It’s inevitable, especially in the summer months, your kids are going to come up to you and say “I’m bored.” It doesn’t matter that they have the coolest toys on the planet at home, the best entertainment available, or many siblings to help occupy them. That’s why I’ve put together a list for you below of 31 Free & Low Cost Ways to Have Fun This Summer!
31 Free & Low Cost Ways to Have Fun This Summer
So, I like to prepare by having an activities jar. It makes life a little more interesting in those boring seasons. You can get a mason jar or any jar with a lid fairly inexpensively and decorate it. Get some pretty stationary and have your family write their ideas on the stationary as they think of them.
This also makes a great ‘date night’ jar for couples who are in a rut. During the year they can add activities that are free and fun to do. Then, when you are looking for something to do, you simply pull out a slip of paper and voila, you have your activity to do. There are so many free and low cost activities that you can do. Here’s a list to get you creative juices flowing:
• Make cardboard box cars
• Go to the zoo
• Have a picnic
• Go on a drive
• Have a spa night
• Make a scrapbook together
• Make a fort out of sheets
• Play a game or video game together
• Put together a puzzle
• Play dolls with the kids
• Ride bikes
• Look at the stars (I picked up a nice telescope for $8 at a yard sale for my son this Christmas – super cheap)
• Teach your kids or mate how to cook (or learn together)
• Blow bubbles outside
• Visit the library
• Visit a garden
• Run through the sprinkles; play in the rain or snow
• Use sidewalk chalk to draw on the sidewalks
• Have a tea party
• Jump on a trampoline
• Play 20 questions
• Play I-Spy
• Race matchbox cars or other toys
• Make ice cream sundaes for dessert
• Teach your dog a trick
• Draw caricatures of each other
• Write a story or poem together
• Make a scavenger hunt
• Play an outdoors game, like tennis, baseball, volleyball, or basketball
• Make life-size drawings of each other using the back of wrapping paper
• Visit a skate park and watch older kids do tricks
