These screen-free activities for kids provide an easy list of ideas to make your kids’ childhood magical and screen-free. These ideas are perfect for summer fun, screen-free week, or any time you want to reduce screen time.
Try these screen-free activities whenever your kids complain of insane boredom or when your kids have had just too much screen time. It’s the perfect way to make your summer a bit more active.
101+ Easy Screen-Free Activities for Kids They’ll Want to Try Over and Over
Try these amazing screen-free activities with your kids!
Screen-Free Activities for Toddlers
If you can’t take one more episode of Daniel Tiger, try these screen-free activity ideas for toddlers.
Hand and Foot Tracing
Magnifying Glass Discovery Tray
Emotion Discovery Activity
Color Mixing Flower
Screen-Free Summer Activities
Try these screen-free summer activities for three months of summer fun!
Summer Skies Flashlight Constellations
Summer Skies Marshmallow Constellations
Art Projects for Kids
Arts and craft activities provide hours of screen-free fun.
Fun Places for Kids
Try some of these screen-free field trips with your kids!
Best Screen-Free Activities in Dallas
The Frisco Sci-Tech Discovery Center
Maker Space at Sci-Tech Discovery Center
Educational Field Trips for Kids
Sarafi Run Plano: Fun and Fitness for Kids
Free Summer Art Programs in Dallas
STEM Activities for Kids
Don’t let STEM learning stop in the classroom. These STEM activities for kids will make your children instant STEM lovers.
Water Desalinization Experiment
Book Lists for Kids
Reading is a wonderful alternative to screen time. The books on these lists are some of the best books for kids of all ages.
Books for Kids Who Don’t Like Fiction
Sturdy Books for Destructive Toddlers
Fun Book Series for Early Readers
Children’s Series Like the Boxcar Children
Middle-Grade Girl Power Book Series
Awesome Books for Middle-Grade Readers
Books for Kids Who Love Harry Potter
Action-Packed Books for Kids Who Love Adventure
Classic Books All Kids Should Read
Hands-On Learning Activities for Kids
Try these learning activities for kids to keep your kids brains active throughout the year. Who says learning has to be boring?
Science Activities for Kids
These screen-free activities for kids all have a science focus.
Ice Magnifying Glass
Light and Dark Seed Sprouting Science Experiment
Diving Fish Science Experiment
Make a Magnifying Glass from Ice
Summer Skies Flashlight Constellations
Technology Activities for Kids
Technology doesn’t always involve a screen. These technology project ideas are screen-free and tons of fun.
Learn to Navigate like a Pirate
Magnifying Glass Discovery Tray
Engineering Activities for Kids
Engineering projects are fun way for kids to learn more about the world in a hands-on, screen-free way.
Egg Drop Engineering Challenge
Confetti Fireworks: Engineering for Kids
Testing the Strength of Aluminum Foil
Math Activities for Kids
Math does not have to be boring. Try these hands-on math games and activities today!
Dice Probability with Venn Diagrams
Games for Kids
These screen-free activities for kids will provide hours of games your kids will beg to play over and over again.
- Road Trip Scavenger Hunt
- Ice Cream Color Match Game
- Watermelon Seed Spitting Game
- 10 Board Games Families Can Play Together
- Uno Math Game
- Multiplication Dice Game
- Venn Diagram Probability Game
Play Dough Activities
Play dough is the ultimate tool for screen-free activities for kids of all ages. Even older kids love play dough!
- Play Dough Volcano
- Apple-Scented Play Dough
- Rubbery Goop Play Dough
- Tree Play Dough Counting Mats
- Play Dough Color Mixing
- Play Dough Nature Stamps
Things to Do with Kids
Try these screen-free kids activities when you are tired of staying inside the house!
- Visit a splash park
- Visit a snow cone stand
- Get frozen yogurt
- Go on a treasure hunt
- Ride bikes outdoors
- Deliver baked goods to neighbors and friends
- Get ice cream from an ice cream truck
- Visit a local pool
- Make your own water blob
- Visit a new park
- Play in the sprinkler
- Make your own slip and slide
- Cook outdoors
- Eat at a park
- Draw with sidewalk chalk
- Visit the library
- Take a class at a local craft shop
- Try a new summer camp
- Host your own summer camp