100 Summer Activities To Do At Home

Last summer I came up with this post – 100 Summer Activities to do from Home. Little did I know when I wrote it last summer that it would come in so handy THIS summer! 

If you’re sticking around home and not going out much, here’s some great ideas to keep you busy AND having fun together. Almost all of these activities use things you already have at home and cost little to nothing to do. 

As moms, it’s easy to sometimes we think we need grand adventures and expensive outings to make our children happy. The truth though, is that making memories doesn’t have to be expensive or elaborate! We can easily add little drops of joy each and every day in the little things we do. As long as the phones are off and our focus is on each other, simple activities can bond and create memories just as well as an expensive outing or vacation. And the positive thing is – they tend to be less stressful – on us as parents, on our children, and on the bank account.

I’ve compiled a list of 100 fun, inexpensive and stress-free activities to do together this summer … all from the comfort of your own home or backyard. Most of these activities are free! You may need to pull together a few supplies. but get creative with what you already have on hand. As long as your whole focus is on each other and the quality of the time together, the activities are bound to be ones that the family will remember for years to come. Some of them might just bring back childhood memories of your own and give you the opportunity to share them with the next generation.

Simply print out this printable and start having some summer fun today!

​100 Summer Activities To Do At Home

Here are 100 fun (mostly) no-cost ways to spend time at home this summer – making fun memories together!

1. Build a blanket fort to read in
2. Play a card game
3. Pretend to be spies, pirates or princesses
4. Bake cookies to take to someone
5. Do a puzzle
6. Have a water balloon fight
7. Fly a kite
8. Have a cousins sleepover
9. Pack a picnic and walk or bike to the local park
10. Have a paint-night party
11. Sleep under the stars and do some stargazing
12. Create a “drive in movie” theater
13. Make home-made pizza
14. Start a funny journal of memories
15. Have a pots and pans band
16. Write and produce a summer play
17. Make up your own I-Spy riddles
18. Create your own board game
19. Have an ice cream sundae party
20. Interview your oldest family member
21. Learn a few words in a different language or sign language
22. Make a puzzle
23. Make passports and “adventure” around the world
24. Read in a hammock or swing
25. Create a treasure hunt
26. Build something creative with Legos or blocks
27. Draw cards for someone far away
28. Host a teddy bear picnic
29. Make home-made ice cream
30. Pretend to be dinosaurs
31. Have a cookie decorating contest
32. Go on a scavenger hunt
33. Learn to draw something new
34. Paint a t shirt
35. Plan a video game tournament
36. Make homemade popsicles
37. Invite friends for a game night
38. Create a card game
39. Have a fitness day, learning new ways to exercise
40. Make a scrapbook of old photos
41. Watch Mom or Dad’s favorite childhood movie
42. Have a silly poetry contest
43. Find a free class online to take
44. Have a “no talking” contest
45. Play frisbee
46. Draw with sidewalk chalk
47. Go on a photo scavenger hunt
48. Read books to each other, pretending to be your favorite superheroes or princesses
49. Take your favorite board game outside and play it picnic style
50. Climb a tree
51. Make cookies to take to a friend or someone in need
52. Build a fort or playhouse out of an old box
53. Learn something about your grandparents or great grandparents
54. De-clutter the playroom and find someone who can use the toys
55. Try a new recipe together for dinner
56. Eat dinner outside
57. Make your own You-tube video about something fun
58. Host a talent show
59. Make up and share funny jokes
60. Create things with homemade playdough
61. Make a bird feeder
62. Have a dance party
63. Find a pen pal to write to (paper and pen required!)
64. Write your own comic strip
65. Make something origami
66. Chase butterflies
67. Have or host a mystery dinner
68. Make a backyard slip and slide
69. Do a popsicle craft
70. Camp out in the back yard
71. Try a new recipe
72. Make slime
73. Play water balloon baseball
74. Write a short story or make a picture book
75. Draw pictures and have a coloring contest
76. Perform random acts of kindness in your neighborhood
77. Create a family flag, motto, and/or song
78. Have a lemonade stand
79. Walk around your neighborhood and play I Spy
80. Build an outdoor obstacle course and have races
81. Have a tech-free day
82. Interview family members to learn more about them
83. Paint with watercolors
84. Jump rope
85. Play stuffed animal bowling
86. Make home-made bubbles
87. Host a summer cookie exchange
88. Have a fondue night
89. Have a paper airplane competition
90. Conduct a science experiment
91. Play charades
92. Wash the car
93. Teach each other a new skill
94. Have an all day PJ day
95. Play Hide and Seek
96. Cook something from another country
97. Find objects in the clouds
98. Play 4-square or hopscotch
99. Create something using only things in the recycling box
100. Have a bike race