Great Crafts and Activities for Summer Fun

July 26, 2012 by 21 Comments

It’s time to start brainstorming how to wrap up the summer with Tons of Fun!  Here are some Great Crafts and Activities for Summer Fun to get your creative juices flowing!

Great Crafts and Activities for Summer Fun

Foldable Tent, Using Scrap Wood, PVC, and a Twin Sheet

Cakies

Trampoline Becomes a Huge Canvas

Rave and Review

Make Up a Photo Scavenger Hunt

Make Happy

How to Make a Sponge Water Bomb

It’s Overflowing

Chalkboard Fence

Apartment Therapy

Make an Obstacle Course

Under the Sycamore

Spray Paint the Game Twister on Your Backyard Grass

Sassy Style

Cut the top off a Glow Stick and Use the Liquid to Paint Inside a Mason Jar.

Lil Blue Boo

Backyard Bowling

Parents

Marshmallow Shooter

Come Together Kids

Make a Tic Tac Toe Towel by Crisscrossing Ribbon. After Swimming Fun!

Martha Stewart

Doodle on porcelain with a porcelain paint pen, then bake at 300 for 35 mins.

A Merry Mishap

Glass Beads with Flat Backs, Black Font on Fun Paper, and Magnetic Strips

Our Everyday Art

Paint Chip Art

Scene of Sublime

Cherry Blossom Art from a Recycled Soda Bottle

alphamom

 Twin Sheet Turned Puppet Theater

It’s Overflowing

Washi Colored Tape Art

 

Cakies

How to Launch a 2 Liter of Soda

It’s Overflowing

Fun Placements Using Laminated Storybook Pages

Real Simple

Family Embroidered Hands

Camille Dawn

Painting Rocks is Hours of FUN!  For little children, paint the rocks with chalkboard paint and let them color on rocks with chalk for similar entertainment!

Deep Into the Darkness Peering

Comments

21 Responses to “Great Crafts and Activities for Summer Fun”
  1. I love these ideas! Brilliant, thanks so much :)

  2. Can’t wait to go home and do the trampoline chalk art. My kids are going to love that. Thanks for sharing all these great ideas.

  3. fun ideas…but I can just see my children hurting themselves with the obstacle course…maybe when they are older on that one!

  4. My two are grown now, but I am loving all these ideas! I would never have thought to use chalk on the trampoline!

  5. ~~~rhonda~~~ says:

    Such great ideas!! Your post made me wish my son was little again!!! :-)
    I just tweeted about this fun post!!!
    ~~~rhonda~~~

  6. Aimee! What a great post! There are so many projects I would like to do myself!
    Your project would be perfect to share at TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS, my new weekly linky party going on now! Come on over and join in!

  7. Wonderful ideas. I am going to have to try the pom pom shooter! Thank you for sharing!

  8. These are awesome! Thanks for sharing the fun! :)

  9. Deirdre says:

    Great additions to my list- thank you for sharing…happy summer- it’s not over yet!

  10. I’s so glad you added this really fabulous kid friendly post to TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS! Thanks!

  11. Kathie says:

    Lots of great ideas here! I remember drawing in chalk on my trampoline! Thanks for sharing this week!

  12. Kim says:

    Those are some great ideas for those with children.

  13. Hey Aimee,
    I am now also your newest follower. Thanks for following me at Adorned From Above. Love your blog.
    Debi

  14. Jackie Toye says:

    Great ideas. My grandsons would love the obstacle course (looks around for string. lots of string)

  15. These are all such good ideas! I especially like the obstacle course and the chalk board on the outside of the building. Thanks for compiling these tips!

  16. Great summer ideas! They all look like so much fun!

  17. Natasha says:

    love these ideas!!!
    Would love it if you could share this on my link party Serenity Saturday @ http://www.serenityyou.blogspot.com

  18. Cute ideas! Thanks for linking up at DIY Thrifty Thursday! You’ve been featured! We would love to have you link up any other projects you have this week and don’t forget to grab an “I was featured” button! :)

    Michelle
    http://www.thrifty101.blogspot.com

  19. Heidi says:

    Fantastic ideas! I’m so glad you linked these ideas up at One Creative Weekend! I love them! I hope you come back tomorrow. I’ll be pinning tons of these ideas.

  20. Heidi says:

    I’ll be featured this idea tomorrow on One Creative Weekend at OneCreativeMommy.com this week. Please stop by and grab a featured button if you’d like.

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