100 Fun, Frugal Things to Do With the Kids

I thought our Summer Wish List was in need of a re-haul after reading this post by The Inspired Room.

I bought a big sky blue sheet of poster board, printed and cut out all the activities, then arranged and glued them on!

We will put silver glittery stars in the boxes to mark all the fun things we do!

Here is a list that we hope to complete by the end of the summer!

1. Swim in Grandma’s pool
2. Have a picnic
3. Outdoor movie
4. Get a treat from the Ice Cream truck
5. Go to the beach
6. Play baseball
7. Swim in the lake
8. Go to the mountains
9. Visit a yard sale/ flea market.
10. Go to the library
11. Fly kites
12. Play in the rain
13. Camp in the backyard
14. Keep summer journals
15. Sleepover party
16. Blow bubbles
17. Eat veggies from our garden
18. Make your own pizza night
19. Sunday Sundaes
20. Ride bikes
21. "Kids Make Dinner" night
22. Press flowers
23. Visit a national park
24. Make s’mores
25. Go to the playground
26. Make smoothies
27. Chase butterflies
28. Catch fireflies
29. Bake cookies
30. Invent a new dance routine
31. Wii Sports Family Tournament
32. Build a sandcastle
33. Tie Dye!
34. Make homemade butter
35. Create a blanket fort
36. Play frisbee
37. Write haikus
38. Visit a museum
39. Decorate the sidewalk with chalk
40. Fill our summer reading journal
41. Send packages to grandparents
42. Make pet rocks
43. Learn a new card game
44. Make popsicles
45. Play hopscotch
46. Sleep downstairs
47. Learn a magic trick (or 2)
48. Make cereal necklaces
49. Have a water fight!
50. Learn some knock knock jokes
51. Play flashlight tag
52. Make homemade snow cones
53. Read a chapter book together
54. Homemade play dough
55. Watch a children Anime movie
56. Go berry picking
57. Family Game night
58. Leaf printing
59. Make a birdbath (to bird watch)
60. Mini book from 1 sheet of paper
61. Learn about clouds
62. Make our own bookmarks
63. Find summer constellations
64. Make boxes out of popsicle sticks
65. Roller skate
66. Finger paint
67. Do a science experiment
68. Take a walk
69. Pop popcorn on the stove
70. Invent a new ice cream
71. Do a 500 piece puzzle
72. Have an Alice in Wonderland tea party
73. Make ice cream in a can
74. Watch Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatres
75. Make a giant “spider web” from yarn
76. Host a yard sale
77. Free Bowling
78. Watch a meteor shower (Aug 12,13th Perseids)
79. Play restaurant
80. Muffin week
81. Make brownies
82. Watch fireworks
83. Ride scooters
84. Paint a picture
85. Create ATC’s to hand out to friends
86. Do yoga with Mom
87. Make a friendship bracelet
88. Handwrite a letter to a friend
89. Play hide and seek
90. Wash the car with Dad
91. Decorate a pair of flip flops
92. Create pictures with colored pasta
93. Make our own stamps
94. Make magnets
95. Eat breakfast for dinner
96. BINGO night
97. Attend an outdoor concert
98. Learn origami
99. Make chocolate dipped frozen bananas
100. Have the best summer ever!