15 Summer Activities for Kids
Fun, and active summer activities for kids! Get outside and enjoy the warm weather with these activities.
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Summer Activities For Kids
Summer vacation offers the perfect opportunity for kids to explore, create, and engage in fun activities. When children have free time during the summer months, it's important to have a variety of engaging activities ready to prevent boredom and promote continued learning. These summer activities are specifically designed to make the most of the warm weather and longer days, incorporating outdoor adventures, water play, and seasonal themes. Our collection of summer activities for kids in 2025 includes DIY crafts perfect for summer themes, outdoor games that take advantage of the nice weather, and educational projects that prevent summer learning loss while being fun and enjoyable.
Whether you're looking for activities to do at home, at the beach, or during summer camp, these ideas will keep children entertained throughout the summer break. From creating summer-themed arts and crafts to engaging in water activities and nature exploration, there's something for every child's interest. These summer activities promote creativity, physical activity, and continued learning during the school break, ensuring that children have a memorable and productive summer vacation while having lots of fun along the way.
Top Summer Activities for Kids
Make Your Own Iced Tea
What is the activity?
This refreshing summer project involves brewing tea, adding ice, and experimenting with flavors like lemon, honey, or fresh berries. Kids can even create their own signature iced tea blend!
Why do this activity?
Making DIY iced tea teaches basic cooking skills, introduces them to different flavors, and keeps them hydrated during hot summer days. Plus, it's a fun way to cool off with a homemade drink!
Beverage recipes
Build a Water Balloon Pinata
What is the activity?
This splashy water play turns a regular piñata into an exciting summer game! Fill balloons with water, hang them from a tree, and let kids take turns trying to pop them with a stick.
Why do this activity?
A water balloon piñata is a fun way to cool down, improve coordination, and enjoy an exciting outdoor game on a hot day.
Water Pinata tutorial
Make Your Own Popsicles
What is the activity?
This cooling summer treat lets children mix fruit juice, yogurt, or blended fruits and freeze them in molds to create homemade popsicles.
Why do this activity?
Making popsicles encourages creativity with flavors, teaches about freezing and food science, and provides a healthy, refreshing summer snack!
Make a fruit popsicle
Create Sidewalk Chalk Murals
What is the activity?
This artistic outdoor project involves using colorful sidewalk chalk to create giant murals, hopscotch games, or even an obstacle course on the pavement.
Why do this activity?
Sidewalk chalk art promotes creativity, teamwork, and outdoor fun while turning any sidewalk into a masterpiece!
Epic sidewalk chalk artHave a Backyard Camping Night
What is the activity?
This summer adventure lets children set up a tent, bring out sleeping bags, and experience camping—right in the backyard! They can roast marshmallows, tell stories, and look at the stars.
Why do this activity?
Backyard camping gives children the fun of an outdoor adventure while staying close to home. It builds independence and makes for a magical summer memory!
Make a Nature Bracelet
What is the activity?
This crafty outdoor project involves wrapping tape (sticky side out) around a child's wrist and decorating it with flowers, leaves, and tiny treasures found in nature.
Why do this activity?
Creating a nature bracelet encourages observation skills, creativity, and appreciation for the beauty of the outdoors!
DIY Pool Noodle Boat Races
What is the activity?
This engineering and water play involves cutting pool noodles into small boats, decorating them, and racing them across a kiddie pool or large tub using straws to blow them forward.
Why do this activity?
Boat racing teaches simple physics, builds creativity, and provides a fun way to cool off with water play.
Make a No-Bake Summer Snack
What is the activity?
This cooking-free project lets children prepare easy, no-bake treats like fruit parfaits, frozen yogurt bark, or energy bites—perfect for hot days when the oven stays off!
Why do this activity?
Creating no-bake snacks encourages healthy eating, introduces kitchen skills, and gives everyone a tasty, cooling treat to enjoy.
Cooking course for kids
Go on a Butterfly Safari
What is the activity?
This nature-exploring adventure involves heading outside with a notebook to find and identify different types of butterflies. Children can use a field guide or an app to learn about their colors and patterns.
Why do this activity?
A butterfly safari helps children learn about nature, observation, and patience while enjoying the beauty of summer wildlife.
Identify butterflies!
Make Your Own Sun Prints
What is the activity?
This solar-powered art project uses special sun-print paper or dark construction paper to capture silhouettes of leaves, flowers, and small objects by leaving them in the sun.
Why do this activity?
Creating sun prints teaches about light and shadows while making beautiful nature-inspired artwork.
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Create a Summer Memory Jar
What is the activity?
This keepsake project involves decorating a jar and filling it with summer memories—tiny notes, seashells, photos, or small trinkets collected throughout the season.
Why do this activity?
Making a memory jar helps children reflect on fun moments, practice gratitude, and create a lasting souvenir of their summer adventures.
Water Gun Painting
What is the activity?
This splashy summer art project uses water guns filled with diluted paint to spray canvases or paper, creating cool abstract art outdoors.
Why do this activity?
Water gun painting combines outdoor fun with creativity, making a unique and active way to create summer art!
Make a Frozen Treasure Hunt
What is the activity?
This cooling summer game involves freezing small toys, seashells, or plastic animals in ice and letting children 'rescue' them using water, salt, or toy hammers.
Why do this activity?
A frozen treasure hunt encourages problem-solving, patience, and sensory exploration while keeping everyone cool in the summer heat.
Try a Shadow Drawing Challenge
What is the activity?
This sun-inspired drawing project uses toys or objects placed in the sun to cast shadows on paper. Children can trace the outlines and color them in to make fun shapes!
Why do this activity?
Shadow drawing teaches about light, angles, and creativity while providing a unique way to make art outdoors.
Make a DIY Bird Bath
What is the activity?
This wildlife-friendly summer project involves using a shallow dish or bowl filled with water and placing it in a safe spot outside to help birds stay cool.
Why do this activity?
Building a bird bath teaches about animal care, encourages bird-watching, and provides an opportunity to observe nature up close!
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