FREE SUMMER BUCKET LIST POPSICLE STICK TEMPLATE HERE! Corresponds with all the activities and links on this page. Simply print Popsicle stick template, glue them to Popsicle sticks then print the jar label. Paste the label onto the jar/container. Place Popsicle sticks into the jar/can.
Have your child(ren) pick one activity a day or as needed. Look at your number, find it on the list below, click on the activity and do it!!
- Play Family Bingo, Free Template Here
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- Side Walk Chalk: Free Homemade recipe Here
- From Ohmyhandmade.com
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- Family game night
- Jump Rope
- Play Hide the Thimble with friends or family:
- Click Here for game instructions
- Play internet Search Alphabet game (start with A, have your child think of something that starts with the letter, do an internet search, find a picture to represent the word, save all pics to a word document if desired you can make an Alphabet Book by printing pics you find and save...all A-Z. Be Creative! Publish your own book, laminate it, or just enjoy the game without saving pics, it's your choice how long you want to spend on this activity.
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- Older children can search themselves, but make sure you monitor!
- Listen to fun music, dance! Here are some Free songs little ones may enjoy!
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- Learn to crochet a simple chain
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- Make a homemade gift for a loved one
- Bike ride
- Watch an educational film
- free educational movies
- KidsKnowIt.com: KidsKnowIt.com is one of the most popular sites out there for educational children's movies. Why? The site provides topic specific movies for kids such as films about Acid and Bases (Chemistry), Jupiter and Mars (The Planets), different parts of speech and parts of physics. The site has hundreds of movies that are great for teaching both parents and kids to a few factoids. The best part? Many of the movies are on the short side so parents can enlighten their children a little bit at a time without worrying of overload.
- PBS Kids: Though it isn't the best site for full-length movies, you can catch many of your child's favorite PBS movies and shows online at the network's website. From WordGirl to Fetch to Curious George, kids can catch all of their favorite shows that help them both learn and grow.
- Scholastic Kids: The website for some of your child's favorite books is also a great place to find some of their favorite short movies. Catch favorites like the Magic School Bus movies and series episodes or other movies like those featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog. Whatever movies your child is craving, Scholastic Kids is just the place to help them find educational features.
- Discovery Kids Education: If you're a fan of documentaries and things of that sort, be sure to check out Discovery Education online. In addition to documentaries such as Parts of the Whale, there are numerous movie shorts from Bill Nye the Science Guy among others.
- Brain Pop: Brain Pop is a great site if your child needs to learn something on a particular topic. Covering everything from the tenants of science to English to arts/music, the site offers so many movies to help children learn as much as they can. The movies -- usually animated features -- are also a lot of fun for parents to watch too! Some of these allow for free download. Taking these movies to go is a great way to teach your children and kill some time while you're out!
- Make a paper plate mask
- make dinosaur stick puppets
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- Do a science experiment
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- Make clothespin animals
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- Make bubbles
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- Build a marble racetrack
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- Paint using different utensils
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- Nature hunt
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- Play beanbags
- What's that smell game
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- Make a family tree
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- Play store
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- Make pinwheels
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- Look at family photo album(s)
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- Story magnets
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- Make a coloring book
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- Make a flower press
- Go to local library
- Join a summer reading program here
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- Make an alphabet collage
- pictures of items that are the shape of the letter
- Single letter decorated like a mosaic
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- All the letters in order cut out of magazines like this:
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- Single letter with pictures that start with the same letter like this
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- single letter colloge-cut out of magazines
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- Make window paint
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- Play on a local school playground
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- Visit the pet store
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- Visit a new or different park
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- Make garden stepping stones
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- Alphabet hunt walk
- Take a walk and see if you can find the letters of the Alphabet in order from A-Z.
- Optional, take photos of the letters you find to make a book
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- Glo-stick bath
- Milk carton bird feeder
- Make a family Photo memory card game
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- Marble painting
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- story stones
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- Geo board
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- Make roads out of tape
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- write in journal
- make a pet rock
- make a lego game
- scavenger hunt
- write a letter to a loved one
- free apple stationary from http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com
- free stationary printables
- free rainbow stationary printables
- free printable stationary set
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- become a penpal
- make a quiet book page
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- tornado in a jar
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- finger painting
- make something out of cardboard
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- play hopscotch
- chalk or tape work great!
- If you want to get fancy you can make a hopscotch mat!
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- How to Play Hopscotch from Quiet Fish.
- make taffy
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- car wash
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- stencils
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- digital books
- http://www.wegivebooks.org/
- Free eBooks, Kindle Books for children ages 0-2
- Free eBooks, Kindle Books for children ages 3-5
- make worm snack
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- paint rocks
- Painted Rock Crafts from Martha Stewart.
- educational computer games
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- treasure find
- TreasuRe DiG. We filled up our big tin bucket with sand (100 lbs) and buried all kinds of jewels, coins, necklaces and rings.
- Adapted from: http://befickle.blogspot.com
- read a book
- make soap crayons
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- make a book holder
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- make a busy bag
- make moon sand
- make magnet puzzles
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- puzzles
- Dot to Dot
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- mazes
- mazes from mrprintables
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- Game printables
- I spy bingo
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- play in sandbox
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- make lick it stickers
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- play candyland
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- paint with water colors
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- make a sock puppet
- build a fort in the living room, have an indoor campout
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- bake something
- dress up, have a fashion show
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- play school
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- button bracelets
- celebrate a crazy holiday
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- make a balance beam
- coloring at dinner
- make ramps
- make sparkly paint
- Play dough
- Play chutes and ladders
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- paper bag puppets
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- read nursery rhymes
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- treasure hunt
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- play charades: rules and ideas
- More ideas
Charades Ideas for Kids Category Good Night Mr. Moon Book The Witch of Blackbird Pond Book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Book The Bridge to Teribithia Book The Lion King Movie Peter Pan Book/Movie Babe Movie Bambi Book Superman Comic/Movie Wizard of Oz Book/Movie Abraham Lincoln Famous People Hannah Montana Famous People Hilary Duff Famous People Statue of Liberty Famous Places Mount Rushmore Famous Places Eiffel Tower Famous Place Taj Mahal Famous Places T-Rex Animal Pyramids Famous Places Monkey Animal Eagle Bird Lion Animal Peacock Bird
Charades Ideas for Youth
Youth or teenagers too enjoy charades as a great pass time. They get a chance to bond with each other and showcase their expressive talents. This surely can be a form of an educational game for middle school children. The following are a few charades ideas for youth that will definitely help make the game more interesting.
Charades Ideas for Youth Category 2001: A Space Odyssey Book/ Movie The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Book/Movie/TV Show Agent Cody Banks Movie Annie, Get Your Gun Musical Anna Karenina Book/Movie The Lord of the Rings Book/Movie Love Story Book Batman Comic/Movie/TV Show Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Book/ Movie Arnold Schwarzenegger Famous People Robert Pattinson Famous People Twilight Movie/Book Lady Gaga Famous People Michael Jackson Famous People "Jingle Bell" Christmas Song My Heart Will Go On [Love Theme from 'Titanic'] Music Crash Into Me (Dave Matthews Band) Music Escapade (Janet Jackson) Music - make paper hats
- Colorful tissue paper and pom poms add a little extra flair to these newspaper derby hats from henry happened.
- A Subtle Revelry made these party favor hats out of copied book pages.
- Bet you can't guess what they used over at Small for Big to revamp the classic newspaper hat.
- make a travel bag
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- play go fish
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- Make your own fishing game!
- make silly family pictures
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- make a rain gauge
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- Cotton ball race with straws
- make an obstacle course
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- play stuffed animal zoo
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- make marshmallow/toothpick structures
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- tell a story, have mom write or type it out
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- sink float experiment
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- outside picnic
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- paint with objects from outside
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- balloon volleyball
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- rainbow hunt
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- make cookies
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- draw on foil with oil pastels or use a sharpie if you are brave!
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- measure things click on picture for free download
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- read silly jokes or poems
- free download here for lunchbox jokes
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- play hide and seek
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- paint the house with water
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- play salon
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- make a lava lamp
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- make candy necklaces from paper and cakes
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- make a table centerpeice
- make a map
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- make a weather chart, keep track of weather
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- make peg dolls, from The Crafty Crow
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- play tag
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- make cards
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- make homemade instruments from The Crafty Crow
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- indoor picnic
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- make a collage
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- Milk Carton Boats from lilla a design.*
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- Wooden Garden activity and story box from My Mommy Makes It
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- Hot Air Balloon from Bloesem Kids.
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- Handprint Sunflowers from Nurture Store.
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- Nature Jar from No Time for Flash Cards.
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- Driftwood Sailboat from Wabi Sabi Wanderings.
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- Nature Potions from Squashed Tomatoes.
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- Experiment with Balloon Science! From Education.com
- Whether your child loves science or just likes to be impressed, this activity will have her begging to learn how it's done. Tell your child that you're going to blow up a balloon without using your mouth. And with a little bit of yeast, you won't have to use magic to make that statement come true.
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- Seashell Koalas from Martha Stewart.*
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- Backyard Mural from Family Fun.
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- Earn Summer Badges from Family Fun.
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- Cootie Catcher Nature Game from 5 Orange Potatoes.
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- Painted Sun Prints from Skip to My Lou.
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- Friendship Bracelets from Srumdilly Do for Skip to My Lou.
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- Nature Guides from Natural Kids.
- Bird seed cakes from Natural Kids
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- Summer Necklace from Growing Up Creative.
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- Seaside Windchime from Hillbilly Jillies.
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- Easy Toddler sculptures from Natural Kids
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- Kid Craft Owls from Natural Kids!
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- Tic-tac-toe from Bunny Cakes.
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- Under the Sea Snack Game from Muffin Tin Mom.
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- Insect Dioramas from Art Lessons for Kids.
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- Swinging Spiders from Se7en.
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Backyard Astronomy from education.com
Your child will likely be amazed when she finds out that our own sun is a star. And come nighttime, she'll enjoy looking up at constellations. The best news is, star gazing is something everyone can enjoy with no special equipment needed.- Draw and Label Insects from Fairy Dust Teaching.
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- Bug Catcher Necklace from Whimsy Girl.
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- Star Fruit Bunting from Alpha Mom.
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- Holiday Lanterns from Martha Stewart.
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- Confetti Launcher from Family Fun.
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- Confetti Paper Rockets from Alpha Mom.
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- Fourth of July Flowers from Crafts by Amanda.
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- Dice Walking from The Artful Parent.
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- Story Stick from The Butterfly Jungle.
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- Butterfly Fan from Maya Made.
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- Homemade Slime from Tidy Mom.
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- Make Your Own Fabric from Filth Wizardry.
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- Paper Poppy Wall Art from Create, Celebrate, Explore.
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- Tissue Paper Lanterns from Waldorf Family Network (maybe with battery-operated lights).
- Watermelon Ice Cream Pie from Make and Takes.
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- Fruit Leather Recipe from Berlin’s Whimsy.
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- play follow the leader
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- have a mini carnival
- make paper airplanes, more
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- ice treasures
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- Craft an Underwater Viewer! From education.comThis activity is a learning opportunity disguised as a fun activity. Create a mini ocean floor and use a homemade underwater viewer to examine the objects beneath the surface! Your preschooler will get to practice observing, examining, and experimenting!
- play mad libs
- stuffed animal hide (hide n' seek with stuffed animal(s)
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- play would you rather free download
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- crayon rubbings
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- make family table cards--free printable by eat At Home Cooks
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- play red light, green light instructions from wondertime
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- start a collection
- play museum
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- mix colored water
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- Embroidery On Recycled Styrofoam Trays
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- Make webs
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- paper fold paint
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- trace shadows
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- ice eggs
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Make a Letter-Sound Book from education.com
Break out the camera and get ready to explore the world of letters and sounds! Snap shots of objects that begin with the letters in your child's name and compile them into a book that will help him practice his phonemic awareness!- alphabet bean bag toss
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- balloon tennis
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- summer family journal from Family Fun
- make a chalkboard
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- make pretzel bites
- Fly kids Challenge
- make doughnuts
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- ice skating
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- Kids can make their own snack!
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- play rhythm game
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- shape walk
- Go on a Hike
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- play Simon says
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- make a pretend car, indoor drive in
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- draw
- trace body, draw self
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- sand art
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- alphabet beach ball
- I used alphabet stickers and pictures on my ball so that my son could tell me what the picture is and what sound it starts with.
- The game: toss the ball to your preschooler, have them look at the ball when they catch/retrieve it and name a letter they see, or the sound the letter makes, or a word that starts with the letter, etc.
- Another fun summer alphabet/number review activity, is to use beach balls! I had bought a pack of two beach balls for a dollar at our dollar store.
I used a Sharpie marker to write all the letters on it.
- make an alphabet book
- keep a field journal
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- tennis
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- make Kool-Aid slurpees
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- make "I Spy" placemats
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- glow stick lanterns
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- make popsicle match game
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- swimming
Nuts and Bolts: A Sorting Activity from education.com
Does Dad's tool box need to be tidied up? Get your child to help you clean, while sneaking in a little math along the way. Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in mathematical reasoning, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!- sharpie tye dye t-shirt
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- sprinklers
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- make a dream catcher
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- Hammered Flower and Leaf Prints from Build/Make/Craft/Bake
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- Make a Kite from Storm the Castle.
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- Paper Bag Wind Sock from Canadian Living.
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- Paper Boat that Floats from wikiHow.
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- Grass Head Monster from Activity Village.
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- Stone Dolls from Maya Made.
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- Build a Fairy House from Light-Beams Publishing.
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- Make Stained Glass Crayons from education.com
Is your child's art box a jumble of crayon stubs and broken bits? Don't throw them out! You can use crayon scraps to make beautiful stained glass window hangings and even more crayons.
- Flower Pinwheels from Alpha Mom.*
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- Recycled Crayons from Make and Takes.
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- Fairy Wings from Threadbanger (see our kid version here).
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- Kaleidoscopes from Se7en.
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- God’s Eyes summer camp yarn craft from Wise Craft.*
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- T-shirt weaving from Alpha Mom.*
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- Cardboard Dollhouse from Esprit Cabane.*
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- Scratch Foam Block Printing from Glitter Goods.
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- Watercolor Resist Painting from Bookhou Craft Projects BloesemKids.
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- Build a Pinecone Bird Feeder! From Education.comHere's a kindergarten science craft that brings birds to your yard - and a smile to your kindergartner's face.
- Recycled Newspaper Beads from A Storybook Life.*
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- Tin Can Stilts from Kaboose.
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- Rain Sticks from Creative Kids at Home.
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- Mexican Metal Tooling from Restoration Place.
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Watch Acids and Bases Produce Colors! From Education.comShow your child how to create a concoction of simple household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added! Science has never been this fun!
- Colorful Bean Bag Balls from Family Fun.
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- Canvas Checkerboard from Martha Stewart.
Mix two childhood favorites, paint and rocks, to beat summer boredom! Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!Create a Painted Rock Mosaic from education.com
- Fabric Scrap Braided Necklace from cakies.
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- make Popsicles, here are some fun recipes
- Hot Chocolate on a stick from moredesignplease
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- 100+ Homemade Popsicle recipes tipnut
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- Element Monogram Tutorial by Jen Jockisch from americancrafts.typepad
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- Frisbee tic tac toe from: aturtleslifeforme
- "For one of the games for my son's party, I got a shower curtain from Dollar Tree and we used cheap tape (also from Dollar Tree) to make a Tic Tac Toe grid. Then we set 6 frisbees out and the kids had to stand behind a line and see who had the best aim! Not as easy as you would think!"
