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Browse Articles in Category "Summer Activities"A Family Time Capsule
Preserve the memories of your children’s youth while making a fun keepsake. At the beginning of the summer choose and decorate a container to store all the mementos you will collect to put inside a time capsule. When choosing a container, it should be air tight, water tight and ...
Recycling Box Crafts
Recycling in itself is a great activity for children, it teaches them how to take care of the environment and how to sort objects into different materials (plastic, metal, paper). As long as all the items are clean and free from sharp edges children should be able to make use of any and all ...
Safety in the Summer Sun
Precautions should be taken year-round to protect young skin from the harsh affects of the sun. But this is especially important in the summertime when the sun is at its hottest. Aside from sunburns, heatstroke and dehydration are additional hazards to watch out for in young children. ...
Berry Picking
Towards the end of the summer all the different kinds of summer berries will start to ripen and be ready for picking. If you don’t have any bushes or berries in your back yard, take a trip to a local berry picking farm and bring home some yummy and nutritious snacks.
Most places that ... Lemonade Stand
Start your children on the road to business success by teaching them the basics of running their own lemonade stand. An actual stand isn’t necessary, you can bring out a small table and chairs for the kids too. If it is a hot and sunny day, provide a beach umbrella for the kids ...
Put on a Play
Kids love to dress-up in costumes or other articles of clothing that aren’t their own.
Instead of putting away the Halloween costumes each year, leave them out in a play chest to be used year round. Whether you have lots of Halloween costumes or old clothes that you ... Start a Collection
Give the children an activity that can last the entire summer and maybe beyond. Starting a collection is a good way to learn more about a topic and can be the start of a new hobby. A good summertime activity is to begin a nature collection or book.
If your child is interested in a ... Going Camping
Sleeping out in the wilderness in a tent or camper may seem a little bit intimidating with children but it doesn’t have to be. Kids love to be outside and camping is a part of growing up. If you really don’t think that camping out in the woods is for you, pitch a tent in ...
Bowling
Kids love to bowl, being allowed to roll a ball to towards a target and knock it
down takes skill and is fun to do. You can take a trip to the local bowling alley or try these variations of the game that can be played at home - inside or outside the house. If you have ten plastic ... Library Events
The library is a magical place to children, full of so many books, magazines, and movies that they can take home to use and then bring back. But most libraries offer more to children than just being able to take home books. A library is a community place with many free events to ...
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