Creative Family Fun Summer Activities

Are you ready for some family fun this summer?  Check out our Creative Family Fun Summer Series with six activities!

1. Design Your Own Family Camp!

Looking for a fun way to engage in your family’s interests and spend quality time together? Watch our video or read our blog post on how to design your family camp!

2. Family Game Night with a Twist

Who doesn’t enjoy a family game night?  Check out this video or blog post to give your game night a creative twist!

3. A Colorful Scavenger Hunt in Nature

Grab a large pack of crayons or markers, and join us for a colorful scavenger hunt in nature!  Learn more on our blog post or watch the video to see our adventure!

4.  Summer of Surprises!

Looking to build a bit of playfulness and surprise into your summer?  Check out our video or read the directions in our blog post to learn how to create an unforgettable summer of fun!

5. Go Beyond Your Interest Zone

Do you find you and your family typically do the same thing every weekend?  Then go beyond your interest zone in this fun family activity!  You can read the blog post here or watch the video for instructions!

6. Recolor Your World

If you were going to draw a picture looking outside your window, you might make the sky blue, the grass green, and the sun yellow.  But what if we were to reimagine what our world might look like in different colors?  This is the purpose of this family fun activity!  Click here to watch the video or read the blog post here. 

Dr. Cyndi Burnett is the Director of Possibilities for Creativity and Education and the Co-Founder of the Creative Thinking Network. Like her creativity-focused curriculum for students and teachers, Cyndi embraces the creative lifestyle that she teaches. You will often find her trying on new ideas, exploring resources to stretch her thinking, and being an advocate for playfulness and humor. Although she loves to research and write about creativity, Cyndi is a firm believer in field service. She has 20 years of teaching experience as an academic at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State University where she instructed classes in creative-thinking and creative problem-solving.

Cyndi is the co-author of the books Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum, 20 Lessons for Weaving Creativity into your Curriculum, and My Sandwich Is a Spaceship: Creative Thinking for Parents and Young Children.

Check out more blogs from Cyndi here.