Fun Ideas For Kids In The Summer

Most children look forward to summer break all year long, but within the first few weeks after school is out, the typical child is complaining about boredom and he is wandering around the house with nothing to do. This summer, put an end to summer boredom by offering your child a variety of fun and simple traditional toys and activities.

Give your child the entire outdoors as the canvas for his masterpiece. Traditional toys, like sidewalk chalk and homemade sidewalk paint, can provide hours of fun for children of all ages. Another idea for fun and mess-free painting outside is to give your child a variety of old paintbrushes, rollers, and sponges, and a pail of water to paint sidewalks, fences, or driveways. Clean spray bottles filled with water can also be entertaining as your child tries to paint pictures and words with the water.

Other traditional toys for water play can also provide some cool relief to a lazy, hot summer. Swimming pools, water slides, and sprinklers are a must have on hot days. Other traditional toys, like water shooters and water balloons, are great for adding excitement to a boring day.

Another terrific way to end summer boredom is to help your child plant his own summer garden. Help him prepare a special area in the yard and let him select a variety of flowers or vegetables to grow. Your child can tend to the garden, watering it and weeding it, all summer and then enjoy his accomplishment and hard work.

Gather up several small traditional toys and tools that may interest your child and keep them on hand for those times summer boredom sets in. Tape measures and child sized tools, a magnifying glass, scales, and magnets or prisms are all interesting objects that can be fun and educational for children. Traditional toys for sand play, like pails, shovels, and sand molds, and basic kitchen items, like measuring cups, sifters, and bowls are all fun ways to explore properties of sand, water, or other household items like dry beans or rice.

Art projects and crafts are also a fun way to put some excitement into a boring summer. Art activities are not just fun, but very beneficial to children of all ages. Try some simple crafts, like making flags from construction paper, or work on a long-term project, like a papier-mache craft. There are several craft kits available as well, like needlecrafts, jewelry making, and sticker creation. Many kids will enjoy creating their own projects with a variety of traditional art toys, like glue, markers, scissors, and modeling clay.

Bubbles are another traditional toy that never fails to bring a smile to any child, regardless of age. Bubbles can easily be made at home and anything can be used to blow the bubbles. Straws, plastic rings from bottles, and even paper clips can be used for wands, or there are all sorts of bubble toys available in stores today. Try a variety of creative ideas to keep your child entertained this summer. Day camps and summer camps are also good ways to keep your child active through the summer months.

Gary is owner of stylish kids shop Monkeyshine selling a wide range of traditional toys. Monkeyshine is a traditional toyshop specialising in quality wooden toys.