What fun activities do you have planned for the Summer? This week I made a list of family fun activities we could do throughout the upcoming summer months and jotted tentative dates on the calendar for each of these events. Things will likely come up and we will adjust as necessary, but making a simple plan will help encourage and guide us to more intentional moments of investing in our family in the warm days ahead. We like to include specific service opportunities to our list that will encourage us to reach out and bless those around us. I also found this wonderful resource offered by a church in Texas, for helping create intentional family activities and Biblical discussions with your kids. I added many of the ideas to our plans:
- Campout in the backyard and enjoy the beauty of stargazing
- Participate in the library Summer Reading Program and complete our summer reading list
- Make a summer craft project
- Watch fireworks (discuss the greater freedom we have in Christ – Romans 8:1-2)
- Water Balloon Fight
- Learn and Play with Water Balloons
- Attend a Summer Outdoor Concert (here is our local list of free concerts in Portland)
- Visit the Saturday or local Farmers Market (we will take our local Max to the downtown Saturday market) & play Farmer’s Market Bingo
- Roast Smores in the Backyard (we are in the process of building an outdoor fire pit like this one! Super excited!)
- Make Homemade Pizzas with Pie Irons over the Fire (Invite a new family from church over for this fun event)
- Set up a Tree Swing or Hammock and Read Stories Together in It
- Take a Family Picnic
- Pick up Trash at a Local Park or School (discuss the differences between trash and treasure from Philippians 3:7-8)
- Make Sidewalk Chalk Art and Do Math Fun with Chalk or work on memory verses
- Create a Backyard Obstacle Course
- Visit the Beach and Watch the Waves (discuss how they display the power of God – Psalms 93)
- Host an Ice Cream Social and invite the neighbors
- Organize a Work Party to Serve a Elderly Neighbor
- Make Homemade Ice Cream (lots and lots!)
- Day trip to the Zoo and play Creation Scavenger Hunt (find different animals and plants that correlate to the different days of creation – activity located on pg 28 of booklet)
- Take a Summer Nature Scavenger Hunt (bring cameras!)
Check out the Village Church’s free Summer Family Fun Activity Book for some great ideas for intentional family living this summer.
Thanks for the inspiring ideas! We just started off our summer list with making tie-dye t-shirts.
We just finished our summer bucket list last night. It’s pretty long, but mostly easy-to-do things that we would do even if they weren’t on a list.
My Summer Bucket to do list is “no list.” BEAUTIFUL.
We have reenactments and Scottish Dance demos and a trip to Branson planned so far this summer! Of course with our large family we have a lot of birthdays to celebrate! Im also hoping to try out some new cheese recipes. Mozarella is next on the list! Enjoy your family time!
I would love to pin this, but I didn’t really want to pin a photo of your kids without asking first.
Thats perfectly fine with me. Thanks for asking!