Boredom buster: printable summer calendar with 200+ activity ideas

If summertime is approaching, it’s time to get prepared with this fun printable summer calendar, complete with more than 200 activity ideas. This awesome poster will be a hit with all of your kids (and save your sanity too). Check it out!

*Activities listed on a 3-month summer calendar*

As a mom of five, I know how challenging summertime can be. That’s why I love this 3-month summertime poster. My kids check the calendar every day to see what’s going on. Plus, whenever they get bored, I tell them to look at the poster for ideas. It’s pretty sweet. Keep reading to print one for your home today.

Download your printable summer calendar

I designed this poster in three convenience sizes: 16×20 (large), 11×17 (medium) and 8.5×11 (small). Choose your preferred size or print all of them! The calendar is a generic template that can be filled in year after year.

To purchase and download your PDF posters, click on the link at the end of this blog post.

*Three convenient poster sizes you can print.*

Print your summertime poster

Once you’ve downloaded your poster, you can print it at home or send it to your local copy store. The 11×17 and 8.5×11 posters can be printed on your home printer. I suggest printing them on cardstock so they are extra sturdy.

If you want to print the larger 16×20 poster, I recommend emailing the PDF file to your local copy store, such as the UPS store. They will have a printer large enough to print a poster that big. It cost me about $12 to print the 16×20 poster in full color. You can also print it in black and white and it will be way less expensive.

Different poster sizes together — *Print one or all of the posters!*

Fill in your calendar and display

Once your poster is printed, you can start filling in the calendar. Write in the dates on the corresponding days of the month for June, July and August. Then, start adding all of the fun vacations, activities and events you have planned throughout the summer. Don’t forget to add birthdays and holidays.

If your kids are like my kids, they like to know what is going on each day. It helps them plan ahead during the summer and get excited for upcoming events. The list of 200+ activity ideas are ideas that will work for toddlers up to teenagers. Even if they don’t do items on the list, it will help them think of other ideas.

List of 200 summer activity ideas included on the poster. — *List of 200 summer activity ideas included on the poster*

Summer tips and tricks for mom and kids

Hopefully this list printable summer calendar will help you and your family this summer and many more to come. Here’s a few more tips to help you navigate summertime with your kids.

Chores: Create a daily schedule of chores and responsibilities (kids love structure).
Prizes: Reward kids with fake money when they do their chores that they can redeem for a prize or activity.
Reading: Avoid the summer slide with by starting a reading chart.
Fresh air: Make it a goal to get outside with your kids each day.
Friends: Connect with the moms in your neighborhood so your kids can get out and play so they aren’t cooped up all day and you can get a break.
Screens: We try limiting screen time to two hours per day in our house. Otherwise, my kids get grumpy and anti-social.
Sports and camps: If you can get your kids involved in some kind of camp or sport, it creates a lot of fun memories and they get outside and on their own.
Activity book: Try purchasing a simple activity book that you can give your kids when they are bored.