50 Summer Activities for Kids
Summer may be a time to relax, but tell that to your kids when they are bouncing off the walls or flopped over the sofa because they’re bored. Here is a list of 50 Summer Activities to keep your kids entertained, active and out of trouble. See how many you can cross out before Labor Day.
- Go wading at Flat Rock Park
- Watch a movie
- Blow bubbles
- Play tag, hopscotch, or one of your favorite childhood games
- Buy a popcicle from the Ice Cream Man
- Go horseback riding at Roosevelt Riding Stables
- Play miniature golf
- Pick berries and peaches at a farm
- Roast marshmallows over a fire and make s’mores
- Dangle your feet off a dock
- Take a walk on the Chattahoochee Riverwalk and count the turtles
- Go swimming at Callaway Gardens
- Make lemonade from scatch
- Drink a sweating glass of ice tea
- Buy fresh produce at Market Days on Broadway
- Eat a scrambled dog from Dinglewood Pharmacy
- Eat an ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles
- Play in the sprinkler
- Nap in a hammock
- Have a picnic at Dowdell’s Knob in FDR State Park
- Sit on a porch swing
- Go kayaking or canoeing
- Go white water rafting on the Chattahoochee River
- Go zip-lining at Callaway Gardens
- Stargaze while lying on the grass
- Pick wildflowers
- Rent a bike from Ride on Bikes in Uptown Columbus
- Go camping at FDR State Park
- Toss a Frisbee
- Walk barefoot in the grass
- Clean up trash at a local park
- Watch the fireworks at Fort Benning
- Play with a hula hoop
- Color the sidewalk with chalk
- Play a game of Old Maid or Go Fish
- Go on a bug hunt
- Have a water balloon fight
- Plant a garden of herbs and vegetables
- Make paper boats and float them in a stream
- Build a lemonade stand
- Wash the car, bikes and scooters
- Bake cookies
- Make a fort out of cardboard boxes
- Stage an A to Z scavenger hunt, where you have to find something that starts with every letter.
- Go geocaching at one of Georgia’s state parks or historic sites.
- Make homemade ice cream
- Build a sandcastle
- Interview an older relative about what life was like when they were young.
- Catch fireflies in a jar, then let them go
- Have a fancy tea party
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