Go BIG and increase the FUN with this summer activities!
Looking for boredom busting games and activities to entertain your kids over the summer? Well check out this HUGE list of GIANT games and activities to do outdoors with your toddler, preschooler, kindergartner and older kids during the spring and summer months! From giant water blobs, to giant bubbles to massive art and crafts and more!
To help you find what you know your kids will like faster, I have organized this amazing list of GIANT Summer Activities into 3 sections:
- Boredom Busting Games;
- Art Activities; and
- Learning Activities.

The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids
Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.
Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!
Shop our ready made play kits here.

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GIANT OUTDOOR BOREDOM BUSTING GAMES
- Human Ring Toss by Kid Friendly Things to Do
- How to Make a Giant Water Bed by My Frugal Adventures
- Build a Stick Maze – Mother Natured
- Giant Bubbles Recipe by Learning and Exploring Through Play
- Chalk Shapes Jumping Game – Craftulate
- How to Make a Giant Bubble Wand by My Frugal Adventures
- Planet Earth Big World Play by Happy Toddler Playtime

- Giant Small World Idea by Babble Dabble Do
- A SIMPLE WAY TO MAKE YARD PICK-UP STICKS by Nellie Bellie
- DIY YARD YAHTZEE by The Pinning Mama
- DIY Giant TIC Tac Toe Board by Living Well Spending Less
- Giant Paper Airplanes by Fireflies and Mud Pies
- Backyard Giant Game Board by The 36th Avenue
- DIY Giant Backyard Frisbee Tic-Tac-Toe Game by DIY Adulation
GIANT OUTDOOR SUMMER ART ACTIVITIES
- Outdoor Name Art Painting – Busy Toddler
- Water Balloon Painting: Outdoor Summer Art Activity by Lets Lasso the Moon
- DIY Giant Pinwheels by Hello Wonderful
- GIANT OUTDOOR PAINTING FOR TODDLERS by My Bored Toddler
GIANT OUTDOOR SUMMER LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Outdoor Giant Paper Plate Memory Game by 123 Homeschool 4 Me
- Giant Dot-to-Dot by I Can Teach My Child
- DIY GIANT LAWN MATCHING GAME by Studio DIY
- Giant-Sized Rhyming Memory Game by Growing Book by Book
WILL YOU TRY ANY OF THESE GIANT OUTDOOR SUMMER ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR KIDS THIS SUMMER? PIN IT FOR LATER!


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Mandisa Watts
Thanks so much for including us! Such an amazing list of ideas! However, the photo is not ours. Please don’t give us the photo credit. Can’t wait to share this!
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