50 Activities for a Kid’s Electronics-Free Summer

A few things need to be avoided in the summer: sunburn, bugs, crowded beaches, hearing the ice cream truck’s eery melody right before dinner and anything that can be plugged in. After a winter of bad weather, where escaping into computer worlds became a symptom of the season, make up for the lost time by engaging in an electronics-free summer.

Games you played with as a kid never cease to amuse.

Classic summer pursuits

: Classic entrepreneurial skills at work.

: Lemonade stands are a fun way to teach the worth in earning power.

Crib ideas from a camp brochure. Connect with nature. Have your children earn their ice cream money with lemonade stand earnings. Enlist youthful labor and take on some gardening projects. Relating to simple activities will set the pace toward a meaningful lifestyle.

: Gardening is a great way to connect to the outdoors.

: Make stakes with popsicle sticks.

: Homegrown vegetables have countless benefits.

: Garden is rigorous work.

: A budding zucchini.

: Decorate the flower beds.

Indoor fun

Compelling recreation doesn’t have to be exclusive to the outdoors. On rainy or sweat dripping days art, reading and games are worthy opponents to a digital playmate.

Learn something new like art or a foreign language.

Discover a new hobby, such as drawing magna figures or learning a foreign language. Simply use classic ingenuity and tap into interests when composing an itinerary.

Have the kids direct the adventures

Take a break from the organizer role and have the kids draft the agenda. You may be surprised by their creativity and choices plus they’ll have fun composing an event.

Watching fellow sailors is true interaction.

50 Electronics-Free Summer Activities

Gardening
Cook with homegrown vegetables
Lawn games such as archery and croquet
Sports
Home projects, such as building a zip line or treehouse with a capable adult
Write a story with an accompanying picture book.
Arts & Crafts
Tie dye projects
Direct a play, make the costumes
Make your own fudge
Bug collecting
Water balloon fight
Kite flying
Roller skating
Cycling
Neighborhood games like Capture the Flag and Hopscotch
Street chalk art
Reading
Bubbles
Learn a new talent such as magna art
Volunteer
Play an instrument
Camp, even in your own backyard
Photography
Activity books/puzzles
Lemonade stand
Partake in your nature center and library’s summer programs
Hiking
Create science experiments using household items
Water balloon fight
Make your own popsicles
Watermelon spitting contest
Slime scavenger hunt
Sailing/boating
Sand activities
Laser tag competition
Visit your town’s historical society
Board games
Face painting
Dance/music competition
Install moody lighting with jars of fireflies
Candle/soap making
Wreck the lawn and cool off in the sprinkler
Target practice with sling shots
Bocce ball
Fishing
Start a collection
Invent something
Visit a neighbor you’d like to get to know
Go fruit picking and make preserves

Summer is like Christmas and ice cream, it’s over before you know it. Activate an electronics-free summer by making a point to engage in classic pursuits.