100 Summer Activities for Kids

Looking for (often free or inexpensive) things for the kids to do this summer?  Consider these ideas:

1. Swimming.
2. Reading challenge.
3. Play at the park.
4. Library activities.
5. State/county fairs.
6. Camping.
7. Stargazing.
8. Roller skating.
9. Ice skating.
10. Life guard class.
11. Babysitting class.
12. CPR/first aid class.
13. Summer camp program.
14. Scouting/4H program.
15. Grow a garden.
16. Make an American Ninja course in the backyard.
17. Have a bonfire/roast marshmallows or hot dogs.
18. Go on a picnic.
19. Cook together.
20. Bake together.
21. Go fishing.
22. Put together a jigsaw puzzle.
23. Paint rocks.
24. Go to the zoo.
25. Go to the water park.
26. Play a game (Monopoly, cards, etc).
27. Put on a play.
28. Create a video and post it on YouTube.
29. Visit farmers markets.
30. Go to the beach.
31. Take a family trip (to visit family, to Disneyland, etc).
32. Learn a new skill (knitting, building project, play piano, etc).
33. Have a sleep over.
34. Visit museums.
35. Take a day hike.
36. Set up a lemonade stand.
37. Go to the movies.
38. Take a road trip.
39. Go for a bicycle ride.
40. Build a fort.
41. Play mini golf.
42. Play a group game (basketball, baseball, dodge ball, etc).
43. Do an art project (painting, ceramics, make candles, etc).
44. Fly a kite.
45. Have a garage sale.
46. Go boating (sailing, kayaking, etc).
47. Visit a dude ranch.
48. Join a local club (science club, tennis club, etc).
49. Go to the playground.
50. Volunteer.
51. Visit a nursing home/veteran's home.
52. Have a water fight (squirt guns, water balloons, etc).
53. Make a pinata.
54. Feed the ducks/make a bird feeder.
55. Take a factory tour.
56. See a play.
57. Go to a summer music concert.
58. Go to a u-pick farm or pick wild berries.
59. Do age-appropriate science experiments.
60. Make tie-dyed shirts.
61. Celebrate the 4th of July.
62. Visit a fire station/police department open house.
63. Have a tea party.
64. Go to an escape room.
65. Visit a kid's gym/trampoline park.
66. Do a community fun run.
67. Go bowling.
68. Make a summer bucket list and check off activities as you do them.
69. Go to summer school/summer college program.
70. Play dress up.
71. Make slime/play dough to play with.
72. Make a slip-n-slide/run through the sprinkler.
73. Build something.
74. Play an old-fashioned game (hop scotch, jump rope, hide n seek, baton twirling, etc).
75. Play disc golf.
76. Go geocaching/Pokemon Go.
77. Make puppets and put on a show.
78. Attend a local baseball game.
79. Make homemade ice cream.
80. Go on a train ride.
81. Visit an aquarium.
82. Make bubbles.
83. Learn coding.
84. Learn a foreign language.
85. Do yard work for an elderly neighbor/friend/relative.
86. Collect things to donate (food for a food pantry, toys for a homeless shelter, etc).
87. Make a 'little free library'.
88. Pick up litter in a public area.
89. Create a family genealogy chart.
90. Visit a circus/carnival.
91. Visit a petting farm/u-pick farm.
92. Write a book/comic book/journal.
93. Go window shopping.
94. Participate in a YMCA program.
95. Participate in a Home Depot kid's workshop.
96. Start a business (walking dogs, mowing lawns, etc).
97. Make a time capsule and hide it somewhere.
98. Build sand castle.
99. Make a scrap book.
100. Read a book together as a family.