Now that the kids are out of school for summer break, my husband and I talked about whether or not to send them to summer or Y camp. We decided instead to have “camp at home” and enjoy our time together until school starts again. So I wanted to be sure we had lots of fun activities planned to keep us busy this summer.
When we got a kids activity pack from Target’s Big Honkin’ Summer items, we were thrilled. It was full of fun things for the kids to do and we couldn’t wait to get started!
We got so much cool stuff to do! There was a Lemonade Stand Set complete with signs and supplies, Outdoor Fun sets with badminton and mini-golf, an awesome colored Duct Tape Kit for crafts and a Create Your Own Board Books kit.
Lemonade Stand
The girls wanted to set up the Lemonade Stand immediately. My little boy just wanted lemonade to drink, so we headed out front to set everything up.
The kids had so much fun with the lemonade stand! It was the middle of the work day and we live at the very end of the cul-de-sac, so I’d prepared my kids that we might not see a lot of customers. They didn’t even mind. We took turns “working the stand” and being customers and the kids loved it. We’re now planning to take it up to the playground this weekend since the girls want to do it again.
Board Book Kit
The next activity that the girls wanted to do was the Create Your Own Board Books Kit.
The activity set comes with three plain books, lots of glitter sticker paper, fun background sticker paper like grass and sky, and 10 colored markers. I added a stack of my old scrapbooking paper for the girls to cut up and they got started.
These board books are the cutest things EVER. One of my daughters wrote a story about meeting a pink unicorn and the other drew pictures of her castle. I love that they had fun making their books for several hours and that they’ll be able to take them to their rooms and put them on their bookcases….but most of all, I love that we can keep these little board books forever as a record of their lives at this age.
I have already decided to go buy a couple more kits tomorrow. I love, love, love these little kits and the kids will love making books for years. The only thing I would add to them is a bit more paper since there wasn’t enough for 3 entire books, but add a pack of cheap construction paper or a pack of scrapbook paper and the kids will be busy for hours!
Badminton and Miniature Golf
The last activity sets we tried were the outdoor badminton and mini-golf sets.
Since it’s 8 billion degrees here in North Carolina, we didn’t spend a lot of time with the outdoor sets. (The girls made an exception for the lemonade stand, but playing games was too much to ask, apparently.) They both love mini-golf and had fun for the few minutes that we played badminton, so I know we’ll have a lot of fun with these once it cools off a little.
Duct Tape Kit
We haven’t even gotten to the Duct Tape Kit yet, but I have to admit that I might be even more excited about it than the kids are! I’m already envisioning a funky messenger bag and matching tiny change purse. I’ll probably need to buy an extra kit so the girls can play too. 😉
I’m sure you already know that Target is the destination for your summer essentials (and everything else, really). But check out the awesome prices of all of these fun summer activity kits we’ve been using:
- Kid Made Modern Printed Tape Set – $6.99
- Kid Made Modern Board Book Kit – $14.99
- Toy Golf Club with Ball Set – $2.99
- Giant Badminton Set – $7.99
- Lemonade Stand Banner – $2.00
- Lemonade Stand Money Box – $3.00
- Lemonade Stand Sign – $4.00
- Lemonade Stand Juice Container – $6.00
- Lemonade Stand Ice Bucket – $6.00
melissa Vera says
I totally get the billions of degrees of hotness but these items are so cute I think I would have bought lemonade if I lived near you.
CinnyBBS says
How cute! I love the Lemonade stand and everything was so reasonably priced!
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Stefani says
Target always has very neat stuff. I love the lemonade stand!
Debi@ The Spring Mount 6 Pack says
Looks like so much fun!
Angela says
Wow! Such fun stuff for summer! That lemonade stand is so cute.