60 Summer Outdoor Activities for Kids
Posted by Sara Kendall
It's a challenge for parents to keep their children entertained over the long summer break. To reduce the times you hear, "I'm bored," you need to plan ahead. Check out these 60 outdoor activities and choose the ones that will keep your children smiling all summer long.
Active Games
- Balloon Volleyball - Set up your court by using a jump rope (or any rope) to divide your yard in two. Use a balloon for the ball and have players alternate serves. The first to 21 is the winner!
- Blanket Relay - Grab some blankets (preferably old ones) and pull your partner across the lawn as fast as you can. Team members switch places to give their partner a ride to the finish line.
- Mini-Golf Course - Your garage probably has everything you need for this game — pool noodles, ropes, and cardboard boxes. Arrange everything on your driveway or in your yard to create your very own course.
- Driveway Toy Car Race - Grab any type of toy car and a couple sticks of sidewalk chalk. Draw your start and finish lines and the lane markers in the driveway, and let the races begin.
- Frisbee Tic Tac Toe - You will need a cheap shower curtain, colored tape and nine Frisbees. Tape the shower curtain to the ground, making a Tic-Tac-Toe grid with the tape. Stand behind a given line to throw a Frisbee on a square. Allow the players multiple tries to land in a square.
- Glow in the Dark Bowling - Pop glow sticks into 10 bottles of water to make bowling pins you can use at night.
