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Backyard Summer Camp

Backyard Summer Camp

Have the best summer ever in your own backyard!

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Welcome to Backyard Summer Camp!

We believe that you can have the best summer ever in your own backyard. Here you’ll find tons of simple crafts, play ideas, and fun learning resources for kids of all ages.

Backyard Summer Camp is your go-to resource for planning and organizing fun kids’ activities for all 104 days of summer.


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Pirate Activity Bundle preview of six printable pages including coloring bookmarks, a word search, anagram, color by number, maze, and color and count.
Pirate Activity Bundle
Collage of ocean life activity pages.
Ocean Activity bundle
Space Activity Bundle preview with 6 pages of coloring, games, puzzles, and writing.
Space Activity Bundle
Dinosaur Activity Bundle preview with 6 pages of games, word puzzles, writing, and drawing activities.
DInosaur Activity Bundle

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12 Snake Crafts for Kids

Collage of squirrel crafts made from construction paper, toilet paper tubes, and faux fur puppets.

9 Squirrel Crafts for Kids

Collage of frog crafts for kids including a paper frog, folded craft, corner bookmarks, clay pot art, and egg carton frogs on a log.

17 Cute Frog Crafts for Kids

Kids playing tug of war with 2 kids on each side of a rope pulling away.

10 Classic Summer Camp Games

A group of 4 tweens walking through the woods wearing backpacks at summer camp.

14 Books About Summer Camp

Collage of basic knots including an overhand knot, slip knot, square knot, and bowline knot.

4 Basic Knots for Camping

A hand throwing a pair of dice over a game board with tiny boats on water.

12 Pirate Games for Kids

Crayons and pencil beside a drawing of a spider web in a corner and another with a full 8-sided shape.

How to Draw a Spider Web

Collage of clothespin crafts including sharks, fruit clips, red birds, and colorful flowers.

14 Wooden Clothespin Crafts to DIY

A child plays with 3 plastic dinosaur toys.

16 Dinosaur Games for Kids

Six wood bowling pins on grass with one knocked over by a wooden ball.

Family Backyard Bowling Game

Two young girls outdoors with bug nets, one holding an orange butterfly on her palm.

15 Children’s Bug Books

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