Here's a list of over 75 activities that you can enjoy with your kids! Enjoy as many as you can. And be sure to "share" this with the Facebook link above and share with your local friends and family!
- Visit a new park
- Make your own ice cream
- Try a new recipe (use the search box on our site to find some of our faves!)
- Use sidewalk chalk to play games like hopscotch and tic-tac-toe
- Make your own sidewalk chalk paint
- Visit the library (check the calendar here for all the great things going on)
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Visit a Farmers Market
- Watch Krispy Kreme donuts being made
- Go Geocaching
- Have a family game night
- Let the kids take photos and turn them into a movie
- Build a fort
- Backward Day (dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner)
- Have a Silly String fight (outside!)
- Play Hide and Seek
- Make fruit smoothies
- Play dress up
- Do a puzzle
- Make your own finger paint
- Plant a gutter garden
- Go for a bike ride
- Splash in a creek or stream
- Have a dance party
- Have a movie marathon
- Learn origami
- Make paper airplanes
- Tie-Dye T-shirts or shoes
- Make puppets
- Plant some flowers
- Have a tea party
- Create soap bubble art
- Make thumbprint art
- Make paper plate suncatchers
- Make s'mores
- Make a marble run
- Make macaroni art
- Make marbled paper
- Visit a pet store
- Make musical instruments out of items found around the house
- Have a lemonade stand
- Have a spa party
- Take the kids to eat for FREE
- Go bowling
- Read a new book
- Make some bookmarks
- Make a lemonade pie
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go to the beach
- Go camping (even if it's only in the backyard or living room)
- Make your own fruit pops
- Make your own slime or playdough
- Create your own ocean in a bottle
- Make something with duct tape
- Play a classic game, like jacks or marbles
- Make your own super bubbles
- Then make your own bubble wands
- Host a toy swap with friends
- Do an easy science experiment
- Assign your child a YES day, where they make the rules, pick the meals, etc.
- Make some egg carton turtles
- Make a family tree
- Have a sight word scavenger hunt
- Visit the fish tank section at Walmart
- Plant a window garden
- Paint some rocks
- Host a book swap
- Paint with marbles
- Make a crazy caterpillar
- Grow your own crystal
- Decorate some shoes
- Take the kids and their report cards and enjoy some report card freebies
- Visit a pet store and meet some animals
- Explore some fun, new snack ideas
- Create a family fun jar
When visiting events and local businesses, be sure to tell them Macaroni KID sent you... and don't forget to tell all your friends!