Some parents get very anxious not knowing what to do with the kiddos all summer long, but creating your own summer camp is easier than you think! Each week you come up with a different theme, field trip, and activity. You can also watch a movie or read a book based on your theme if you'd like.
Your child will enjoy all the attention you give them and the extra special bonding time you spend together. Before you know it, school will be back in session. Check out our sample calendar for ideas to get you started:
WEEK 1: AUTOMOBILES
Day 1: Gather all your child's toy cars and take them outside for a car wash. Maybe even wash your actual car! Simple outdoor fun that doesn’t cost a ton.
Day 2: Use chalk to draw a raceway on your driveway. Get out your remote control cars, tricycles, toy cars, or anything with wheels and have a fun race. It's the erfect time to teach your child about crossing the street properly, stoplights and stop signs, etc.
Day 3: Get some paper, crayons, scissors, and glue and let your kids get creative making their own traffic signs.
Day 4: Cooking day! Come up with something fun to bake like sugar cookies decorated with colored candy to create the look of a traffic light, or use a car-shaped cookie cutter and frost car sugar cookies. We make
Stoplight Frozen Pops every summer!
Day 5: Take a field trip to the Forney Museum of Transportation or visit Elitch Gardens or Boondocks Food & Fun for a car-themed ride. Make plans to attend a local "cruise-in" and check out all the different cars (Castle Rock and Highlands Ranch each host a cruise-in every June).
WEEK 2: DINOSAURS!
Day 1: Head to your local library to check out a few dinosaur books and movies. Make it a fun story time.
Day 2: Research dinosaur diets and have your child do a creative craft or drawing of dinosaurs and the foods they eat.
Day 3: Cooking lessons. Have your child make a meal and tie it to what you've learned. Make "dino nuggets" for lunch and bake "dino bites" cookies for dessert.
Day 4: Watch a dinosaur movie, like The Good Dinosaur, The Land Before Time, or any of the movies in the Ice Age series.
WEEK 3: COWBOY/COWGIRL
Day 1: Start off your week with a fun craft that will keep your kiddos busy all day long, like a DIY stick horse. Tape together a few paper towel tubes like a long stick or use an old wrapping paper tube. Cut out a horse head shape with construction paper (you can find templates online), then glue on some eyes and yarn pieces for the hair, then pretend to ride their horse. Kids can also create their own "WANTED" posters and draw pictures of themselves.
Day 2: Play a cowboy/cowgirl game in the back yard. Let your kids be creative and use their imaginations.
Day 3: Use cardboard boxes to create an Old West town.
Here are some other theme ideas: Big Trucks, Locomotives, Baking, Favorite Movie, Favorite Animal, Song/Dance, Monsters. The options are practically endless!
