50 Summer Fun Activities for Kids

Summer is finally here and we have tons planned already! It’s been a long winter in Brooklyn and we are more than ready to kick off the summer with lots of fun things to do both indoor and out so I’ve put together the ultimate bucket list of 50 Summer Fun Activities for Kids.

We live in NYC which means there are literally hundreds of things to do daily in the city and we have plans to try and do as much as we can with our time.

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I am a crazy list queen and I’m also that mom who loves planning things to a tee. I’ve learned through the years that even if they don’t go as planned the list and the planning all help to make my chaotic life feel just a little bit easier to manage on a daily basis. This summer fun list of 50 Summer Fun Activities for Kids is a mix of the two things I love – it’s a list of goals that I hope we get to check off little by little.

My kids are aged 5 and 8 so the list will have activities you can do for your school-aged children, if you have younger kids there will also be items here for them as well. Don’t feel obligated or overwhelmed this summer to do every single item on this list because I am sure we won’t, but it’s good to have options to choose from.

Related: Family Game Night Ideas

Many of the items on the list are free or costs very little to do and we are getting started right after our family vacation so join our journey and enjoy summer!

50 Summer Fun Activities for Kids

1. Go Swimming at the Pool
2. Movies in the Dark (Outdoor/ Drive-in Movies)
3. Go to the Beach
4. Go to the botanical gardens
5. Visit the Zoo
6. Take a trip to the aquarium
7. Water balloon fight
8. Visit the Museum of Natural History (or your local museum)
9. Picnic in the Park
10. BBQ
11. Camping in the Backyard or Living Room (for us city folk)
12. Ride Bikes by the river
13. Boatride
14. Canoeing
15. RollerBlading
16. Watergun Fight
17. Fly Kites
18. Farmers Market
19. Carnival
20. Go visit Family
21. Roadtrip
22. Amusement Park
    • Sesame Place
    • Six Flags
    • Hersey Park
    • Dorney Park
23. Watch Fireworks
24. Blow Bubbles In the Park
25. Tag a sidewalk in chalk
26. Go Fishing
27. Catch Lightning Bugs
28. Build a Fort indoors
29. Family Game night
30. Play Human Ring Toss
    • How to play
      • Get Pool Floaties
      • Line Up
      • Try to get the floaties on the humans!
31. MOMA (or your local Art Museum)
32. Go to a food festival
33. Street Fair/ or Block Party
34. Go to the children’s theatre
35. Visit a Water Park
36. Kid Friendly free music festival
37. Build a sand castle
38. Minature Golf
39. Take a day trip
40. Visit a farm
41. Go to the library
42. Indoor arts & crafts
43. Make Homemade pizza
44. Create a scavenger hunt
45. Make SMORES!!
46. Go for hike in the park
47. Make an indoor obstacle course
48. Have a coloring contest
49. Indoor Glow in the dark bowling
    • Put glow sticks in water bottles
    • Turn off the lights
    • Line them up
    • Kock them down
50. Go out for Ice Cream

What are some of your favorite Summer Fun Activites? Share them below we’d love to add them to the list of things to do!
Want to print this list to keep tabs? Snag this free printable version of the list here or click the image below, print it out and hang it on the fridge for easy tracking.

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