Summer Activity Printables for Kids

I know summer is not the best time for learning activities, or at least kids aren’t often into learning activities at this time of year. But it’s a great idea to have some printable activities available for those “I’m bored” times, or when it’s too hot to go outside, when you’re on a road trip, or there’s just not anything else going on. Here are a few great summer activity printables for kids to get you started.

This printable from Artsy Fartsy Mama includes a word search and crossword puzzle with a summer theme.

Views from a Stepstool has a cute summer bingo card set, which includes both words and pictures for kids of different ages.

Grab this super cute memory game printable from Ayelet Keshet. It has 24 pairs of matching cards but you can use fewer of them for younger kids.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has more printable summer games, including I spy, memory and a domino game.

Help kids learn colors with a summer twist with this summer mini book of colors from Real Life at Home. And speaking of colors, you can also use these color by sight word coloring pages from Sara J Creations to slip in a little learning while you’re having fun.

Tot Schooling has an amazing printable pack for toddlers through pre-k that includes a whopping 37 educational activities. From tracing to counting, pattern recognition, I spy games and more, you can grab it all for free when you sign up for emails. And Itsy Bitsy Fun has some great printable file folder games that teach counting, shape and color matching and more.

For older kids, do a math problem every day with these summer math printable calendars from Math Geek Mama.

Summer playdough mats are a fun way to bring some seasonal vocabulary into your playtime. Grab these from Sea of Knowledge.

Planes and Balloons has a bunch of printable worksheets, coloring pages and activities with a summer theme. Shown is a Popsicle shapes worksheet.

Beach-Inspired Summer Art for Kids to Make

Make a First Aid Tin for Father’s Day or Summer Activities

Dinosaur Swap Sensory Play for a Bit of Summer Fun

Make a Jump Rope for Summer Fun

When my daughter was younger she had a ton of LEGO bricks, and I’m honestly a little sad we got rid of most of them because there are so many fun things to do with LEGOs outside of the kits you bought them in.

I love seeing all the ideas people have for LEGO building challenges, and I have shared some ideas for LEGO games before, but I saw one on Pinterest the other day that I felt was worth a mention.

This one is for those ’80s and ’90s kids who spent sick days home from school watching “The Price is Right”: LEGO Plinko!

For those who don’t know about Plinko, the original was a giant peg board set up at an angle and the contestant would drop a flat disc at the top of the board. As it moved down the board it would hit the pegs and change the way it moved, and there would be different prizes in the slots at the bottom where the piece would land.

This version from Play Party Game works on the same principle, using LEGO bricks to make the game board and marbles in place of the Plinko disc since your game board isn’t flat.

You can really use whatever bricks you have for this build, and while it shows all the pegs the same size and evenly spaced, you can play with different configurations and see what happens. It’s engineering and a game!

And while you’re playing with your LEGOs, make sure to check out this post from Kids Craft Room that includes minute to win it style games you can do with LEGO. From speed sorting to tower building as fast as you can, these ideas are sure to get you thinking about different ways to play with LEGO.

And if you need even more ideas, check out my post with LEGO building challenges you can print out for kids (and adults!) to try.

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