Celebrate the Final Month of Summer with These 5 Activities

It's hard to believe that fall is just around the corner and summer is almost over.  How can you and your family make it last?

There are so many fun ideas and activities that you can do with your family to soak in the rest of the summer sun.

Here is a list of ideas I have compiled for my own family.  As you know I am a Pinterest fan, so I have found many ideas based on others and their ideas that they submit to Pinterest.  Such a wonderful resource.

Here are those ideas:

1.Paint Rocks

Paint rocks with summer colors and even include the date on the bottom of each as a memory of a wonderful summer with friends and family.

2. Make Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag

We all know that ice cream is the treat of the summer.  Make your own to celebrate summer before it gets too cold to enjoy in the great outdoors.  Visit Over the Big Moon for details how to make your very own ice cream.

3. Make Ice Jewelry

Sounds intriguing doesn't it?  It's a summer twist on those candy necklaces.  Instead, pour fruit or other fun flavored beverages into ice trays.  Lay strings along the length of the trays.  After frozen, take out and you have awesome necklaces.  If it is hot outside, your child will have to suck on them quickly as they will melt fast and most likely be a sticky mess, but hey that's what summer is about!  To see examples of this, visit Kids Play Box.

4. Soap Boat Races

Celebrate the final month of summer with gold ole' soap boat races.  All you need is a rain gutter, bar of soap, toothpick, fabric and scissors, and glue gun.  Curious how to put all of this together?  Me too! Visit I Heart Naptime for details how to get your soap boats up and running.

5. Build a Cardboard Slide

For those classic rainy and stormy summer days, build a cardboard slide!  Sounds like a blast, right?  Whether it's basement steps or second floor steps, this will entertain your child for hours. Visit Milk and Cuddles for instructions how to construct your cardboard slide.

Hopefully these ideas will get your creative juices flowing to make for a fun memorable summer along with vacations, etc.  Summer is precious, take advantage of the time you have together.

For more summer fun ideas visit The Simple Parent.