AHEAD: 25+ Amazing Outdoor Water Activities for Summer is a great list of fun and easy ways you can beat the heat this summer using water! Stay cool and have fun this summer with these creative but easy ideas for toddlers, preschoolers and older kids!
Summer Time
Summer is almost here and you are trying to prepare or perhaps summer is already here and you are trying to figure out how you keep your little one entertained tomorrow with the temperatures soaring! This list of fun and easy water activities for kids is definitely your go to list! I have put together the ultimate list of outdoor water activities for kids of all ages. From spray bottles, to pool noodles to water beads to DIY sprinklers, water walls and so much more!

25+ Water Activities to Keep Kids Cool This Summer
35 Amazing Water Table Ideas for Summer – Check out these fun and easy ideas to keep your water table fun and exciting this summer!
45+ Water Sensory Bins – Check out these sensory bin ideas that all have water as the main filler plus a huge range of other additions and themes from outpace to under the sea to lemons to shaving cream!
- Pool Noodle Water Wall – Teaching Mama
- Make a PVC Pipe Water Shooter Toy – Frugal Fun 4 Boys
- Build Your Own Sprinkler – Housing a Forest
Amazing GIANT Water Bead Activities – have fun outdoors with giant or regular sized water beads!
- Water Painting | Chalk Alternative – S. J. Little
- Sponge Toss Water Activity – The Resourceful Mama
- Water Balloon Pinata – Paging Fun Mums
21+ Amazing Spray Bottle Activities – Have you tried giving your toddle or preschooler a spray bottle to play with? Give it a try for a whole afternoon of play. And check out these other ideas for ways to play and learn with a spray bottle.
- DIY Pool Noodle Sprinkler – Paging Fun Mums
- Make a SPRINKLER from an old POOL NOODLE – Make it, Love it
- Pool Noodle Fishing Game – Happy Tot Shelf
Ocean Water Slides: Outdoor Play
- Giant Flower Soup – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Outdoor Tracks: a Water Play Win – Days With Grey
- Easy to Set Up Water Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers – Toddler Approved
- Muddy Water Messy Play – Days With Grey
- Water Balloon Painting: Outdoor Summer Art Activity – Happy Hooligans
- DIY Splash Pad – Taming Little Monsters
- Easy Water Gun Target Activity for a Hot Day – Hands On As We Grow
- Water Balloon Olympics – Create Craft Love
- How to Make a Homemade Water Slide for Your Backyard Play Space – Happy Hooligans
- Backyard Play: Water Play Accessories Board – Mommy Me The Wonder Years
- How to Make Mini Water Blob – Hello, Wonderful
- Toddler Water Wall – Adventures and Play