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Summer Fun Ideas for Kids

My kids are so ready to go back to school

by Nikki "Nikilicious" Montgomery

Remember when you were a kid and by the end of the summer you were so ready to go back to school to see all your friends and get back into a routine?

Well, kids have been out of school since March and they are more than ready to go back, but there's still six more weeks of summer break! What can you to do help keep your kids entertained so they can enjoy the rest of summer?

Here are some safe ideas with social distancing in mind:

  1. Pick your own berries. My kids love all kinds of fruit and there are lots of places to go berry picking. It's a fun afternoon activity and social distancing on a farm is pretty easy.
  2. Make fairy houses or bird houses. They are pretty simple to make, you can find plans online and then paint the houses any way you want.
  3. Camp in your yard and use a projector and play an outdoor movie.
  4. Make a time capsule and bury it in the yard.
  5. Pack a picnic and go to the park.
  6. Master a new skill together, learn to sew or crochet or maybe learn a new language. I'm teaching my kids sign language.
  7. Play a quiz game and turn it into a game show.
  8. Do a puzzle together.
  9. Make jewelry or paper crafts
  10. Make an obstacle course outdoors and have a race.

All of these family fun ideas will not only keep your kids entertained and enjoying summer, but will bring your family even closer together.

Nikki "Nikilicious" Montgomery

I'm a Central Wisconsin girl born and raised. I grew up in Port Edwards and participated in cheerleading, basketball, volleyball and softball as well as many clubs like National Honor Society, SADD, yearbook and forensics. I was a very busy high school student and still managed to get good enough grades to go to college at UW-Stevens Point where I was just as busy between working 3 jobs including executive staff positions at the campus alternative rock radio station and volunteering at the campus television station.

After graduation I thought I would take my BA in Mass Communications with emphasis in Broadcasting and Journalism and Minor in Political Science and become a big time reporter in some major city. But instead my internship with our news station here at Midwest Communications turned into a part-time job and opened the door to the morning show co-host position at WDEZ. After 9 1/4 years of fun in the mornings I was promoted to Assistant Brand Manager and moved to The Workday Getaway.

I couldn't deny my love for rock anymore! It was time dive head first into the genre I spent my formative years listening to day in and day out. When the opportunity arose for me to become the Brand Manager for Rock 94.7 and host the morning show I couldn't pass it up.

I'm so happy that I stayed in Central Wisconsin I couldn't imagine raising my three daughters anywhere else.

Favorite band: STP

First concert: Bryan Adams 1992 at the Target Center in Minneapolis (I was 12)

Favorite color: Yellow

Favorite pasttime: Watching Walking Dead, American Horror Story and Covert Affairs

Vice: Wine