What to Do When the Summer Starts Slummin’

The summer is half gone and parents are running low on ideas to entertain the kids. To try to avoid the summer slump we have created a list to help all who are wondering how to entertain and enjoy the rest of summer vacation. The list basically cuts it down to two areas, with AC and without, that include the summer’s best pick-up-and-go activities to do with your kids. Many of these activities are specific to Austin, but the ideas (like going to a museum, or bowling) can be done anywhere!

With AC:

1. Stay cool, get a cone, or a cupcake!
Snow cones on Lamar
Amy’s Ice cream on Burnet Road
Bar-B-Que adventures to Llano
Hey, Cupcake! on 24th
2. Read a book or have one read to you
Book Fairs
Library Day: Thursdays
Book Readings at Barnes & Noble
Pottery Barn: Story-time
3. Get crafty
Workshop: Make a garden gnome
4. Bowl
Dart Bowl $1 Mondays
5. Museums
Bob Bullock Museum: IMAX
Blanton Museum
Children’s Museum

Without AC:

1. Movies in the Park
2. Fairs
Hill Country Art fairs
Weekend Book Fairs at AMOA Laguna Lagoria location
3. Free live music
Blues on the Green every other Wednesday at Zilker
Austin Symphony Free Sundays outside Long Center
4. Get your sweat on
Explore the Greenbelt beyond Barton Springs
Take a 20 minute hike to Sculpture Falls and Bull Creek
Fishing in Port Aransas
Disc Golf
Canoe trips on Town Lake
Peter Pan Putt-putt
Blackberry picking escapades
Camping trips to Paleface Ranch
Family oriented Fun Runs

5. Put on a play or watch one for free
Zilker Outdoor Theatre: Thursday - Sunday at sundown
6. Go to camp or join a club
Longhorn, Ozark, Chess, Art
First Samples Sewing camps
Ballet Austin Dance camps
Church camps
Book People Book Club
7. Go to A Park or Pool
Take the dog out to a park
Slip ‘N Slide Contests
Austin Pools
Picnics at the Botanical Gardens
Gardening to encourage butterfly and bird watching
Volleyball courts at Zilker Park and Pease Park

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