A few things need to be avoided in the summer: sunburn, bugs, crowded beaches, hearing the ice cream truck’s eery melody right before dinner and anything that can be plugged in. After a winter of bad weather, where escaping into computer worlds became a symptom of the season, make up for the lost time by engaging in an electronics-free summer.
Games you played with as a kid never cease to amuse.
Classic summer pursuits
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- Classic entrepreneurial skills at work.
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- Lemonade stands are a fun way to teach the worth in earning power.
Crib ideas from a camp brochure. Connect with nature. Have your children earn their ice cream money with lemonade stand earnings. Enlist youthful labor and take on some gardening projects. Relating to simple activities will set the pace toward a meaningful lifestyle.
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- Gardening is a great way to connect to the outdoors.
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- Make stakes with popsicle sticks.
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- Homegrown vegetables have countless benefits.
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- Garden is rigorous work.
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- A budding zucchini.
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- Decorate the flower beds.
Indoor fun
Compelling recreation doesn’t have to be exclusive to the outdoors. On rainy or sweat dripping days art, reading and games are worthy opponents to a digital playmate.
Learn something new like art or a foreign language.
Discover a new hobby, such as drawing magna figures or learning a foreign language. Simply use classic ingenuity and tap into interests when composing an itinerary.
Have the kids direct the adventures
Take a break from the organizer role and have the kids draft the agenda. You may be surprised by their creativity and choices plus they’ll have fun composing an event.
Watching fellow sailors is true interaction.
50 Electronics-Free Summer Activities
- Gardening
- Cook with homegrown vegetables
- Lawn games such as archery and croquet
- Sports
- Home projects, such as building a zip line or treehouse with a capable adult
- Write a story with an accompanying picture book.
- Arts & Crafts
- Tie dye projects
- Direct a play, make the costumes
- Make your own fudge
- Bug collecting
- Water balloon fight
- Kite flying
- Roller skating
- Cycling
- Neighborhood games like Capture the Flag and Hopscotch
- Street chalk art
- Reading
- Bubbles
- Learn a new talent such as magna art
- Volunteer
- Play an instrument
- Camp, even in your own backyard
- Photography
- Activity books/puzzles
- Lemonade stand
- Partake in your nature center and library’s summer programs
- Hiking
- Create science experiments using household items
- Water balloon fight
- Make your own popsicles
- Watermelon spitting contest
- Slime scavenger hunt
- Sailing/boating
- Sand activities
- Laser tag competition
- Visit your town’s historical society
- Board games
- Face painting
- Dance/music competition
- Install moody lighting with jars of fireflies
- Candle/soap making
- Wreck the lawn and cool off in the sprinkler
- Target practice with sling shots
- Bocce ball
- Fishing
- Start a collection
- Invent something
- Visit a neighbor you’d like to get to know
- Go fruit picking and make preserves
Summer is like Christmas and ice cream, it’s over before you know it. Activate an electronics-free summer by making a point to engage in classic pursuits.
Make slime in a kiddy pool, hide toys, and assign colored teams to find the item.
From young to old, bocce ball fulfills timeless enjoyment.
Archery set from Two Bros Bows is a great introduction to a venerable sport.
Resources:
Archery set: Two Bros Bows
Magna Art for Intermediates: Skyhorse Publishing
Sling shot, dart blower: Mighty Fun
Pencils, paper: eeBoo
Activity books: Scholastic
Chalk, slime, tie dye kits: Acemore
Laser guns: ArmoGear Laser Tag Guns
Overalls: Cartharrt
