The kids are out of school and the first week or so it’s always fun….then they get bored! Here’s a list of 10 fun summer outdoor activities that will keep your kids or grandkids entertained that are easy on the pocket book! It’s easy to go over your budget during summer trying to keep everyone happy and entertained.
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We all want our kids to have a fun summer but you don’t need to to bust the budget to do so!
10 Summer Outdoor Activities (to keep your kids entertained)
Try this ice block treasure hunt from Macaroni Kid
Race some soap boats from I Heart Naptime
Make and play with these giant bubbles from Spaceships and Laserbeams
How fun would it be to make and throw these DIY water sponge bombs! Â from Design Dazzle
Water balloon pinatas from Scrappy Happy Heather
Make your deck or patio a board game from The 36th Avenue
Here’s a fun summer art activity that’s outdoors from She Calls Me Mama Leisha
Paint some rocks and make a catepillar for the garden from Nellie Bellie
Play Frisbee tic-tac-toe (Frisbee from dollar store) from A Turtle’s Life For Me
Make an outside fort for them to hang out in. This one uses Dollar Tree hoola hoops! See the easy tutorial at The Craft Nest
How do you keep your kids entertained during the summer break?
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
June 5, 2015 at 3:46 pmThose are all great ideas. I love keeping my kids entertained over the summer, so we end up at the beach and playground a lot.
Michele says
June 5, 2015 at 4:04 pmThose all look like fun games that will keep kids cool and entertained for hours!
Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma) says
June 5, 2015 at 4:06 pmWow, these are some great activities for my boys. We have a summer of fun planned and now we have more to add to our list from this post!
Patrice M Foster says
June 5, 2015 at 7:12 pmSuch wonderful and great summer ideas for children I got real excited about the Ice block treasure hunt. Thanks for sharing.
Susan Quackenbush says
June 6, 2015 at 3:35 amThese are all really cool ideas, I think my grandson would like the Ice Block Treasure Hunt the most! I’ll have to try some of these when they come visit this summer 🙂
Elizabeth O. says
June 6, 2015 at 4:01 amThese are great ideas. The ice block will surely be a winner to our twin girls.
Ron Leyba says
June 6, 2015 at 10:41 pmAwesome summer activities! Love them all, the ice treasure hunt is amazing!
April G says
June 6, 2015 at 11:17 pmPretty cool. We have an entire summer to fill. I’m looking forward to trying these out.
Dogvills says
June 7, 2015 at 6:21 amI’m sure my kids would love these fun outdoor activities. We will try it for weekends! Thanks for sharing.
April Decheine says
June 7, 2015 at 11:29 amAWESOME, we used to love making forts outside, we had so much fun! We also made our own slip and slide.
Kendra says
June 7, 2015 at 2:55 pmThese activities look so fun! My babies would love to do some of them.
Erin Kennedy says
June 7, 2015 at 6:17 pmLove this round up! I haven’t seen many of these ideas, and they are so fun! Love the soap races and the Ice box treasure block! What fun summers ahead!