Creative & Crafty Activities

DIY tie-dye shirts – Use a kit or household items to make colorful clothes.

Build a cardboard fort or castle – Use boxes, markers, and tape.

Paint rocks – Then hide them around the neighborhood for others to find.

Create a summer scrapbook – Add drawings, photos, and keepsakes weekly.

Make homemade playdough or slime – Easy recipes using ingredients like flour or glue.

Outdoor Fun

Backyard obstacle course – Use pool noodles, cones, and hula hoops.

Water balloon fight or sponge toss – Great way to cool off.

Scavenger hunt – Indoors or outside; use pictures or clues.

DIY nature walk – Collect leaves, bugs (gently!), or rocks and research them later.

STEM & Learning Play

Simple science experiments – Volcano eruptions, baking soda rockets, or sink/float tests.

Build with LEGOs or blocks – Challenge them to make cities, vehicles, or a replica of your house.

Math games with sidewalk chalk – Hopscotch with number challenges.

Grow a mini garden or herbs in containers – Teaches responsibility and patience.

Use educational apps/games – Blend learning and screen time (e.g., Prodigy, Tynker, Khan Academy Kids).

Active Indoor Play

Dance party or freeze dance – Crank up the music and move.

Indoor camping – Blankets, flashlights, and story time.

Balloon volleyball – Use a balloon and a string "net" across the room.

Yoga or movement videos for kids – Check YouTube for Cosmic Kids Yoga.

Cooking & Kitchen Fun

Make popsicles – Use fruit juice, yogurt, or smoothie mix.

Bake cookies or cupcakes – Let them decorate.

Create a "restaurant" at home – Kids can make the menu and serve you.

DIY personal pizzas – Let them choose toppings and assemble.