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50 Activities & Experiments to Keep Kids Learning in Summer

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Looking for fun activities to do this summer with your kids? Here are 50 awesome kid-friendly activities and experiments I’ve sourced and sorted by nature activities, art activities, science & exploratory activities and food-related activities to keep your kids learning, active and having fun all summer! 

Source: One Little Project at a Time

NATURE ACTIVITIES 

  1. Make Sand Slime via Little Bins for Little Hands
  2. Create a Worm Farm via Childhood 101
  3. Make a Nature Collage via Childhood 101
  4. Paint a Giant Backyard Canvas via Learn with Play at Home
  5. 5 Garden Planting Ideas for Kids via The Typical Mom
  6. Leaf & Surface Rubbings via At Home with Ali
  7. Make a Tide Pool at Home via Buggy and Buddy
  8. Color Changing Daisy Experiment via Frogs and Fairies
  9. Float Cork Sailboats via Frogs and Fairies
  10. Make an Earthworm Hotel via Green Crafts
  11. Why Do We Need Sunscreen Experiment via I Can Teach My Child
  12. What Sweetener Do Ants Prefer Experiment via Lemon Lime Adventures

Source: Crumb Bums

ART ACTIVITIES 

  1. Paint with Chalk Paint (Paint the Fence or Sidewalk) via Childhood 101
  2. Bubble Painting via Childhood 101
  3. Swirly Doodles via At Home with Ali
  4. Drip Painting via Childhood 101
  5. Marbling with Nail Polish via Creative Play Central
  6. Sharpie Tie Dyed Coasters via One Little Project at a Time
  7. Make a Simple Homemade Kaleidoscope via Little Bins for Little Hands
  8. Giant Ice Chipping Fun via Crumb Bums
  9. DIY Marbled Paper via The Artful Parent
  10. Tie Dying with Little Kids via Bombshell Bling
  11. Make Your Own Compass via I Can Teach My Child
  12. Make Bracelets Out of Popsicle Sticks via Molly Moo
  13. Make Heat Sensitive Color Changing Slime via Left Brain Craft Brain

 

Source: I Can Teach My Child

SCIENCE & EXPLORING ACTIVITIES 

  1. What Can You Make Bubbles With? via At Home with Ali
  2. Walking Rainbow Experiment via Steam Powered Family
  3. Exploding Baggies: Baking Soda & Vinegar via Buggy and Buddy
  4. Dissect a Bean & Name The Parts via Preschool Powol Packets
  5. Bottle Rockets via Steam Powered Family
  6. Make a Penny Turn Green via Buggy and Buddy
  7. Make Bubble Snakes via One Little Project at a Time
  8. Build a Lemon Battery via Inspiration Laboratories
  9. Fireworks in Oil & Water via Go Science Girls
  10. Exploding Elephant Toothpaste Experiment via Steve Spangler Science
  11. Make a STOMP Air Rocket via Childhood 101
  12. How do Arctic Animals Stay Warm in Icy Waters via I Can Teach My Child
  13. Make Your Own Stethoscope for Kids via Left Brain Craft Brain

 

Source: What We Do All Day

FOOD ACTIVITIES 

  1. Simple Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag via Little Bins for Little Hands
  2. Dancing Raisins Experiment via One Little Project at a Time
  3. Can You Peel a Raw Egg? Let’s Learn via Go Science Girls
  4. Solar Oven S’Mores via What We Do All Day
  5. Cornflower Sensory Play via Learning and Exploring Through Play
  6. Watermelon Fizzy Sensory Play via Natural Beach Living
  7. Cook Easy Homemade Lemonade via Childhood 101
  8. Turn Milk Into Plastic via How We Learn
  9. Color Changing Milk Experiment via One Little Project at a Time
  10. Make Edible Glass via Go Science Girls
  11. Make Your Own Rock Candy via Growing a Jeweled Rose
  12. Bake Jam Drops via Childhood 101

 

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