Dream Book (things they’d like to have, places they’d like to go, careers)
Make a scrapbook/mini photo album of everything you do this summer
Create a blog together.
Make hand-painted T-shirts
Create a family book, with information and pictures about each family member
Make up trivia questions about each other.
Make a movie
Make a bird feeder
Make sailboats and race them.
Sketch a picture of your house from the outside
Cut up an old greeting card picture and make a puzzle
Invent a new dance
Make an obstacle course in your back yard
Build a sandcastle
Tie-dye some t-shirts
Backyard Fun:
Have a picnic
Have a scavenger or treasure hunt for them (leaving clues around the yard).
Stargaze and track the moon phases
Watch the birds
Camp in the backyard complete with s'mores and; ghost stories, and shadow puppets
Water balloons
Puddle Jump Boots & Bathing suits!
Water gun fight and target practice (write numbers on plastic cups)
Dirt restaurant. salads from leaves and flower petals, mud pies play waiter/customer)
Blow bubbles and catch with a net
Wash outside toys with sponges (fill up big toy bucket with water)
Build race car track in sand/mud (complete with jumps, water pits and crash areas)
Play basketball in the Driveway
Ride bikes
Play freeze tag
Hoola hoop
Hopscotch
Skip rope & sing songs
Yogi
Play in the rain
Chalk / Paint
Close to home:
Have a picnic at a park
Take a walk and record the sounds
Discover a new favorite author or book series
Donate some of the toys and clothes you no longer use
Get up early see the sunrise.
Fly a kite
Watch the sun set
Spend time with your grandparents
Stargaze and track the moon phases
Watch the birds
Master the art of Rock Skipping (have Grandpa teach the kids)
Puddle Jump Boots & Bathing suits!
Get up early, pack breakfast, and have a sunrise breakfast.
Visit every playground
Ride bikes
Buy popsicles
Visit family
Go jogging. (take one kid at a time)
Play in the rain
Look at baby books & Photos
Have a picnic inside
Write a letter to your best friend
Find a pen-pal (parent permission)
Write a poem
Write a fairy tale
Write a song
Keep a journal of what you do during the Summer
Compare a book to a movie
Have a scavenger or treasure hunt for them (leaving clues around the house).
Have a winter theme party
Have a family game night
Prank call their grandparents, using disguised, humorous voices.
Crafts Crazy (give a bunch of loose supplies)
Google earth. Use google earth and maps to explore new territory.
Have a pillow fight
Have an on-going jig saw puzzle
Rent a dvd and make popcorn
Fingerpaint
Write letters to family
Do a science experiment
Teach them to play chess
Learn magic tricks
Stop motion animation starring Legos or action figures.
Grow a Crystal Garden
To Make & Eat:
Make yogurt popsicles
Make fudgesicles
Make home made ice cream (machine)
Make Kick the Can Ice Cream or 5 Minute Ice Cream
Freezer Jam:
Make & eat Kabobs
Make homemade mini pizzas
Make milkshakes
Bake some cookies
To Make
Make a Megaphone
Make a FeelBox
Make a noodle necklace
Make a Dream Book (things they’d like to have, places they’d like to go, careers)
Make a scrapbook/mini photo album of everything you do this summer
Create a blog together.
Make hand-painted T-shirts
Create a family book, with information and pictures about each family member
Make up trivia questions about each other.
Make a movie
Make a bird feeder
Make sailboats and race them.
Sketch a picture of your house from the outside
Cut up an old greeting card picture and make a puzzle
Invent a new dance
Make an obstacle course in your back yard
Build a sandcastle
Tie-dye some t-shirts
Backyard Fun:
Have a picnic
Have a scavenger or treasure hunt for them (leaving clues around the yard).
Stargaze and track the moon phases
Watch the birds
Camp in the backyard complete with s'mores and; ghost stories, and shadow puppets
Water balloons
Puddle Jump Boots & Bathing suits!
Water gun fight and target practice (write numbers on plastic cups)
Dirt restaurant. salads from leaves and flower petals, mud pies play waiter/customer)
Blow bubbles and catch with a net
Wash outside toys with sponges (fill up big toy bucket with water)
Build race car track in sand/mud (complete with jumps, water pits and crash areas)
Play basketball in the Driveway
Ride bikes
Play freeze tag
Hoola hoop
Hopscotch
Skip rope & sing songs
Yogi
Play in the rain
Chalk / Paint
Close to home:
Have a picnic at a park
Take a walk and record the sounds
Discover a new favorite author or book series
Donate some of the toys and clothes you no longer use
Get up early see the sunrise.
Fly a kite
Watch the sun set
Spend time with your grandparents
Stargaze and track the moon phases
Watch the birds
Master the art of Rock Skipping (have Grandpa teach the kids)
Puddle Jump Boots & Bathing suits!
Get up early, pack breakfast, and have a sunrise breakfast.
Visit every playground
Ride bikes
Buy popsicles
Visit family
Go jogging. (take one kid at a time)
Play in the rain
