Summer is closing in fast. How does that always happen? (Do I say this every single season? Why yes, yes I do.)
This is what we call “watermelon-and-popsicles-for-breakfast season,” and at our house, it’s HERE.
If you’re looking at a long stretch of unscheduled kid-time, or just need a few ideas to fill in the days between other activities, we’ve got suggestions for you!
May we offer you… drumroll please… last year’s complete Summer Camp at Home archives!
13 Summer themes
Last summer’s themed weeks included:
- Backyard camping & constellations
- Blueberry picking & eating
- Storytelling with kids
- Everything red, white, & blue
- “As American as Apple Pie” (including… pie)
- Fun mail (my favorite!)
- Learn something new — take a class
- Investigating backyard wildlife
- Experiments & inventions
- Photography for kids
- Cooking with kids
- All about friendship
- All things summer
What you’ll find
Each Summer Camp at Home theme has a combination of book lists, activities, crafts, field trips, recipes, and linked ideas to keep your kiddos CAMPERS busy. There’s an overview post for each week, plus extra activity, recipe, or craft posts.
Most posts are most appropriate for elementary aged kids, but my toddler was able to join in without much difficulty, and my preteen found ideas that worked for her here, too.
Should I really make all this into an ebook? Well… okay yes, I probably should. But I can’t give up writing time for ebook-making right now (because: exciting projects in the works!), so that will have to wait for next summer. Until then, you can read the posts for free! What a deal.
Let’s get started, shall we?
Find all the posts here.
You might want to pin this post, so you don’t forget. Or find pins to all the Summer Camp posts on this board!
And please do share this with a friend, if you think Summer Camp at Home could make their life a little easier. Or if you think not having to think up things to do could make their life easier. Same-same.
I’ll be sharing posts about activities for kids this summer too, but they’ll be stand-alone ideas, not a whole DIY summer camp experience. If you subscribe to the blog (it’s free), you’ll get all those posts delivered right to your inbox, too.