Summer Vacation Fun Tips for Kids

Are your kids acting bored this summer? Here are some creative ideas to helping your kids beat summer boredom and have a great vacation!

1) Plan a summer sleepover! Your kids will enjoy the planning process of creating a great summer sleepover.

2) Make Chalk Spray! Collect the Supplies. You will need: a spray bottle, chalk and water. Ground up the chalk into a fine powdery substance. Place it in the spray bottle. Add water to the spray bottle & shake. Now you have chalk spray. Use chalk spray to spray on sidewalk or paper. When the substance dries you have beautiful creations!

3) Have a Lemonade Stand! Help your child make kool-aid, set a price, decorate a cardboard box and sell the kool-aid. The processes used to create a lemonade stand are similar to those needed to start a business. By helping your child set up a lemonade stand, you are helping him start his future career!

4) Create a Cardboard Box maze! Collect Cardboard boxes (refrigerater boxes and boxes from someone's move). Tape these boxes together and create a cardboard maze. You can use Christmas tree lights to light up the maze or neon paints & blue lights. After the maze is created, have your kids invite friends to join them and crawl through!

5) Create crafts! I especially enjoyed this authors idea for a marblework maze. Check out this Associated Content Producer's article for great summertime crafts for your kids.

6) Put out a bird feeder! You can place a bird feeder near the house and let your kids watch the birds. You can buy a book called "The Audubon Society Field Guide to Birds". The photos in the book will help your kids identify and study them.

7) Do your kids spend a lot of time on the computer each day during the summer? Here is an article I found about some great kids websites. My sister is quite a bit younger than I am and she found the American Girl website to be fantastic. She also likes Neopets.

8) Have a Grill Out! Your Kids will love the good food and company you invite to share the meal with you!

9) Go to the Beach and play in the sand. It will be a great way for your kids to get some vitamin D (from the sun) and have some fun!