Looking for fun activities to do this summer with your kids? Here are 50 awesome kid-friendly activities and experiments I’ve sourced and sorted by nature activities, art activities, science & exploratory activities and food-related activities to keep your kids learning, active and having fun all summer!
NATURE ACTIVITIES
- Make Sand Slime via Little Bins for Little Hands
- Create a Worm Farm via Childhood 101
- Make a Nature Collage via Childhood 101
- Paint a Giant Backyard Canvas via Learn with Play at Home
- 5 Garden Planting Ideas for Kids via The Typical Mom
- Leaf & Surface Rubbings via At Home with Ali
- Make a Tide Pool at Home via Buggy and Buddy
- Color Changing Daisy Experiment via Frogs and Fairies
- Float Cork Sailboats via Frogs and Fairies
- Make an Earthworm Hotel via Green Crafts
- Why Do We Need Sunscreen Experiment via I Can Teach My Child
- What Sweetener Do Ants Prefer Experiment via Lemon Lime Adventures
ART ACTIVITIES
- Paint with Chalk Paint (Paint the Fence or Sidewalk) via Childhood 101
- Bubble Painting via Childhood 101
- Swirly Doodles via At Home with Ali
- Drip Painting via Childhood 101
- Marbling with Nail Polish via Creative Play Central
- Sharpie Tie Dyed Coasters via One Little Project at a Time
- Make a Simple Homemade Kaleidoscope via Little Bins for Little Hands
- Giant Ice Chipping Fun via Crumb Bums
- DIY Marbled Paper via The Artful Parent
- Tie Dying with Little Kids via Bombshell Bling
- Make Your Own Compass via I Can Teach My Child
- Make Bracelets Out of Popsicle Sticks via Molly Moo
- Make Heat Sensitive Color Changing Slime via Left Brain Craft Brain
SCIENCE & EXPLORING ACTIVITIES
- What Can You Make Bubbles With? via At Home with Ali
- Walking Rainbow Experiment via Steam Powered Family
- Exploding Baggies: Baking Soda & Vinegar via Buggy and Buddy
- Dissect a Bean & Name The Parts via Preschool Powol Packets
- Bottle Rockets via Steam Powered Family
- Make a Penny Turn Green via Buggy and Buddy
- Make Bubble Snakes via One Little Project at a Time
- Build a Lemon Battery via Inspiration Laboratories
- Fireworks in Oil & Water via Go Science Girls
- Exploding Elephant Toothpaste Experiment via Steve Spangler Science
- Make a STOMP Air Rocket via Childhood 101
- How do Arctic Animals Stay Warm in Icy Waters via I Can Teach My Child
- Make Your Own Stethoscope for Kids via Left Brain Craft Brain
FOOD ACTIVITIES
- Simple Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag via Little Bins for Little Hands
- Dancing Raisins Experiment via One Little Project at a Time
- Can You Peel a Raw Egg? Let’s Learn via Go Science Girls
- Solar Oven S’Mores via What We Do All Day
- Cornflower Sensory Play via Learning and Exploring Through Play
- Watermelon Fizzy Sensory Play via Natural Beach Living
- Cook Easy Homemade Lemonade via Childhood 101
- Turn Milk Into Plastic via How We Learn
- Color Changing Milk Experiment via One Little Project at a Time
- Make Edible Glass via Go Science Girls
- Make Your Own Rock Candy via Growing a Jeweled Rose
- Bake Jam Drops via Childhood 101
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