Summer is here and if you have a toddler you’re probably hoping to make the best of those precious weeks of sunshine outside.
If you’re struggling for inspiration for how to fill the days, here are 50 ideas for keeping your kids entertained this summer.
Most can be done outside, but there are a few ideas which will work for rainy days as well, because we know what a disappointment British weather can be!
I’ve also created a schedule for families to use this summer. Check out my sample schedule, and download your own blank version, by signing up to my mailing list.
1. Build a fairy garden
2. Make ice lollies
3. Wash the car
4. Blow bubbles
5. Make a photo collage. If you’re doing this with young children you can get some colourful scrapbook stickers and let them decorate the final collage. Get them to help you decide where each photo should go.
6. Make a fort
7. Find a new playground
8. Organise a scavenger hunt
9. Play in the paddling pool/water table
10. Play catch
12. Have a teddy bear picnic
13. Read books outside
14. Pitch a tent in the garden
15. Visit a zoo
16. Swim at your local outdoor pool
17. Have a water fight
18. Ride bikes
19. Visit a National Trust property
20. Visit a pick your own farm
21. Feed ducks at your local pond
22. Draw on the ground with chalk
23. Get a large cardboard box and create a pretend house/TV/whatever your child wants it to be
24. Make a bird feeder
25. Make play dough
26. Have a race
27. Create an obstacle course in the garden using boxes and furniture
28. Get the Lego outside and build something
29. Make a bug hotel out of a shoe box
30. Go to the beach
32. Get paints outside and get messy making foot and hand prints on paper
33. Go on a boat trip
34. Eat watermelon
35. Make lemonade
36. Paint rocks and hide them in your local town
37. Play with a hula hoop
38. Make a nature collage
39. Visit a local splash pad
40. Make cards for relatives
41. Bake cupcakes
42. Visit an aquarium
43. Have a movie day – in your pyjamas
44. Make something out of cardboard boxes and empty loo rolls
45. Make paper boats and race them across the paddling pool
46. Pick daisies
47. Make flower prints with celery stalks
48. Have a barbecue
49. Ride the train somewhere new
50. Build a sandcastle
51. Look at the stars
52. Play hide and seek
Do you have any ideas for what to do this summer? Share the inspiration in the comments section!
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