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A time to recharge, reconnect and have some much needed fun, summers are the most exciting time of the year for every kid. With long days, warm weather and endless fun activities to indulge in, summers are all about fun and exploration. However, in the new day and age, mobile phones, TVs and laptops have become an integral part of our lives, even for our younger ones. With children naturally craving ways for recreation, digital devices have come to be a bane rather than a boon as most kids often fall prey to an unregulated screen time. So, this summer encourage your kids to step away from their screens and soak in the sun and nature with some of the best screen-free summer activities for kids that they are sure to enjoy to the fullest!
Here’s for you to keep your kids entertained this summer with some these top screen free activities
1. Time travelling chronicles
Convert your home into a DIY time machine this summer for your kids to indulge in the kind of history that comes alive! You can make this creative summer activity for kids more entertaining by picking up different themes to decorate your homes in each week. Pick from different historical periods such as the Viking Age, Ancient Egypt and Wild West, while also making costumes, crafts or themed snacks for your children to have an enriching yet fun summer vacation. Through this screen-free summer activity for kids, they will not only learn more about history in the most fun way possible but also have an hands-on experience of the same in an innovative way.
2. Cardboard kingdom
The perfect kind of kids summer boredom buster, let your kids be creative geniuses this season. Make use of the empty cardboard boxes in your homes as you let your kids transform them into castles, rockets and indulge with them into making entire cityscapes as well. A non-digital activity for kids this summer, this way your children can be imaginative and you can also make their summers fun and exciting, that too in a budget friendly way!
3. Fruit picking
Summertime is the season of delicious fruits like mangoes, and what can be a better outdoor summer activity for kids and the entire family to take part in than a fruit picking adventure. An active and fun summer activity for kids without screens, this way, children can also get a chance to be closer to nature while also indulging in a juicy snack at the end of their quest.
4. Kitchen masters
Summer vacations with their long days are the best time to get your kids into the kitchen. Let your kids be little chefs this season as you get them involved in a little bit of cooking, making them take an active part in the activity and discover new ingredients and recipes. With a delicious treat coming your way at the end of the day, this screen-free summer activity for kids will not only help them learn a basic lifestyle skill but also make them use their own minds to create something innovative like these easy summer salads.
5. Do a play
An extremely fun activity that your kids are sure to enjoy to the fullest, this one’s a simple creative summer activity for kids. Pick a scene from a film or a book, or if you want to be a little bit more innovative write up a small skit of your own and let the children act it out. To add a bit more thrill to it all, you can also put up costumes and proper scripts to put together a play in front of the entire family or even friends.
6. Spend a day the library
An outdoor summer activity for kids that is also an experience of learning in itself, this season take your kids out on a library tour. Libraries make for incredible spaces, with a huge display of a wide range of books that your kids can choose from, spending a day at the library is not only great to inculcate an interest towards reading but also helps keep children entertained for hours at a stretch.
7. Acts of kindness
A great way to encourage kids to not only do something new but also be kind and thoughtful of others is by making them take an active part towards performing certain random acts of kindness. A great way to inculcate moral values among children, while also turning the summer season into a kind of adventure vacation, make them participate in ‘kindness missions’. These do not necessarily have to be something huge, they can perform very simple tasks such as picking up litter while at the park, or offering a seat in a public vehicle, writing chalk messages on sidewalks, and so on.
This doesn't have to be limited to kids' activities, for bored adults, we have a quick list too. Check out these summer activities that you can do on your own, or even as a family.