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Old School Summer Fun Gifts to Encourage More Fun

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 Inside: How to give your kids a low key summer filled with old school summer fun like we had when were kids.


With summer fast approaching I’m already a little worried about how my kids are going to spend their days.

They’re going to want the screens.

And I’m all for a little screen time. But all day, every day is not going to happen.

This summer, I want them outside. Doing, creating, playing.

And I want to help them prevent the dreaded summer slide where they forget what they learned all year and fall behind in the fall.

We do a little summer camp here and there, but mostly it’s Camp Mom around here. 

So we do these 6 things every summer day so I don’t go crazy with them home with me.

And part of that includes choosing things off this Kid-Friendly Staycation List.

But I also want them to have downtime. 

Bored time.

Time where they figure out what to do all day like we all did in the 80s.

I always joke that I wish I could give my kids a 1980s summer like we had. 

Where we would spend all days outdoors and wouldn’t come home until the street lights come on.

Where we drank from the hose and ran through the sprinklers and lemonade stands were on every corner without a parent in sight.

Not all things from the 80s were so great (It’s actually a miracle we all survived it).

But I gathered the best of our generation’s childhood toys and games and books so we can recreate the low-key, awesome, old school summer fun we had when we were kids. 

These items will give our kids a little taste of a 1980s summer (sans lead in the water and friends being our “seatbelts” in the back of a truckbed.)

So these old school goodies are perfect to stock up on before the kids come home from school.

Old School Summer Fun to help your kids enjoy the same things you did when you were a kid #oldschool #summerfun #1980s #oldschoolsummerfun #1980ssummer #coffeeandcarpool

Old School Summer Fun: Arts and Crafts

Mr. Sketch Smelly Markers 

B00006IFH0

64 Box of Crayola Crayons 

B00UZO0EC0

Ed Emberly Drawing Book 

0316789798

Make Your Own Comic Book 

Blank Comic Book For Kids : Create Your Own Comics With This Comic Book Journal Notebook: Over 100 Pages Large Big 8.5" x 11" Cartoon / Comic Book With Lots of Templates (Blank Comic Books)

Black Magic

B0000BUSP7

Spin Art Kit 

B00141DA6U

Silly Putty – 3 Pack

B00C8T0TJI

Fashion Plates

B00IZN74H6

Shrinky Dinks

B0103B04RO

Etch A Sketch

B01MTS465O

Paint with Water Book

B00V9P2LRA

Related: Get more Melissa and Doug Gifts here (they’re almost all classics!)

Lite Brite

B07G2LMNYY

Kids Needlepoint

B00JYGPLUK

Lotta Loops Potholder Makers

B002N4KK7O

Friendship Bracelets

B001OXRTX8

Update Friendship Bracelets to this Century- Kumi Kreator

B079S14VWN

Related: More Arts and Crafts Gifts for Creative Kids 

Perler Beads

B00KKV0JEG

Tie Dye Kit 

B07MWGMQZG

Spirograph

B009VE38CI

Colorforms

B0110P2QP0

Playdoh and Cookie Cutters 

B01BYBUY0Y

Polaroid Kit 

B074JCTQMC

Old School Summer Fun Games and Toys

Connect 4

B00D8STBHY

Simon

B00N4OP3OW

Life

B07B7KS87Q

Chutes and Ladders

B00V82MG2O

Candyland

B00MC5X94A

Mastermind

B06XP61FHM

Battleship

B06XWF52YW

Cootie

B00000IWDO

Ants in the Pants 

B00000IWDQ

Uno

B00GTJSGXE

Perfection

B01NALEP04

Oregon Trail (now a card game)

B01JF4CHWK

Choose Your Own Adventure Game

B07CN6XBKJ

Dominoes

B004O3PP8Q

Checkers

B00005U5A7

Marbles

B003KJ7BWS

Tiddlywinks
B000OEX8F6

Pick Up Sticks

Mad Libs Games

0843174986

Highlights Hidden Pictures 

1620917696

Magic 8 Ball

B00001ZWV7

View Master

B00F3WDGA6

Rubik’s Cube

B004FG0ZWI

Card Tricks

0486261530

Magic Tricks

B0001YNLLK

Check out these 20 Forgotten Summer Games from One Crazy Mom 

Old School Summer Outside Play

Related: Gifts to Encourage Kids to Play Outside 

Fort Kit 

B01M8LRUY0

Climbing Dome

B004K0Q8LG

Related: More Outside Toys That Make Great Gifts

Radio Flyer Tricycle with Bell

B00004TXM7

Radio Flyer Big Wheel

B00P4CF10S

Radio Flyer Wagon

B00000IS6G

Slip n Slide

B001KW084K

Pool

B000L8EEPS

Squirt Guns

B00EAHXWP4

Water Balloons (updated version)

B01897IKBQ

Rotating Sprinkler 
B079C7QBVK

Water Sprayer

B085Z32R8H

Bug Collecting Kit 

B01N28BZ5L

Sun Paper 

B002KSKTG0

Chinese Jumprope

B00ZD6861Q

Related: How to Use Chinese Jumprope as a Cat’s in the Cradle

Yo-Yo

B00005C8R9

Jump Rope

B07KCCGXF6

Pogo Stick

B00004YRPF

Monster Feet Stilts

B001E6IQP0

Hula Hoop

B0052NQWFM

Handball

B00BEFQHI4

Tetherball Set

B002PL7FTQ

Koosh Ball

B016OVR7EA

Velcro Toss and Catch Sets 

B01D4VSXRI

Bicycle

B07PKLZL8S

Bike Bell 

B073S16YK7

Bike Basket

B0089WYRKA

Radio Flyer Spin n Sauce

Spin 'N Saucer

Roller Skates

B00XA2ZY74B00XA30DTM

Over the shoe rollerskates

B0042RU0B6

Chalk 

B07GDRPWHQ

Chalk for the new century- 3D Glitter Chalk

B00FY2P4PK

Related: More Crayola Gifts for Creative kids

Glow in the Dark Chalk 

B01BED4XDQ

Glow in the Dark Capture the Flag 

B00XK9C4H0

Old School Books From Our Childhood

Judy Blume: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Superfudge, Fudge-a-Mania, and Double Fudge.

0142409065

Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Glass Elevator, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox

0142414972

Choose Your Own Adventure#1-4

1933390948

The Baby-Sitter’s Club #1-8

1742763294

EB White Collection: Charlotte’s Web, Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little

0064409643

Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends 

0060256672

Highlights 1 Year Subscription

B07DRWHT3P

1980s Summer Food Play

Lemonade Stand Supplies 

B00022V82U

Related: Best Pretend Food Gifts for Kids Who Love to Play Kitchen, Store, and Restaurant

Snoopy Snow Cone Maker

B01L0FCTMA

Easy-Bake Oven

B01M9F7NQF

Related: More Gifts for kids who love to Cook and Bake 

Otterpops

B005LUREEO

Candy Necklaces

B072JV4MVS

Ring Pop

B06XGNL1RX

And just one old school goodie for fun:

Caboodle 

B079LHDJ4P

Old School Summer Fun to help your kids enjoy the same things you did when you were a kid #oldschool #summerfun #1980s #oldschoolsummerfun #1980ssummer #coffeeandcarpool

 

Old School Summer Fun to help your kids enjoy the same things you did when you were a kid #oldschool #summerfun #1980s #oldschoolsummerfun #1980ssummer #coffeeandcarpool


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I’m Nicole and I am a recovering elementary school teacher, a mom to three super busy kids, and I mostly survive on strong coffee.

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