100 Things to Do this Summer

Summer is here and it’s a matter of time before the kids complain saying that they are getting bored. In this post, I am going to share with you 100 activities and games to play in the summer!

Fun Games to Play in the Summer

Come take a look at the next part of the fun outdoor games!

Pick flowers
Run through the sprinkler
Wash clothes and hang them outside to dry
Jump rope
Make healthy popsicles
Build a race track
Play a baseball game
Tie-die shirts!
Play tag
Make homemade ice cream
Go bird watching
Go camping in the backyard

Play soccer
DIY “drive in movie
Do a puppet show outside
Build a fort
Make sock puppets
Make silhouettes and shapes with a water sprayer
Roll down a hill sideways
Help an adult wash the car
Make paint out of sidewalk chalk and warm water
Read a book outside
Have a corn hole competition
Fly a kite

Summer Games for Outside

Make a DIY game such as an obstacle course or teach your child to take photographs of nature!

Visit a new park
Make a backyard obstacle course
Watch the sunset
Have a picnic at a park near your home
Go fishing
Collect empty boxes and have free creative playtime with them
Dance in the rain
Have a watermelon seed spitting contest
Play hide-and-seek
Make leaf rubbings
Make a splash pad in the backyard
Walk your dog
The kids will love a yard game with bean bags, but take a look at these other fun ideas!

Have a jumping jacks competition
Roast s’mores on the fire
Go on a nature scavenger hunt
Watch a baseball game on an outdoor screen
Go for a boat ride
Play ladder ball
Jump in puddles after a rainstorm
Help weed the garden and flower beds
Cloud watch
Go to an orchard and pick fruit
Take a nap in a hammock
Go Geocaching

Montessori Summer Activities

The ring toss game might not be a Montessori activity, but there are many Montessori-inspired and Montessori-friendly ideas on this long list!

Draw with chalk outside
Go for a bike ride
Play tennis
Make a nature collage
Have a whipped cream pie throwing contest
Make o fairy or butterfly garden
Draw different types of trees
Have a water balloon fight
Have a picnic in the front yard
Host an online play date
Make up a day camp at home
Have a BBQ grilling out back
The list is almost over!

Play Jenga with empty boxes
Play bocce ball
Build a sandcastle in your sandbox or at the beach
Build a bird feeder
Go camping
Plant a garden
Watch insects with a magnifying glass
Have a hula-hoop competition
With an adult, light up fireworks and sparklers
Count birds you see on your nature walk
Catch fireflies, ladybugs and other insects
Blow bubbles
Summer is here and it’s a matter of time before the kids complain saying that they are getting bored. In this post, I am going to share with you 100 activities and games to play in the summer!

Games to Play Outside in the Summer
If you like a good old scavenger hunt, then you will love these other outdoor ideas as well.

Play a horseshoe game
Play “Follow the Leader”
Make a pine-cone bird feeder
Make friendship bracelets
Wash your bikes and wagons
Plant flowers
Do yoga outside
Make a giant chess or checkers board outside and play
Go swim in a pool
Hide a “treasure” and go on a treasure hunt with clues
Play “Simon Says”
Plant seeds and watch them as they grow
Summer is here and it’s a matter of time before the kids complain saying that they are getting bored. In this post, I am going to share with you 100 activities and games to play in the summer!

Fun Games to Play Outside in the Summer
Your kids will love the water balloon fight, but so will they the arts and crafts!

Paint with ice chalk on the driveway
Have dinner on the back deck
Make fresh lemonade
Go horseback riding
Build your own splash pad in the backyard
Play putt-putt golf
Make a sun catcher
Borrow a phone or a camera and take nature pictures outside
Make markers for your garden out of giant popsicle sticks
Water the plants
Record your own video during a nature walk
Make a time capsule

Lastly, look at these last 4 ideas to complete the one hundred!

Go on a nature scavenger hunt
Wash dishes outside
Find constellations at night
Draw your own dream Summer home