Family time is very important for adults and kids alike. During the summer, it is easy to expand your family time activities to the outdoors. It is great for the mind, body and soul! It’s great to get outdoors and experience the fresh air and warm sun. All winter you have been inside enjoying time with your family. Since kids love to run about, consider finding family activities that can be done outside. Everyone will appreciate the chance not to be cooped up anymore. You may even discover something that your teenagers would like to do with their parents.
If you’re stuck for ideas, we can help you out. Here are some ideas for fun things everyone can participate in when the weather turns warm.
7 Fun Family Summer Activities to Enjoy This Year
1. Head to the movies – Find a film that the crew can agree on. On a lazy Saturday afternoon (clear or rainy weather), head on out and have a laugh, a cry or a scream with those you love. During the summer, many theaters offer cheap movies before regular movie times. Ask your theater if they offer that option.
2. Go camping – Try to get away from it all by heading to the woods. There are several kid-friendly campgrounds that you can visit. If you don’t want to rough it completely, you can visit places like KOA. Make reservations in advance because such places do fill up quickly in warm weather. Besides pitching a tent or renting a cabin, some sites include activities like hiking, canoeing, biking and more.
3. Spend a day at the pool – Water is cool and inviting. Round everyone up and head to the local pool at the park or in the community. Be sure that your children know the facts about water safety. And, carry your sunscreen for swimming and sitting by the pool.
4. Head to the park – Get together with family and close friends for a few hours. Rent a shelter and have a cookout. Bring the Frisbee or kickball for a friendly game. Some parks include other activities like boating, volleyball and fishing.
5. Weekend trips – There might not be enough time to take a week-long vacation, but weekend trips can be just as enjoyable. In fact, you might be able to take more two-day trips if you use your weekends to your best advantage. Decide what types of places to visit and then map out the route and what you will do when you get there. The final thing to consider is the best time to head out on your adventure.
6. Learn a few things – Take a trip to a museum, zoo or even the library. Turn it into a teaching moment that makes learning entertaining.
7. Have fun in the neighborhood – Summer may be the perfect time to teach the kids how to ride a bike. You can ride around the neighborhood getting exercise and catching up with each other.
Families that stick together learn more about each other. Use the summer months to enhance that time and create fond memories.
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It is true that spending time together doing different things strengthens family bonds, and as you showed with some of your suggestions it doesn’t have to be expensive.
Camping and a Day at the Pool and park is such fun activities to do in the summer. I like the camping the best because we get away from the city and have so much fun camping in the outdoors!
Your first sentence is so true…it very important that time together. I have many fond camping memories – both when I was young than carrying on the tradition with my kids. I’d let my kids pick a fun activity every other Friday in the summer…a movie, mini golf, board game day…just a day for us to spend completely together. They enjoyed picking out the day’s activity and we all enjoyed the bonding. Good, important memories.
Taking walks in our neighborhood during the summer is a fun way to “meet and greet” people we would otherwise never see. At least for me, I don’t like the cold. We go to more movies in the summer since it is nice and air conditioned.
We always had the best times just exploring different neighborhoods in our city. We’d go to Chinatown, or Little Italy, or the South Street Seaport, and just make a day of it. For the price of subway fare (and FOOD!) it was fun to get out and check out the areas in our own town. My daughter always loved these little excursions.