Summer is just about here and Macaroni Kid is all about keeping kids and families busy and exploring our community! Enjoy this list of fun things to do in our area as well as at home. When visiting, be sure and let businesses know you found them on Macaroni Kid! As always, check with the venue to confirm specific dates and times as things can change without notice. For more info, click on the provided links.
I suggest both bookmarking this and printing it to enjoy all summer long.
Summer Camps
Click here for our Summer Camp Guide!
Summer Reading
Read a new book
Log your reading hours at the library or Half-Price Books and earn prizes
Attend the biggest story time of the summer at Half-Price Books at the Fremont HUB on June 8th at 2pm
Make some bookmarks
Indoor Fun
Make some crafts at Michael's Stores at their Passport to Imagination workshops
Make a FREE craft at Lakeshore Learning
Let the kids build and paint at the FREE Home Depot Kids Workshop
Register for a FREE Kids Clinic at Lowe's
Go bowling
See a play
Visit a museum
Go swimming at the indoor Silliman Family Aquatic Center in Newark
Outdoor Fun
Have a water balloon fight
Go swimming
Go to the beach
Go hiking
Visit a local playground/park
Make some sidewalk chalk
Go for a nature walk
Create a scavenger hunt
Go rollerblading or roller skating
Take a picnic lunch or dinner to the park
Enjoy a free concert
Try geocashing
Go camping
Go fishing
See an Oakland A's
See a San Francisco Giants game
Watch a parade
Visit one of our many local farmers' markets
Fun at Home
Make your own fruit pops
Make some Watermelon Ice Pops
Make your own slime or playdough
Make your own sidewalk chalk
Make a Paper Towel Tube Marble Run
Host a movie night
Create your own Ocean in a Bottle
Run through the sprinklers
Make something with duct tape
Play hopscotch
Play a classic game, like jacks or marbles
Make this Paper Flip Flop Craft
Host a toy swap with friends
Make your own super bubbles
And then make your own bubble wands
Make some Sponge Balls
Do an easy Science Experiment
Assign your child a VIP day, where they make the rules, pick meals, etc.
Create a summer scrapbook
Or give each child a journal or let them take pictures for a photo journal
Make some egg carton turtles
Make a Family Tree
Plant a Gutter Garden
Make a Flip Flop Wreath
Have a Sight Word Scavenger Hunt
Visit a pet store
Visit the fish tank section at Walmart
Plant a window garden
Make s'mores
Paint some rocks
Make homemade ice cream
Make some Homemade Musical Instruments
Camp in your backyard. No yard? Camp in the living room!
Make smoothies for you and the kids
Host a book swap
Make a peacock painting with handprints
Paint with Marbles
Make a paperplate lion
Make a Crazy Caterpillar
Make some pinwheels
Grow your own crystal
Decorate some shoes
Make your own Road Trip "I Spy" Book
Explore some fun, new Snack Ideas
Use your Slow Cooker
Create a Family Fun Jar
Browse our Pinterest Boards for more ideas!
Cheap or Free Movies
Enjoy the free outdoor movies at the park
Enjoy the $1 movies at Cinemark Theatres
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (& boats)
Take BART
The the ferry
Ride the rails at Ardenwood Farm
Ride the Niles Canyon Train
Visit Hillar Aviation Museum
Adventures
Visit San Francisco
Go to Great America
Go to Gilroy Gardens
Visit the USS Hornet
Go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Enjoy a drive-in movie in SJ
Visit the Bay Area Discovery Museum
Visit the Children's Discovery Museum
Visit the Exploratorium
Visit The Tech Museum of Innovation
Visit Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Visit Children's Fairyland
Visit the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo
Visit CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point
Go to Aqua Adventure
What would you like to add to this list? Comment and let me know below. Thanks!
