Home Indoor Fun 75 Big, Awesome Things to Do with the Kids This Summer by Tinybeans TeamJune 22, 2021 iStock Search more like this ice creambaseballbike ridesboard gamebucket listfamily photohide and seekhow tomagic tricksobstacle coursespool gamessign upslimesmall business Advertisement Trending Now Viral & Trending Dad Gets Shamed for Using a Leash with 5-Year-Old Quintuplets News Chrissy Teigen Announces She’s Pregnant Almost 2 Years after Losing Jack Viral & Trending This Guy’s Going Very Viral for Nailing the Amazingly Terrible Things About Summer Viral & Trending Michigan Restaurant Closes Early Due to ‘Rude’ Tourists Mistreating Staff Celeb & Entertainment ‘Virgin River’ Season 5 Has Already Started Filming Advertisement Summer is here, and it’s looking a little bit more normal this year! This is why it’s the perfect time to make a family summer bucket list. To help you make that happen, we collected 75 ideas that totally fit the bill for summer 2021. From having a Yes Day to putting together a new LEGO set, scroll down to see them all, and get started on a list of your own! iStock 1. Take a family bike ride.2. Have a yes day. 3. Learn a new magic trick. Here are seven easy tricks just for kids.4. Build a LEGO City.5. Read a chapter book as a family. iStock 6. Sign up for a fun summer program and do it together! 7. Fly a kite in your neighborhood park. 8. Paint rocks and hide them for others to find.9. Watch the planes at your local airport.10. Organize a scavenger/treasure hunt. We’ve got printables here! iStock 11. Go stargazing. Check out our top tips here. 12. Explore a new park with the right social distancing tools.13. Learn how to make friendship bracelets.14. Learn about a different culture (and make a meal to match!)15. Make a dry creek and go fishing! iStock 16. Make and eat popsicles. 17. Make a fairy garden.18. Get a paper map of your city and push pins. Plan out the places you want to visit in the future. 19. Get a new LEGO set and put it together. 20. Spend an afternoon writing a story with your kids. MI PHAM on Unsplash 21. Run through the sprinkler.22. Arrange an afternoon with just your son or just your daughter.23. Create an obstacle course for kids.24. Play hide and seek.25. Play board games for a whole afternoon. iStock 26. Go backyard camping. We’ve got 10 great ideas to help you get started.27. Take a picture a day and print out an end-of-summer photo album.28. Be a scientist for a day with one of these cool experiments. 29. Plant flowers.30. Have a toy car wash. Or better yet, have a real carwash. Nothing thrills a kid like an afternoon spent with a shop vac and a spray bottle. Shutterstock 31. Pick a “Summer 2021” song and play it till everyone can sing all the words.32. Make root beer floats.33. Find a business that’s raising funds for a local cause and donate. 34. Create a secret handshake.35. Make a clover necklace. And a headband. And a bracelet. And a ring. And a pageant sash. And … Jill Wellington via Pixabay 36. Make lemonade at least once. For a little variation, try these fun recipes.37. Call or FaceTime with out-of-town family. 38. Go to a baseball game.39. Make fluffy slime.40. Craft something out of your TP rolls. iStock 41. Visit your community library and pick out some new reads. 42. Stay up late and play flashlight tag.43. Go to a drive-in movie.44. Set up an ice cream sundae bar.45. Pack a picnic, and take a deck of playing cards with you. iStock 46. Lie in the grass and look for pictures in the clouds.47. Paint rock pets. And then find out how you can care for them by clicking here.48. Make pickles. Here’s an easy-to-follow recipe using cucumbers from your new garden or from the grocery store!49. Play games with Dixie cups (that isn’t beer pong).50. Make a wind chime. iStock 51. Create an ice cream bracket and work your way through the summer.52. TP your kids’ rooms.53. Break a Guinness Book of World Records. Peruse the titles up for grab on the official site here.54. Learn about rainbows.55. Make a bird feeder. Pixabay 56. Play Marco Polo at the pool, or try one of these classic pool games.57. Prank someone.58. Make potato stamps. See how The Postman’s Knock does it here.59. Make something out of a cardboard box.60. Have a potions party. Kate Loweth 61. Make s’mores. You can go gourmet with one of these unconventional twists.62. Learn about a wild animal.63. Have a shaving cream war.64. Bond with your kids over ’80s TV shows that are still cool.65. Learn about a few amazing kids, and talk about how your own can change the world. Shelley Massey 66. Bob for donuts at breakfast.67. Have a tea party outside.68. Make tie-dye crafts. Here are 11 easy ideas! 69. Support a small business or order a new read from your local indie bookstore.70. Use ice for more than a cool beverage. iStock 71. Turn your backyard into a water park.72. Have an outdoor art afternoon. Here are our favorite ideas.73. Write and act out a play.74. Jump into a lake.75. Surprise the postman with a thank you gift. — Gabby Cullen & Shelley Massey RELATED STORIES: 100 Outdoor Adventures to Do Before Your Kids Turn 1025 Easy Backyard Games to Rock Your Summer Summer’s Here! 8 Awesome Outdoor Activities for Babies18 Amazon Fire Kids Edition Apps to Prevent Summer Brain Drain Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Copy (Opens in new window) Search more like this ice creambaseballbike ridesboard gamebucket listfamily photohide and seekhow tomagic tricksobstacle coursespool gamessign upslimesmall business Welcome to our Tinybeans family! Be sure to check your email for new activities, recipes and parenting hacks – and to see if you’ve won! Do you have a dog or cat? 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