Last Updated on March 11, 2024
This has been a less than normal summer and many facets of the fall season are up in the air. Summer will be over soon and our kiddos will be back to a fall schedule before we know it. Infuse some intentional fun in the last days of Summer, beat back fretting over the unknown, and create, as a family, fun times to connect.
- Go to the park, yard or family room floor and have an end of Summer picnic.
- Bake something yummy. Make cupcakes and let the kids decorate them with sandwich bags filled with frosting – with or without decorator’s icing tips.
- Stay up late one more night and go on a flashlight walk (outdoor, or indoor!) as soon as it gets dark.
- Have one more pajama day. Watch movies and talk about them.
- Spend alone time with each child having a special special meal or doing a fun activity. Listen to their heart as they talk. Ask more questions.
- Plan a special evening with your spouse. (For single moms share with a trusted friend.) Talk about how you can help each other and make times to connect when the kids fall lessons start back up.
- Have one more water fight outside (or inside for the brave!) water balloons tucked away in a cooler insures extra fun.
- Play a board game or put a puzzle together. Decide now what night of the week will be “Family Night” when fall activities start.
- Make photo books on Shutterfly or other photo book service with all your Summer pictures.
- Put on some classical music and have the kids take turns being the conductor – take pics of their movements and facial expressions and share afterwards!
- Clean out your closests and playroom shelves, and donate toys to those in need.
- Create an ice cream buffet – and pile on the yummies.
- Help your child determine a list of goals for the upcoming school year and how they will meet them.
- Make cards and draw pictures to give to grandparents and elderly neighbors…or send to a nursing home to bless strangers.
- Determine which upcoming online Bible study or local women’s group you’ll participate in this Fall.
- Go on a safari … via the internet, and find some amazing photos of wild animals to ohh and aaah over!
- Create family “help out” coupons and put them in a jar, when someone is having a low day this fall – they get to draw one out!
- Blow bubbles.
- Play in the sprinkler.
- Plan a special breakfast for first day of lessons and do all the cooking together!
- Create a “this and that” craft box and spend an afternoon making crafts.
- Video tape the kids doing chores, days later tell them you have something awesome to show them and cheer like they just won the state championship – silly moms are always appreciated!
- Have an indoor camp out!
- Go barefoot and make your feet summertime happy…one more time!
- August is National Friendship Month. Have everyone send a special note to a special friend!
- Hide and go seek in the house … it’s more fun in the dark with a flashlight.
- Beat the heat, have a no cooking dinner – each family member gets to choose an item to throw into the mix!
- Have the kids perform an impromptu “fast act” play – their sped up version of a family favorite book or movie!
- Stay out in the yard under the stars. Teach your children the constellations. Point out the Big Dipper.
- See if you can create your own interesting museum exhibits, each kid sets one up and explains. Have fun with it!
- Make your own ice cream.
How will you make the last days of Summer special?
