Summer is almost here we are bringing you 100 ideas and day trips to keep the kids busy all summer long! Did we miss something? Leave us a comment! Make sure you like this post on Facebook to share it with your friends and bookmark this page so you can keep coming back all summer long!
- Build a blanket fort
- Visit the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
- Ride some roller coasters at Carowinds
- Have a picnic in Freedom Park
- Get mad about science at Discovery Place
- Make homemade ice cream
- Catch fireflies in a jar
- Kayak down a river
- Visit the South Carolina Zoo
- Take a hike at Crowders Mountain
- Go for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway
- Spend a weekend at Great Wolf Lodge
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go under the sea at the Charlotte-Concord Aquarium
- Experience Dorothy and all of her friends at the Land of Oz
- Go whitewater rafting
- Go for lunch at Pikes Old Fashioned Soda Shop
- Cool off with a King of Pops
- Go see a cheap movie
- Tour the Biltmore House
- Shop at Southpark Mall
- Roller Skate for free!
- Go bowling
- Tour and pan at Reed's Gold Mine
- Take your kids to free swim lessons
- Visit a free swimming pool and spraypark
- Go to an outdoor concert
- Watch a movie outdoors
- Check out a book at a local library
- Bike down a greenway
- Get a summer membership to the Mint Museum
- Watch planes take off at the Aviation Museum
- Feed some animals at Lazy 5 Ranch
- Go to a Knights Game
- Listen to Summer Pops by the Charlotte Symphony
- Plan a trip to the beach
- Take a boat tour on Lake Norman
- Go to the Carolina Raptor Center
- Learn all about race cars at the NASCAR Hall of Fame
- Visit the farmer's market on Saturday morning
- See butterflies at Charlotte Nature Museum
- Eat from a local food truck
- Try a Pelican's SnoBall
- Take a carriage ride
- Eat dessert at Amelie's
- Eat pancakes at the Original Pancake House
- Jump at Skyzone
- Ride go karts
- Have fried chicken from Price's Chicken Coop
- Take a stroll through NoDa
- Eat doughnuts from Krispy Kreme when the hot light is on
- Visit Ray's Splash Planet
- Spend a day in Asheville
- Ride the train at Tweetsie Railroad
- Play water balloon baseball
- Tye-dye a t-shirt
- Make homemade rock candy
- Make snake bubbles
- Make a homemade slip n slide
- Play balloon tennis
- Tour the USS North Carolina
- Slip down Sliding Rock
- Go to the Linville Gorge
- Visit an abandoned ghost town
- Take a Hunger Games Tour
- Go on a ride on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad
- See horses at Shackleford Banks
- Go to Hanging Rock
- Stroll through Craggy Gardens
- Ride the light rail
- Go to Pinky's for a burger
- Go to Jockey's Ridge
- Climb up to the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Hike at Chimney Rock
- Walk across the swinging bridge
- Walk through Uptown
- Play putt-putt
- Pick strawberries
- Go to a Charlotte Hounds game
- Paint treasure rocks
- See a roller derby
- Hangout at Romare Bearden Park
- Get a burger and soft serve at Mr. K's
- Go to a beach in Charlotte
- See an Imax movie
- Rent a jet ski
- Go to the Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway
- Go on a dinner cruise
- Rent a Charlotte B-cycle
- Swim at the Quarry at Carrigan Farms
- Go to Tiger World
- Play in the Fish Fountain
- River Jam at the Whitewater Center
- Visit 7th St. Market
- Go to a concert at PNC Music Pavillion
- Fun activities at ImaginOn
- Play hopscotch
- Make a bird feeder
- Make homemade water guns
- Make s'mores at home
