Summer Activity Time with the Kids

Trying to keep the kids busy with fun, active, learning opportunities for the summer.  I have a list about a mile long and want a place to see it all... some of the ideas aren't online, so I can't just pin everything, so I'm going to just make a list.  If you see something that sparks your interest, you can ask me for more details.  It may be in my brain or I can direct you to a source. I will be listing if its passes a requirement for my cub scout with the achievement in parentheses.

Food Related:
Make a fruit bouquet
Lemonade Stand
Homemade popsicles/pudding pops
Make jam
Can fruit
Bake & decorate a cake
Pudding paint
Homemade fruit leather
Teddybear picnic
Make Jell-O jigglers
Make cookies (Bear 9a)
Make trail food for a hike (Bear 9e)
Make dessert for family (Bear 9f)
Cook something outside (Bear 9g)
Make taffy
Pretty jell-o layers

Artsy Fartsy:
Melt crayons outside
Tie Dye
Make paper windsock
Make puppets/Do puppet show
Sidewalk chalk masterpieces
Paint Rocks (Story stones!)
Make Flat Stanleys
Sew bean bags
Sew
Photo scavenger hunt
Paint a canvas
Make play dough
Paint a piece of furniture
Make a poster about a bird or animal & how it lives (Bear 5a)
Build a birdhouse (Bear 5b)
Do fingerprints (Bear 7a)
Build a model from a kit (Bear 21a)
Build display for model (Bear 21b)
Draw the layout of a room (Bear 21c)
Make some toss games (Bear 18b)
Paint T-shirts (ink effects by Deco Art)
Sandpaper shirts
Friendship bracelets
String art
Make sidewalk chalk paint
Garden tile art
Garden Bingo
Make your own comics
Make piggy banks from old plastic bottles
Glue and food color sun catchers
Painting with oil and watercolor

Just Plain Fun:
Giant paper airplanes
Giant bubbles
Homemade bouncy balls
Treasure hunt
Scavenger hunt
Waterballoon catapult
Play Jax
Play freeze tag
Build blanket forts
Homemade Backyard Twister
Paper airplane contest
Charades
Magic tricks
Hula hoop contest
Sock bubbles
Family band
Sprinklers
Hide & seek
Learn a dance
Make a movie
Nature scavenger hunt
Make a commercial
Backyard gym (Bear 18a)
Learn magic tricks (Bear 22e)
Fun with ropes (Bear 22a-d)
Giant Jenga
Passing Practice Tarp
Ice excavation treasure hunt
Outdoor human board game
Exploding sidewalk chalk paint
Make bird feeder
Pool noodle games
Cereal box pom pom & straw soccer
Paddle ball with paper plate paddles and balloon
100 cup challenge
Airplane catapult
Oobleck


Purely Educational:
Readathon
Learn to play the ukelele
Write what makes America special to you (Bear 3a)
Learn about historical places of interest in the area, visit one (Bear 3d)
Learn about a bird or animal and how it lives, make poster (Bear 5a)
Name an animal that's become extinct in the last 100 years.  Find animals on endangered list (Bear 5e)
Look at newspaper back issues at library, what happened on day you were born?  5 years ago? 15 years ago? (Bear 8a)
Family tree (Bear 8d)
Write a story about something your family has done (Bear 18f)
Write letters (Bear 18 b)
Write thank you notes (Bear 18e)
Wizard's Brew
Ivory soap souffle

Above are things that I can mostly do with the kids during the day while the baby is asleep. Below are listed things that would be fun to do as a family when my hubby is around or outings for a day.

Farmer's market
Go out for frozen yogurt
Outdoor movie
Go on a hike (Bear 12b)
Visit a waterfall
Backyard campout
Talent show
Visit a lake
Play night games
Dollar movie
Mini golf
Run in a race as a family
Go to a baseball game
Dance party!
Go to the beach
Update a room
Go berry picking
Go bowling
Spongeball war
Glowing bubbles
Waterballoon fight
Go fishing
Help a stressed mom
Leave nice notes on cars
Visit historical sites (Bear 3d)
Fireworks
Feed ducks
Go ice blocking
Family picnic (Bear 12c)
Family camping (Bear 12a)
Family day trip (Bear 10a)
Family game night (Bear 10b)
Go to the zoo, nature center, wildlife refuge, aviary, or game preserve Bear 5d)

So much fun to be had, so little time!  When we do something on our list I will strike through it so we can keep track!  Yay summer fun!!!  We are also starting a book club for the kids and a running club that meets 3xs a week.