Get Busy This Summer: 100 Indoor and Outdoor activities for Kids

Every year it comes around the excitement for the summer holidays, ‘only a few more weeks left’, ‘soon we won’t have go to lessons or wake up early for school’ but as the weeks go on your little ones can slowly run out of things to do!

So, in this month's blog we’ve made a fool-proof list of a hundred activities you can do with your kids. And none of them include ipads or technology.They're old school activities to help your kids use their imagination and improve their creativity. Enjoy!

1. Draw with Chalk
2. Paint with water (no mess!)
3. Try a new sport 
4. Identify trees and flowers 
5. Make a suncatcher 
6. Look for cloud animals 
7. Make a bird feeder
8. Listen to the birds
9. Make a rock collection 
10. Have a teddy bear picnic
11. Make perfume from petals
12. Blow bubbles
13. Climb a tree
14. Run through a sprinkler
15. Make a scarecrow 
16. Sit and relax
17. Read a book
18. Eat ice cream 
19. Go birdwatching
20. Identity different bugs
21. Make mud pies
22. Plant flowers
23. Build a bridge
24. Start a nature diary 
25. Have a water balloon fight
26. Go the the farmers market
27. Feed the ducks
28. Fly a kite
29. Go to the local museum 
30. Play dodgeball
31. Go swimming
32. Go on a treasure hunt
33. Do some photography
34. Have an egg and spoon race
35. Make a lemonade stand
36. Tie dye shirts
37. Paint pet rocks
38. Have a hula hoop contest
39. Play capture the flag
40. Berry picking
41. Eat dinner outside
42. Make a paper boat
43. Star gaze
44. Collect acorns and pinecones
45. Blow bubbles
46. Play capture the flag
47. Go for a family walk or run
48. Build a sandcastle
49. Make a butterfly feeder
50. Roast marshmallows
51. Make playdough
52. Learn a dance routine
53. Write a story
54. Paint a self portrait
55. Build a den
56. Help prepare dinner
57. Bake cakes
58. Make salt dough
59. Do a puzzle
60. Write and send a letter
61. Make a scrapbook
62. Have a pamper day
63. Play party games
64. Make slime
65. Draw a map
66. Sing together
67. Follow a recipe
68. Watch silly videos
69. Create a secret code
70. Play I spy 
71. Craft with stickers
72. Make rainbow rice
73. Make a sensory bin
74. Indoor scavenger hunt
75. Facetime family
76. Do a science project
77. Make a mask
78. Make paper chains
79. Have a tea party
80. Play charades
81. Build with Lego’s
82. Decorate biscuits
83. Watch a movie
84. Cut out magazine pictures
85. Learn a new skill
86. Invent a game
87. Make handprint art
88. Stir up a magic potion
89. Make a time capsule 
90. Face painting
91. Draw you friends and family
92. Write a diary 
93. Paint a rainbow
94. Put on a talent show
95. Create an obstacle course
96. Bake cakes
97. Have a disco party
98. Go for a bike ride
99. Backyard bowling
100. Go to the park!

While all these activities are sure to help deter boredom over the summer holidays, usually the phrase ‘I’m bored’ is a cry for some company. The best thing to do is to start an activity you can do together that they can finish independently. 

We hope this list will help as the weeks go by!