Parents, you can stop that “I’m bored” talk with our list of 35 Family Friendly Games for summer. 24 Outdoor summer games and 11 rainy day games for indoors.
We have outdoor games for kids of all ages. In fact, I can totally see the grown ups taking over some of these games like the Human Hungry Hippos Game, Kerplunk, Bowling and especially the Caution Tape Maze.
Pool Noodle Games from Mission To Save
DIY Giant Kerplunk Game from Design Dazzle
Plastic Bottle Bowling from Reuse Grow Enjoy
DIY Giant Lawn Matching Game from Studio DIY
Zuru Bunch O Balloons, 3 different colors, Fill in 60 Seconds, 100 Total Water Balloons
DIY Cloth Pic Nic Games from Say Yes
Water Fun Cup Races from All For The Boys
Water Balloon Spoon Races from Two Shades of Pink
Large Outdoor Tic Tac Toe from Organize & Decorate Everything
Water Pinata from It Will Change Your Life
Human Hungry Hippos from You Tube
We created these easy DIY Water Target Games in the summer of 2012 for a family event, before I started this blog. I saw the idea on Pinterest but couldn’t possibly find that post now. It’s an easy and inexpensive DIY project. You will need tarps, Duck Tape and Pool Noodles. We used badminton net poles to wrap the big tarp target around. To make it more fun we used water balloons to throw as well as more pool noodles to throw as spears. We also covered the tarps with dish soap and placed a water sprinkler next to it.
Pool Noodles & Shaving Cream from Little Bins for Little Hands
Pool Noodle Hopscotch from Trish Sutton
Frozen T-Shirt Race from A Girl And A Glue Gun
Fish For Marbles from WhiMSy Love
Dunk Bucket from The Happy Housewife
Lawn Scrabble from AJC
DIY Ring Toss from Two Shades of Pink
Camping Charades from The Joys of Boys
Big Foot Race from The Inspiration Vault
Roll A Can With No Hands (good relay game) from E Is For Explore
DIY Ladder Toss Game from Eclectic Momsense
Water Blob from Eclectic Momsense
DIY Beach Olympics Games from A Small Snippet
You can play some of the outdoor games indoors also like Roll A Can With No Hands, the Large Tic Tac Toe game, the Cloth Pic Nic games and even the Kerplunk game.
We have 11 Family Friendly Games for those rainy summer days while the kids are out of school.
Ping Pong Toss from My Joy Filled Life
Laundry Basket Skeeball from Frugal Fun for Boys
Balloon Tennis from Little Bins for Little Hands
Make A Bubble Wrap Road from Sunny Day Family
Roller Pin Races from Kiwi Crate
DIY Marble Maze from Frogs and Fairies
The Flour Game from What’s Up Fagans
A Sticky Spider Web Activity from Hands On As We Grow
Superhero Tic Tac Toe from Mom’s Messy Miracles
Balloon Rockets from Discover Explore Learn
Button Golf from J Daniel 4’s Mom
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We have more family friendly games! Our Junk in the Trunk game is wildly hilarious and perfect for parties. You’ll want to play the Reindeer Antler Game at your Christmas celebration!
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Erlene says
These game suggestions are awesome. I’m going to see if I can make that tomato cage kerplunk game. My daughter and her friends have already done the water balloon fight and water gun fight.
Charlotte says
Great game ideas, I need to. Stick up on water balloons #momtomommonday
Jessyca Dahlin says
So many ideas! I love the water gun cup race one! Definitely bookmarking this for reuse – thanks!
Claudette Esterine says
Must share with my daughter for when my granddaughter is older and need to be kept occupied. Thanks 🙂
wendy says
These are awesome games for the family to play together this summer! I think families should do more activities together instead of one going off over here or there. Bringing the family unit back is great! Thank you for all the ideas! What FUN!
Allison says
Such fun ideas! I am going to use some of these at our next cookout!
Elizabeth O. says
Outdoor games are always so fun when the entire family is involved! I love that this list includes all age groups! This is perfect for the summer, it would be nice to just play with the kids and enjoy the weather.
Aileen Adalid says
These are really great ideas! I love it when you can tear away kids from the screens of digital gadgets and whisk them away to fun games that involve more of bonding or even outdoor activity 😀
roch says
These games are perfect suggestions for our upcoming team building. We will be having an outing and I’m one of those who are assigned to think of the activities. These are indeed friendly for all ages to play.
Emily says
So many great ideas! I’d love to play a few of these myself 🙂 #merrymonday
Beverly says
These are great, Shirley. I’ve shared it all over. Thanks for partying with us at Social Boost Monday!
Carlee says
What fun ideas! I can’t wait to give a few of these a try!
Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says
What a great collection of games! We love to play games, and have lots of wonderful family memories around them. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Mary says
What a collection. That giant kurplunk game looks crazy fun. I’m going to forward this off to my niece. She has the perfect age kiddos for this. Thanks for sharing!
zan says
I totally agree! Kids and adults alike can definitely play those – I am all in for many of these myself. They look like so much fun! That look like games the entire family can enjoy! That giant matching one and the water balloon splash looks like they would be awesome. Thanks for the list – pinning!
Alli Smith says
Wow – so many fun games! The kids in our children’s church love playing the human hungry hippo game and it’s so much fun to watch. There’s not a chance to be bored with so many different games to play over the summer. Great roundup!