Summer's here: the glorious season of late nights, long days, vacations, sweat and those dreaded moments of the kids getting stir-crazy. We’ve put together 100 ideas to keep your kids busy between Memorial Day and Labor Day so you hopefully won’t have to hear “I’m bored” quite as many times.

1. Pick summer produce at a local farm
2. Beat the heat at an indoor play place
3. Check out a new audiobook from your local library
4. Dust off the bikes and enjoy a family ride
5. Use a book to press summer flowers from your garden
6. Spend a day on the water at RIVERSPORT Adventures
7. Catch a show at Winchester Drive-In (or any of these seven remaining drive-ins in the state)
8. Host a family talent show
9. Take in some tunes at an outdoor concert
10. Pitch a tent in the backyard for an at-home campout
11. Walk around Lake Hefner and stop for a selfie in front of the lighthouse
12. Challenge each other at a local board game cafe
13. Build a blanket fort
14. Use shaving cream to “paint” on the windows
15. Pick up a Discovery Pack for hands-on fun at Oklahoma City Museum of Art
16. Learn to swim at Goldfish Swim School*
17. Make your own banana split bar
18. Test your kicking skills at SoccerCity
19. Break out the glow sticks for a twilight family walk
20. Walk the Plaza District and stop for a treat at one of these great snow cone spots
21. Enjoy story time at an area coffee shop or bookstore
22. Learn something new at Edmond’s 1889 Territorial Schoolhouse
23. Try for a strike at Dust Bowl Lanes*
24. Grab the sidewalk chalk and make a miniature version of Oklahoma City in your driveway
25. Challenge the kids to jump off a high dive
26. Enjoy dinner al fresco at a local restaurant patio
27. Go canoeing on Lake Overholser
28. Visit Pops Arcadia and take a photo in front of the giant LED pop bottle
29. Get soaked under the tipping bucket at Frontier City’s Wild West Water Works
30. Volunteer together to help a local cause
31. Take a ride on the Wheeler Ferris Wheel
32. Get the wiggles out indoors at Okie Kids Playground
33. Shelter from the sun at an indoor pool
34. Explore the 90+ miles of trails in OKC Parks*
35. Find a new neighborhood festival to explore together
36. Find your favorite food truck for an outdoor lunch
37. Try a new piece of produce from a local farmers market
38. Play a round of mini-golf
39. Bounce off the walls at Jump!Zone
40. Attend a Vacation Bible School
41. Go geocaching
42. Take some lawn chairs outside of town for an evening of stargazing
43. Explore new terrain at an Oklahoma State Park
44. Ride the lazy river around the new Westwood Family Aquatic Center in Norman
45. Put on your favorite song and have a dance party
46. Challenge your kids to draw a self-portrait
47. Send an Oklahoma City postcard to an out-of-town friend or family member
48. Visit a sandy beach at an Oklahoma lake
49. Build an outdoor obstacle course
50. Bake a special summer treat for a neighbor or friend
51. Start a summer journal and jot down highlights of the season
52. Go on a family picnic
53. Challenge the kids to a water gun fight
54. Jump around at a trampoline park
55. Scale the climbing wall at Pelican Bay Aquatic Center
56. Set up a play date at a nearby park
57. Weather the “thunderstorm” at Myriad Gardens’ Thunder Fountain
58. Go on a Scavenger Hunt at SKELETONS: Museum of Osteology (find it at the front desk)*
59. Have breakfast in bed
60. Enroll in a summer camp
61. Challenge a friend to a race
62. Catch an outdoor movie
63. Have a watermelon seed-spitting contest
64. Enjoy free admission to the 45th Infantry Museum
65. Take a twilight cruise on the Oklahoma River
66. Drop a line at a local lake
67. Meet some farm animals at a tour of the Braum’s Family Farm in Tuttle
68. Take a road trip to see the Selman Bat Watch
69. Go to an OKC Dodgers game
70. Have a water balloon battle
71. Download a kid-friendly podcast to listen to together
72. Set up a lemonade stand for a good cause
73. Run a 5K together
74. Create a pottery masterpiece at Unpluggits Paint & Play*
75. Have a popsicle party in the driveway with your neighbors
76. Wake up early to watch the sunrise
77. Host a cookout
78. Plant pumpkins in the backyard to harvest in the fall
79. Go fishing in a local pond or lake
80. Roll down a grassy hill
81. Let your kids find a new hero at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame*
82. Spot a new-to-you plant species at Martin Park Nature Center
83. Enjoy free admission at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
84. Meet a furry friend at the Oklahoma City Zoo
85. Go out for donuts
86. Start a windowsill or backyard garden
87. Take a road trip to the Water-Zoo Indoor Water Park in Clinton
88. Challenge your kids to read a new library book every week
89. Take a whirl around the rink at Skate Galaxy OKC*
90. Have a pillow fight
91. Play in the sand at Bricktown Beach
92. Enjoy free admission to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum*
93. Porter Peach Festival in Porter July 19 – 21
94. Kidz Bop Live at Chesapeake Energy Arena July 21
95. FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest in Shawnee Aug. 10 & 11
96. Cat Video Festival at Myriad Gardens Aug. 18
97. Rush Springs Watermelon Festival in Rush Springs Aug. 11
98. Slide Outta Summer at Edmond’s Mitch Park Aug. 25
99. AMP Festival in Oklahoma City Aug. 25
100. Labor Day Celebration at the Chickasaw Cultural Center Sept. 1 & 2

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