Think “Outside the Box” for New Summer Activities
Posted by: Christina / Category: Outdoor ActivitiesAfter living in my town for 7+ years, I’ve discovered that with a little bit of research you can find different and interesting activities for your kids during the summer months. Here are some ideas based on what’s offered in my own town:
1. Book Stores: the big chain stores usually offer summer storytime programs, sometimes with a visit from a favorite character.
2. Local Parks Department: hopefully your town has a parks department because I know ours works overtime providing activities for the kids. They offer bus trips to sporting events and Broadway shows; Italian language classes; free tennis lessons and $10 golf lessons; swimming lessons at our town lake; and our 7-week town summer camp that is extremely reasonable in price.
3. Toy Stores: we have a small mom-and-pop toy store (where you can rent the toys prior to purchase) and they often have summer story and craft times and playgroups. Great way to meet new people in your town.
4. Historic Sites: our local museum is offering a summer camp for the “Renaissance kids” that will cover different art, science projects. I never would have known this was available if the brochure didn’t come home from school.
5. Children’s Museums: these museums are built just for kids’ enjoyment and ours offers many different week-long educational camps, including weather, crazy concoctions, fossils, Native American Tales, and space exploration. A few years ago my oldest went to the puppeteer camp and had a fabulous time.
6. Minor League Sports Events: we’re looking forward to taking our girls to see the local baseball team. They have a really nice stadium, many fireworks nights, and often do give-aways at home games. Sometimes a local radio station is broadcasting from the games and you can visit the dj’s at the booth.
7. Places of Worship: Every year I see many signs for various church camps, all with different themes. There are a few here in my part of NY that are extremely popular, thus difficult to get registered, so be sure to note when registration begins!
Don’t forget to check out your newspapers’ calendar of events for smaller goings-on, like town carnivals and craft fairs. Use your imagination and have some fun!!
