20 Social Distancing Summer activities

According to the calendar, it is officially summer. However any parent out there will tell you it has felt like summer for a while already. Yes, the summer of social distancing is upon us and for many parents that means no camps, daycare, or sports. So how will we all keep everyone happy and busy during these long, hot, days of summer? I have compiled fun, simple, screen- free activities that will keep you and your kids sane this season! If you need more ideas, check out my post for 35 Simple Summer Activities. 

Quiet Activities

• Read a book aloud 
  
• Tell a story with homemade story stones- use my tutorial 
  
• Write letters to family and friends
  
• Create your own comic books
  
• Draw a map of an imaginary land
  
• Make torn paper art
  
• Make a nature inspired bookmark
  
• Write and act in your own play
  

Outside Activities

• Go on a hike
  
• Blow giant bubbles
  
• Fly a kite
  
• Swim in a kiddie pool at home
  
• Run through a sprinkler
  
• Go camping
  
• Have a picnic
  

 
Other Ideas

• Have a tea party
  
• Celebrate “Christmas” in July
  
• Make ice cream in a bag- find a recipe on Pinterest
  
• Build your own amusement park out of legos or blocks