Fun summer activities for kids: ideas you’ll want to try in childcare and at home

Milk carton fan making

Let’s have fun making it with the scratch technique: A milk carton fan

One way to beat the summer heat is with a uchiwa fan! Let’s make an easy one using milk cartons.

Take two prepared, opened milk cartons and cut each into a circle.

Place a chopstick between them as a handle and stick the two circles together.

Next, cut a piece of construction paper into a circle as well and draw any picture you like.

Here’s a tip: color the entire paper randomly with different crayon colors, then cover it all with black crayon.

Scratch your drawing into the black layer using a chopstick or a toothpick, and you’ll easily create a fireworks scene in the night sky! If you spray the crayon drawing with hairspray, it will be less likely to smudge.

Paste your finished drawing onto the milk carton fan, and you’re done! It’s perfect to take with you to a fireworks festival, too!

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Bubble play

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Kids love fluffy bubbles, don’t they? Let’s play with bubbles! If you use body soap or other gentle products, kids can play safely.

When making bubbles, it’s best to use as little water as possible so the bubbles hold their shape well.

There are many ways to make them: put the mixture in a plastic bottle and shake it, or use a whisk.

Once you’ve made the bubbles, try gently blowing on them to send them floating, or put them on people’s heads and bodies—feel free to play however you like!

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plastic bottle shower

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Kids love playing in the shower, don’t they? Here’s a simple shower toy you can make using a plastic bottle.

Cut off the bottle’s neck and cover the edge with tape to prevent injuries.

Puncture holes on both sides of the rim and thread a vinyl string through them to make a handle, then make about 5–6 holes in the bottom.

Decorate the bottle with vinyl tape to make it cute, and you’re done! When you scoop up water, it will pour out through the holes like a shower.

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Bubble play with soap

Did you know that if you shave a bar of soap, add water, and mix it, you can make foam like a cream? It takes a little time to mix, but that time can be a fun activity for kids.

Let them whisk it hard with an egg beater.

Once the foam is ready, pour it into cups and decorate with leaves and flowers to make “smoothies,” or touch it with your hands and enjoy the texture.

Soap isn’t good to ingest, so be sure to play within an adult’s supervision.

It might also be fun to add paint to give it some color!

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Sponge stamp ice cream

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Let’s make ice cream using sponge stamps! First, take a sheet of drawing paper and dab the paint-covered stamp to create patterns.

You can use any colors you like.

Once the paint is dry, cut the paper into the shape of ice cream.

Cut brown construction paper into a cone shape, draw the cone pattern, and paste it onto a backing sheet.

Then stick the stamped ice cream on top of the cone, add patterns in the empty spaces with crayons, and you’re done! You can make several scoops and stack them to create two- or three-scoop ice cream, too.

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