101 Ideas for Keeping Your Child with Special Needs Busy All Summer

Already wondering how you’re going to fill those long summer days? We’ve got 101 fun ideas to keep you and the kids (or grandkids) busy!

1. 1. Plant a garden
   2. Find a pen pal
   3. Start a new collection
   4. Climb a tree
   5. Make crock-pot apple sauce
   6. Play in the sprinkler (affiliate link)
   7. Pick strawberries
   8. Water balloon toss
   9. Try essential oils (tips on using lavender from My Blessed Life)
   10. Start a new therapy (We’re starting feeding therapy this summer. It’s pretty intense so summer is a great time to try!
   11. Make jelly or jam
   12. Try a new snow cone flavor
   13. Swing

   14. Make a tent/cave

   15. Volunteer (my sister, who has Down syndrome, loves to help out at a local food pantry once a week)
   16. Travel
   17. Stamp with TP rolls (via 4 Crazy Kings)
   18. Go bowling
   19. Find a Lego camp or class
   20. Try horse back riding
   21. Take a theatre class
   22. Learn to beat-box
   23. Go see movie (check for free movies in your area!)
   24. Pack a picnic
   25. Pass on old toys
   26. Try a new recipe
   27. Take a meal to someone who needs a break from cooking dinner
   28. Go fishing
   29. Learn to sew

   30. Celebrate June 25th- Eric Carle’s Birthday

Read the entire list on our Patheos site …

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Sandra Peoples

Sandra is a pastor's wife and mom to two boys. She's the author of Speechless: Finding God's Grace in My Son's Autism and Held: Learning to Live in God's Grip (a Bible study for special-needs parents).

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