It's only February 28th and I'm already wishing it were summer. Being the planner that I am, and the first summer that I'll be staying home with my girls, I made up 2 activity jars to help the summer break go by smoother. Also hoping to eliminate the "Momma, I'm bored!" statements. At the beginning of the day, my 4 & 5 year olds can choose what we might do with our day!
I came up with a list of 99+ activities and places to go here in Minnesota. Some activities may only take 30 minutes, but they will be fun none the less. I wrote them all out on construction paper and put them in the corresponding containers
I will share my lists with you :)
The Things We'll Do:
- Kid Yoga
- Take a bath outside
- Have a picnic
- Draw while blindfolded (play loud fast music, then play slow soft music)
- Make a string telephone
- Make a Marshallow Shooter
- Make a pet rock
- Pajama / movie day
- Make and play with velcro sticks
- Rainbow dancing - hoop with colored ribbon tied to it
- Foot painting outside
- Make mud pies
- Make an edible necklace (Cheerios/Fruit Loops)
- Paint with shaving cream
- Science - mixing colours
- Sculpt with Salt Clay
You will need:
1 cup flour
3/4 cup salt
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup cooking oil
Food coloring
Place the flour, salt and oil in a mixing bowl and stir with a wooden spoon. Combine water and food coloring then gradually add the colored water to the flour mixture. When you have created things with the clay, you can bake them to harden the clay. Put the oven on low heat (300ºF/150ºC) and bake for 1-2 hours.
- Make bow & arrow with q-tips, popsicle sticks and dental floss
- Make popsicles
- Elephant Toothpaste
- Exploding Bags
- Texture painting with toilet paper and glue
- Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint
- Make a mosaic with magazine cutouts
- Tye Die with Sharpies
- Bird Feeder - Peanut butter/bird seed
- Paint with fruit / vegetables (apples, potatoes, celery tops)
- Mentos in Diet coke
- Balloon Babies
Fill up a water balloon and draw a face on it with a dark marker.
Wrap it in a paper towel, then hand your kid (4 and up) his new "baby."
See how long he can take care of it before it breaks.
- Play in the sandbox - scavenger hunt for small toys
- Fly a Kite
- Make bubbles
2 C. warm water
1/4 C. good quality dish soap (i.e. – Dawn),
A little food coloring or paint/Kool-Aid powder
2 Tbsp. glycerine or corn syrup.
- Red Light Green Light
- Simon Says
- Lawn Bowling - any ball and pop bottles
- Hair Chalking
- Marble Art
- Make a slip 'n slide - old tarp and soapy water
- Have a dance party
- Make a volcano
- Make ice cream
In a quart ziplock bag, put in a cup of milk, a teaspoon of vanilla and .
In a gallon ziplock bag, put in a 1/3 of a cup of salt and fill the bag ¾ of the way full
with ice cubes.
Place the smaller bag inside the larger bag, and shake for 5 minutes. Open and serve!
- Build a rock garden
- Water balloon fight
- Sidewalk chalk art
- Musical chairs
- Spray bottle art (paper / colored water)
- Make Noodle Pictures (glueing with uncooked noodles)
- Make a Pillow Pile (take all pillows in the house, make a pile and JUMP! )
- Toilet Paper Trail - each get a roll of TP and walk around the house or outside
- Make Paper Dolls
- Ice Cube Painting - freeze Kool-Aid
- Plant Runner Beans
- Have a Tea Party outside
- Play Sports - volleyball, soccer, frisbee, T-ball
- Make a fort - sheets / chairs - outside or inside
- Plant a flower
- Have a car wash
- Play Tic Tac Toe with sidewalk chalk - make it BIG!
- Finger paint with pudding
- Cup Stacking - give the kids plastic cups and see what they come up with
- Make our own bouncy balls
- Make a bracelet / necklace
- Backwards day - clothes backwards, dinner for breakfast, breakfast for dinner, dessert for lunch
- Paint a picture with lemon juice, then leave in the sun for the day - see what happens
- Salt painting
- Grow a Sponge Garden
- Make a Soap Cloud
- Sprinklers
- Play in the kiddie pool
- Stories outside
- Paint with water outside
- Let's make a PVC pipe sprinkler
- Go on a bug hunt
- Go on a colour hunt (find colours of the rainbow outside)
- Go to the Farmers Market
- Go on a worm hunt
- Go bowling
- Walker Art Center
- Visit the Fire Department
- Go to the Beach
- SpringBrook Nature Center
- Bakken Museum
- Fawn Doe Rosa
- Coon Rapids Dam
- Eagle's Nest
- Nature Walk with camera
- Como Zoo
- Children's Museum
- Kelley's Farm
- Maple Maze
- Manor Park (splash pad)
- Walk along the river / collect rocks
- Go to the dog park
- North Mississippi Water Park
- Elm Creek Park (play area)
- Go to a park (a different one each time)
- Go for a walk
- Check out books from the library
- Go to the humane society
- French Park (play area)
- A Maze'n Farmyard
- Teddy Bear Park
- Gale Woods Farm Park
What are some of your favourite things to do in the summer?
♥Aimee♥
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