Thought it might be timely to share some Activities for Kids on A Hot Day. Screen-free, no admission type of activities the kids can do around the house. Keep the kids busy my friends – it will save your sanity!…
From the Parent Club archives but always timely
Activities for Kids on a Hot Day
- run through the sprinkler
- read a book
- draw a picture
- listen to music
- dance in the living room
- play with your toys *insert kid groan here*
- draw a hopscotch game outside
- swing (we have the swingset outside remember)
- Paint the sidewalks with a paint brush and water
- play in the shade
- swim in the pool
- play soccer
- play hopscotch
- build a fort
- make popsicles
- stamp
- colour
- play a card game
- Clean your room *insert another kid groan*
- hula hoop
Summer is the season to disconnect from screens *she hypocritically typed from her laptop* (C’est la vie).
You might also want to pick up a copy of my book Boredom Busters which has 50+ activities, recipes, science experiments, crafts, and more to bust boredom at home, in the classroom, on on the go. All of the activities use items easily found around the home or classroom making it a fun and frugal. 
I remember all these activities! Oh to be a kid again.
those were the best days – reading and colouring all day long
Absolutely the best days…now I get to relive them…in between loads of laundry.
I know right? Childhood is wasted on the young 😉
one of my favourite things to do when I was a kid was to run through the sprinkler and drink water from the hose (which I don’t think is very good for you) Thanks for a list that brought back lots of good memories!
we did a “toddler spray the big kids with water” activity and it was beyond fun. Sometimes the easiest things are the best fun.
Great list! Love the Second Number Nine! Definitely groan-worthy!
Great list! Mind you I don’t think #19 would get the best reception…lol
Besides bringing out the sprinkler, colouring and reading are my favourites
I used to run through the sprinkler all the time as a kid. Good times!
Loved running back and forth under the sprinkler Those were the days!! 🙂
Omgosh Memory lane, with a couple New ones, Can’t wait to do some with my Babies =) Thank you for sharing
Great ideas for those “I’m bored” days
These are great! It will get them away from their tv and phone for a bit.
My kids look forward to just being outside!
Living in Manitoba the winters are chilly so it seems like locked up half the year!!
Loved your comment ‘I know right? Childhood is wasted on the young ?’ Some great ideas here to keep the kids happy 🙂
the good old days, no screens to look into all day
and these things to do don’t have an extra cost
My daughter has already done a ton of these things on the list & summer break is 1/4 over! She loves to be outside with her friends & they get pretty creative to beat the boredom.
As of right now they have been limited as much as possible to screen time…hoping to make a jar of suggestions that they can pick from for boredom days!
that’s a great idea
You’ve got so many great ideas here but my favorite is “draw a hopscotch game outside” because I used to play hopscotch when I was a kid