Summer Holiday | 45 Children’s Crafts & Activities

School is out for Summer!

Kids live for the long summer holidays, what about us parents, are you excited for the summer holidays? I love the summer holidays with my kids, but we do have the occasional day where we need a little inspiration to keep our little darlings sane and beat the dreaded Boredom.

Why not make your own boredom buster jar? That way, when the kids are bored, or you may be looking for some holiday activities, activity inspiration, you can reach into your jar and instantly have something for everyone to do!

How to make your boredom buster jar.

Choose a decent-sized Masson jar. You can decorate your jar anyway you wish, paint it, use stickers. When you’re happy with how it looks, you then need to create a label for the front of your jar.

For this, you can use your child’s Name or family Name Bordem Buster Activities.

Next, you need either Coloured paper or a card and cut it into strips and write an activity on each piece and place it in the jar.

Here is my list of activities and crafts.

1. Sharpie tie-dye Tshirts
2. Spa day at home
3. Make a dream catchers
4. Make Garden windchimes
5. Spray bottle paint art
6. Make garden pinwheels
7. Painted rock treasure hunt
8. Make homemade Jam
9. Go on a bike ride
10. Make a summer scrapbook
11. Catch butterflies
12. Plant flowers
13. Tincan bowling
14. Paper plate maze with straws
15. Build an outdoor fort
16. Make your own ice lolly’s
17. Climb trees
18. pipe cleaner finger puppets
19. Marble painting
20. Water balloon pinata
21. Ice block treasure hunt
22. DIY sponge ball fight
23. Create an obstacle course
24. Make a fairy garden
25. Make bird feeders
26. Go for a picnic
27. Camp in the garden
28. Watch the sunset
29. Make a paint splatter piece of art
30. Make a cardboard village
31. Make tin can lanterns
32. Go for a walk along a local river
33. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
34. Visit a museum
35. Go to the park
36. Create your own game
37. Take part in your local park run
38. Make Slime
39. Go to the beach
40. Go swimming
41. Walk the dog
42. Cut the grass
43. Tidy your bedroom
44. Read a book together
45. Watch a movie

Once you have your jar full of activities, you’re good to go every time your little darling is bored, and you can pull out their jar and give them something to do!

I would love to see your finished jars.

Have you read our summer holiday| Icecream Activities post? you can read it here 

Did you know you can find some great summer holiday activities ideas on Pinterest?