What fun summer activities are you doing with your toddler this year?
Summer time is the best for having outdoor and indoor fun with your toddler!
Here are some great items to help you make your toddler’s summer activities fun!
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10 Items to Make Toddler Summer Activities Fun!
Toddler Water Activities-
1. Banzai Baby Sprinkles Splish Splash Water Park
This is such a cute toddler splash pad. I can imagine myself getting in on the fun or maybe even sneaking in some reading time in the background!
2. Spiralin’ Seas Waterpark Play Table
I love these water activity tables. They are so easy to set up on a patio and your toddler can play with their toys in the water. Great for developing motor skills!
3. SwimWays Spring Float
We’ve had a lot of fun in the pool with our SwimWays Spring Float this summer! It’s good to have when introducing your toddler to swimming and helps get some fun summer activity in too.
Outdoor Play-
4. Gazillion Bubble Hurricane Machine
Don’t all toddlers love running around after bubbles?
5. Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch Happy Giddy Chair
Such a cute chair to fold up and take to the beach or park for your toddler on a summer day.
6. Little Tikes Bright ‘n Bold Table & Chairs
This tiny table and chairs is perfect for summer toddler snack time and arts & crafts.
Indoor Play-
7. Summer Books
Reading is always a good summer activity for toddlers. Grab some summery board books for a day of summer reading.
8. Melissa & Doug Jumbo Coloring Pad
Do your kids love coloring? I think it’s the best year round indoor activity and the giant coloring books from Melissa & Doug are perfect for toddlers.
9. Discovery Kids Adventure Teepee
A perfect place for your toddler to explore and play with toys on a hot summer day indoors.
10. Dress Up Kits
Toddlers have huge imaginations! My toddler, Juliana, loves trying on hats, shoes, and glasses and then walks around the house showing them off.
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Sarah L
No kids, but I swim at least 3 times a week.
Thanks for the contest.
Sammy
Hi Sarah! I love swimming too, with or without the kids. :)
Jerry Marquardt
My nephew like swimming, catching lightning bugs and of course, making me do some extra laundry.
Sammy
Hi Jerry! We don’t have lightning bugs here, but that sounds like so much fun. My kids would love catching them.
AEKZ2
We like to go to the water park or local swimming pool
Sammy
Hi Annette! Visiting the water park is always fun. :)
Richard Hicks
One thing they like is going to the public pool
Sammy
Hi Richard! We love visiting our community pool too. :)
Hannah C
We love to go camping in the summer. We also love to go have a picnic at the park and to go for a swim.
Sharon Braswell
My daughter is grown, but my nephews love going to eat out, going to the movies, swimming, and family get-togethers!
Amy Deeter
Our favorite summer kids activities our swimming at the beach and camping on the weekends
Cindy Peterson
We enjoy going to the water park, hiking and riding our bikes.
tiffany dayton
My daughter used to love going swimming,she still does. Also we use to go to the park and the zoo.
Sammy
How fun! We love visiting the zoo whenever we get a chance. Thanks for stopping by Tiffany. :)
Jill Rivera
I like to bike in summer as an activity.
Deb Ford
I can’t get my kids out of the pool…they are fish!
latoya
Our local library has lots of events for kids over the summer, but I like the family movie nights they have.
Jessica M
Picnics by the lake, cooking smores by a firepit and planting veggies that we can cook togeether
laurie murley
my favorite summer actibites are swimming, going boating, and good food
Stephanie Larison
I like taking them to the park or to the pool to cool off.
Amanda Jordan
My son loves fishing and playing at the lake. He also loves playing with his water table and playing in sand.
elizabeth miller
My kids favorite summer activities are water related activities, amuzement parks, and bike riding.
Breanna Pollard
We like to go to the park and swimming.
Corey Olomon
My kids just love playing in our back yard with our dog.
ERICA WEAVER
THESE ALL ARE CUTE ITEMS I WISH I COULD GET THEM I KNOW THE BOYS WOULD HAVE ALOT OF FUN WITH THEM
Sammy
Thank you Erica! I just love the little lawn chairs. My toddler loves sitting in little chairs. :)
Jeanette Jackson
My grandchildren and I love swimming and building castles in the sand
Sammy
Hi Jeanette! We love swimming and visiting the beach to play in the sand. So fun! Thanks for stopping by. :)
Daniel M
we like hiking biking and swimming
Sammy
We love taking family hikes for sure. It’s been hard to get out there this summer in the heat though. Thanks for stopping by Daniel!
James Robert
The kids and i like camping out at my dad’s property where we do bonfires, swim etc
Sammy
Hi James! How cool that you have a place to go and do all those fun things outdoors. I love having bonfires and s’mores are always an added bonus! :)
krystel
swimming and boating is so much fun
Sammy
Swimming is definitely a great summer choice! :)
Tammy Woodall
The kids love to play in the Sprinklers as well as their Slip N’ Slide.
Sammy
Hi Tammy! Slip N’ Slides are so much fun! :)
Sherry Compton
Some of our favorite things to do in the summer are swimming and boating. My grandson would add eating ice cream, too.
sandra
playing in a splash pool or the sprinkler
Krista M
My favorite activities with the kids in the summertime are camping, boating, & water sports like tubing and knee-boarding!
mike k
we love to play in the water park and play catch during the summertime
jenny stratton
My kids love anything to do with water.
Sarah De Diego
Summer (or any season for that matter), I love going for walks with my family, including the dog. It’s been really hot and we haven’t been able to go out as much.
Besos, Sarah
Journeys of The Zoo
Jan Lee
Anything to do with cool water is always on the menu for summer :)
Barbara Montag
The kids love swimming and biking in the summer.
thank you
Susan Smith
We love to go swimming and playing in the park.
Jeanna Massman
We Iove to take our grandson to the park or pool in the summer.
hannah
Visiting the zoo, running through the sprinkler, and eating watermelon in the grass are all great summertime kid activities we like!
Michelle C
We love swimming, playing in the sprinklers, eating popsicles and visiting the library.
Laurajj
Oh we love swimming and running through the sprinkler! They love anything water!
andie
Baseball and swimming are two of my kids’ favourites. Thanks.
Ashley Chassereau Parks
My children love playing in the pool, splash pad, and beach during the summer! We love movie nights too!
Judy Cox
To play outside on the slip n slide & the swimming pool. They love it!!
Cheryl B
We love to get outside and geocache.
Mary Beth Elderton
We love swimming–or playing in the water hose. We like to draw with chalk on the driveway and bicycle, too.
Marlene V
My kids love going camping, swimming and boating.
Sammy
Hi Marlene! Boating sounds like fun, I’ve only ever been on a boat once! Thanks for stopping by. :)
Vicki Wurgler
the boys have a busy summer-they play baseball, go to the pool and ride their bikes
Sammy
Hi Vicki! That sounds like the way to go, I bet they are tired and ready for bed at the end of the day. I like to try and keep my son busy too, he has so much energy. ;)
Debbie Welchert
We like swimming and riding our bikes.
HS
We love swimming and biking.
Char
My kids love to bike, rollerblade, and play in the water! Thank you so much.
Sammy
Hi Char! Playing in the water is always fun! We live in an area where it’s 100’s almost all summer so we have to find ways to cool off.
Kim O
going to the local rec center and swim there. no beaches here, i wish lol
Sammy
Hi Kim! I know what you mean. We live 2 hours from the beach, but still haven’t gone on a beach trip this summer.
Amanda Fontaine
Three things I love to do with my children during the summer is to go swimming, going for walks at the park and taking drives to get icecream.
Sammy
Oh ice cream sounds so yummy right now! I’ve been taking my kids out for ice cream a lot this summer too. Thanks for stopping by Amanda! :)
MaryAnn
My kids love to swim, mini golf and do crafts during the summer
Natalie
I love to take my niece and nephew to the lake to play in the summer.
Elena
we like swimming and biking
Heather Swarthout
We love to swim in the pool and play on our AquaPod. My girls also love to play on their swingset!
Sammy
Hi Heather! We have been swimming all summer too, so fun. Thanks for stopping by.
Kaycee
We love taking the kids to the river and drive in. Camping is always a hit!
Sammy
Sounds like fun! We just got a drive in where we live I can’t wait to take my kids. Thanks for stopping by Kaycee.
Julie Wood
We love riding our bikes, swimming and camping!
Sammy
Riding bikes is always fun! Thanks for your comment Julie!
Cynthia C
My kids always enjoyed playing in the sprinkler in the yard.
Sammy
I have the funnest memories of playing in the sprinkler as a kid. Thanks for stopping by Cynthia! :)
Crystal F
My favorite would have to be riding bikes and playing in the sprinkler. Thank you!
Sammy
My kids love playing in the sprinkler just as much as swimming! Thanks for your comment Crystal.
Stacie H
We love going to the park and the zoo and the beach! :)
Sammy
We love the zoo too! Thanks for stopping by Stacie!
Ann Fantom
I like pushing my daughter on the swing and playing the sandbox with her
Sammy
Hi Ann! My toddler is all the sudden scared of the swing. But she loves going to the park and playing. Thanks for stopping by. :)
Margaret Smith
Going to the park, bike riding and swimming.
shelly peterson
We enjoy swimming and going to the park.
Cathy French
Favorite kid activities for the summer would be swimming
Jen V.
Our favorite summertime activities for the kids are geocaching, running through the sprinkler, and playing lawn games like ladderball.
Janet W.
Some of our favorite summer kids activities are drawing with sidewalk chalk, blowing bubbles outside, swimming at the pool, and playing tennis!
Kristen
I love swimming and camping.