Since I orignially published this list of 99 Screen Free Summer Activities Since I originally published this list of 99 Screen Free Summer Activities in 2015, there has been a huge uptick in screen time for young children, and as a preschool teacher, I see this and the detrimental effects of too much screen time on development. As a mom, with littles at home and a work from home job I had to get stuff done. I know it\u2019s hard, but we can only use screens so much each day, and hopefully none at all some days. I needed a cheat sheet for SIMPLE activities I can set up or gather the materials for in a pinch. I need things that I can have my kids do while I take a quick business call, things we can squeak in after a trip to the beach, or after dinner when it\u2019s still light out. I don\u2019t ban screens at all, but I don\u2019t want school being out for the summer to be used as an excuse for MORE TV. These 99 Screen Free As a mom, with littles at home and a work-from-home job, I had to get stuff done. Summer Activities are a huge mix of outdoor, indoor, quiet and boisterous play ideas. I hope you find something your kids LOVE.<\/p>\n
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Huge List of Screen Free Activities For The Summer<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nEasy At Home Summer Activities To Avoid Screen Time<\/h3>\n
Alphabet Slime <\/a>
Backyard Safari <\/a>
Backyard Target Practice<\/a>
Bake Cookies
Become A Code Breaker<\/a>
Become A Paleontologist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Become Color Scientists<\/a>
Birdwatch
Blow ( and catch) Some Bubbles
Build with Loose Parts<\/a>
Catch Fireflies<\/p>\nlist<\/a>Collect and Sort Shells<\/a>
Connect The Dots<\/a>
Cook In The Sink<\/a>
Dance Party
Decorate Your Driveway with Sidewalk Chalk
Do A Little Kitchen Science<\/a>
Do A Word Search<\/a>
Draw with the help of some catalogs <\/a>
Driveway Graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Explore with A Water Table<\/a>
Find Your Way Around A Maze <\/a>
Flag Hunt<\/a>
Go For A Bike Ride
Go On A Book Hunt<\/a>
Go On A Sound Safari<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Go To An Art Museum<\/a> ( click for tips)
Go To The Library
Go To The Playground
Go To The Pool
Go To The Zoo
Have An Art Show <\/a>
Have a Toy Car Wash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Have An Ice Cream Taste Test<\/a>
Hex Bug Races <\/a>
Hose Down Letters & Numbers<\/a>
Hunt For Bugs
Hunt For Colors Outside<\/a>
Lego Challenge
Make A Bird Bath<\/a>
Make A Marshmallow Shooter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Make an Outdoor Book Nook<\/a>
Make Cloud Dough<\/a>
Make Flower Place Mats<\/a>
Make Mud Soup<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Make Paperbag Jelly Fish<\/a>
Make Some Bracelets <\/a>
Make Some Muck<\/a>
Make Some Princess Slime<\/a>
Make Superhero Cuffs <\/a>
Make Uncle Sam<\/a>
Make Your Own Obstacle Course<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Melt Some Crayons In The Sun<\/a>
Mix Colors With Play Clay<\/a>
Nerf Gun Math<\/a>
Outdoor Sight Word Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Paint Like Jackson Pollack<\/a>
Paint Like Monet<\/a>
Paint with Broccoli<\/a>
Paint with Bugs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Paint with Flowers and Rocks<\/a>
Paint with Fly Swatters<\/a>
Paint With Trains
Paint with Water<\/a>
Paper Plate Butterflies<\/a>
Play Angry Birds \u2013 in real life!<\/a>
Play Cards <\/a>
Play Catch
Play Candyland<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Play Connect Four <\/a>
Play Dominoes<\/a>
Play Hide & Seek
Play I Spy
Play In The Arctic<\/a>
Play Rhyming Tag<\/a>
Play \u201cUsual\u201d Tag<\/p>\n<\/a>
Play This Game (<\/a> Print it out for free! )
Play With Lego <\/a>
Play with Paper Dolls<\/a>
Play with Play-Doh<\/p>\n<\/a>
Play with Water Balloons<\/a>
Pretend Play Camping<\/a>
Print Out Our Summer Reading Bucket List and Read!<\/a>
Read A Banned Book <\/a>
Read & Draw Picnic<\/a>
Read In A Blanket Fort
Run Through A Sprinkler
Shaving Cream Fireworks!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Stir Up Some Bubbles!<\/a>
Trim Your Grass with Scissors<\/a>
Twizzler Necklaces <\/a>
Use a squirt gun for some science!<\/a>
Use Kitchen Whisks To Make Bubbles<\/a>
Use Sidewalk Chalk To Play With Letters<\/a>
Walk Your Dog ( or your neighbor\u2019s dog )<\/p>\n<\/a>
Washi Tape Lego! <\/a>
Watch a movie and make a matching craft<\/a>
Water Fight!<\/p>\n