BEST Kids Summer Activities – celebrate Summertime with our fun and easy Summer activities for kids.
We’ve got loads of summery fun from easy summertime arts and crafts to mini nature and wildlife projects. Don’t forget to check out our low cost and free school holiday boredom busters tips and ideas to really inspire and entertain your little ones.
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Fairy potion summer fruit drink are the perfect magical concoctions for adding a touch of sparkle to your whimsical fairy party. Childhood should be filled with magic wherever you can squeeze it in and there's nothing more sweet than a little magical afternoon fairy tea party in the garden and our fairy potion summer fruit...
10 fun activities for kids to do at home this week. Keep the kids busy with our easy fun ideas, because bored kids are hard work! Keeping kids busy at home is never easy - but now it's harder than ever! We've got 10 great ideas to try this week to try take the pressure...
Teach kids how to grow cress with this super cute caterpillar gardening activity - just perfect spring craft for kids Cress Caterpillars are a fab introduction to gardening for young children. Kids have a natural interest in gardening and growing plants. They love the whole process, planting, watering their little project and looking after it....
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We just love this cute little lolly stick leaf butterfly craft! So simple to make just using leaves and sprigs of herbs or twigs. This is a easy craft for younger kids. One of the best parts of doing nature crafts with kids, is that you get to start them with a nature walk whilst...
There's literally hundreds of things to do in and around Manchester with the kids - here's some of our favourite hidden (and not so hidden gems) that are totally worth a visit. Get outdoors and go a bit rural - our favourite outdoor spaces to really let the kids run wild. Haigh Woodland Park -...
Our Ladybug Craft is just the best - they always come out looking super cute and the bright colours really appeal to kids. This is a great craft for summer or to fit in with garden or wildlife projects. What You'll Need For Our Ladybug Craft black A4 paper red A4 paper another colour paper...
Celebrate the sunshine with the kids and work your way through this super cute collection of sunshine crafts. Easy sun crafts your little ones will just LOVE. Sunshine Summer Memory Book Creating a summer memory book is a lovely activity and something kids will enjoy looking back on at a later date. It's super easy...
We've sat down with the kids and created our 2018 kids summer bucket list. Hopefully it's going to pack out the pages of our summer memory book too! The 2018 summer bucket list for kids by kids. Let's do a day trip! beach day swim in the sea body boarding go to the fairground make some...
BRILLIANT homemade water toys for kids! 10 Super easy water toys and games that you can make at home. If your kids are like mine the minute the sun shines things just aren't fun unless they involve water! We've collected together the BEST homemade water toys and games that are just brilliant for keeping the...
Bat watching is something myself and the small boy love to do - during late summer and early autumn is a great time for seeing bats, we pick a dry day and snuggle up in the garden at dusk with hot chocolate and just wait, it's never long before they start to circle the houses...
Kids just LOVE making these fantastic glow stick lanterns. A super easy craft that's great for summer! We just love these glow stick lanterns. They're so quick to make, gorgeous bright colours and make a great little decoration for when you're camping or out in the garden on summer evenings. The kids like to make...
Send your kids out for a big beautiful garden bug hunt! You can grab our free bug hunt printable sheet below and get the kids outdoors on a mini beast adventure. And if you're out there anyway, you may as well throw together a garden picnic too and make the day even better. The garden...
Make our pirate puppet collection and create your very own pirate stories with our free printable pirate puppets and pirate ship! A super cute kids activity that's perfect for imaginative play this summer! Pirate Puppet Craft For Kids Something about the summer that makes me want to do all of the seaside themed crafts with...
We just adore this little pebble craft. These super cute pebble people are really easy to make, really easy to customise and design in your own characters and give hours of imaginative play once they're ready. A gorgeous nature craft that kids will just love. What you need to make pebble people How to make...
There's not much better in life than mixing up a good batch of mud pies, especially when you're only five years old and about to play mud pie target shot. To throw together (literally) your own mud pie target shot, you'll just need a handful of things... a big fence or wall some chalk a...
It's hard to find time to exercise when you're looking after kids, working, or both, but it's really important to squeeze in time to get fit and healthy. Not only is it good for you but it's also great for the kids, they'll love to spend the time with you and it sets a fab...
Totally gorgeous summer nature crafts to get the kids out there and creating. Flower petal suncatcher A beautiful little flower petal craft from Play and Learn Every Day. We love this pretty craft, it's simple and makes a lovely summer keepsake. Juice bottle herb planters Create a whacky up cycled juice bottle planter that grows...
Simple scented wind catchers are the perfect summer craft for kids - they look super pretty and smell amazing! Summer Crafts for Kids! Summer crafts are a great way to keep kids entertained through the summer holidays and a nature crafts are a lovely way to add decoration to the garden. Young kids love to...
Keeping kids entertained over the summer holiday can be hard work and that's why we LOVE our awesome summer bored jar. Our summer bored jar is filled with 100 low cost ideas and activities to keep kids entertained this summer. You can download the free bored jar printables below (and we even left space for you...
We just love these juice bottle herb planters. They make a great gardening activity for kids, the juice bottle acts like a mini greenhouse so the herbs grow faster and best of all you'll get lots of fresh herbs throughout the summer. You can make these herb planters with kids of any age, although younger...
Next time you visit the seaside with the kids try out our cute little seaside picture bingo. It's perfect for those days when the sun doesn't shine and you need to fill a little time with a fun activity. So print off our seaside treasure hunt bingo sheet, decide on the prizes for the winners...
Summertime can mean only one thing - the kids summer bucket list. Our list is written by kids for kids. Nothing too hard, nothing that costs a whole heap of money and all things that'll make some brilliant memories. That's what summer is all about, you only get this summer once, make it count. SUMMER...
Get the kids busy having fun with some BRILLIANT process art - kids just love this creative drizzle painting activity. Drizzle painting is a brilliant way for kids to really get hands on with creating some big, happy art work. Kids process art is always super fun! Suitable for kids of all ages this messy...
Super simple instructions for making a DIY Summer Memory Book to fill with summer fun! Making a DIY Summer Memory Book Creating a summer memory book is a lovely activity and something kids will enjoy looking back on at a later date. It's super easy to make a summer memory book and to capture some...
Make summer easy and put together a box of garden toys by the back door that the kids can help themselves too and go have fun! Include a good but inexpensive mix of toys and games that'll keep them busy in the garden throughout the summer. Looking to keep the kids busy? Try a trip...
How to make crazy vibrant carnival masks with the kids - perfect for carnivals. How To Make Carnival Masks Brighten up the half term holidays with some fabulously crazy carnival masks. It's super simple to make our carnival masks with the kids of all ages and they can really let their imaginations run wild. Perfect...
Super cute bug craft for kids! We love these cute little painted stone creatures. Easy to make and fun to play with or use to decorate a mini vegetable patch. What you need for our bug craft - painted pebble creatures selection of different shaped pebbles. coloured felt tip pens - we like Sharpies as...
Rummage through the recycling and create these super cute cardboard tube craft garden bugs with the kids. Cardboard tube garden bugs are a super cute and fun spring craft for pre-schoolers. They're fun to make, simple and look fab. What you need for our cardboard tube craft garden bugs How to make cardboard tube craft...
A gorgeous bright rainbow craft for kids to get busy with - grab your art and craft supplies and create a beautiful mosaic rainbow. A gorgeously bright craft for kids, even your little ones will just love getting creative hand painting all the colours of the rainbow. Then using their brightly painted masterpieces to create...
How to make a super easy milk bottle watering can with the kids in minutes - simple gardening activity for kids How to make a milk bottle watering can Pre-school children just love making these and totally love using them to help out in the garden. You can make these using any size of plastic...
Super easy step by step instructions for how to make a paper kite - and bonus instructions for a rainy day kite you can fly in the rain! When plans are cancelled at the last minute and you're left with disappointed kids then quick and easy paper kites are always the answer! Even if it’s...