Happy Summer!
Please enjoy this list of fun things to do around town during the summer! When visiting be sure to let the businesses know you found them on Macaroni Kid! As always check with the venue to confirm specific times/dates as things can change at the last minute. Make sure to click each one for more details!
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Local Free and Cheap Activities
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Summer Camps
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Storytimes
Winter Park Library
Maitland Public Library
Orange County Library
Barnes and Noble
Yaya + Lou
Visit any local library and make your own story time!
Sweet and Cool Treats
Jeremiah's Italian Ice
Kelly's Homemade Ice Cream
Topper's Creamery
Kilwins Winter Park
AJ Chocolate House
Peterbrooke Chocolatier
Rocket Fizz
Vampire Penguin
Aunt Gingibreads
The Glass Knife
Light on the Sugar
Mochinut Apopka
Indoor Fun
My Gym Maitland
Orlando Science Center
Get a Summer Bowling pass to Bowlero
Kids Bowl free at AMF this summer
Free bowling for kids at Aloma Bowl
Pottery at All Fired Up
Pottery at Color Splash Pottery
Visit Monkey Joe's
Go Ice Skating at Orlando Ice Den
Bounce around at Rebounderz Orlando
Visit an Open Gym at Orlando Metro Gymnastics
Take a Summer Dance class at NRG Dance Studios
Search our calendar for kids eat free or cheap nights
Visit the Art and History Museum for a Summer Workshop
Take a MusikGarten Class
Take a class at Healing Mama Studio
Go to afternoon tea at The Tearoom Experience
Visit Blackbird Comics
Shop for a summer toys at Trendy Kids
Go to Kid's Yoga at Full Circle Yoga
Educational
Take a class at Full Sail Labs
Take a Kindermusik Class
Visit A&H Maitland
Take an Art Class at Creative Jane
Take a Paint Sip Swirl class
Visit Stroke of Art
Visit Orlando Museum of Art
Visit the Orange County Regional History Center
Visit the Orlando Science Center
Take a class at Balanced Baby
Take a Kidokinetics Class
Take a class at Creative Hub Apopka
Take a cooking class at Truffles and Trifles
Outdoor Fun
Beach Day! Most beaches are within an hour or two drive from Central Florida
Pools and Splash Pads
Local Playground List
Farmer's Markets
See Fireworks on the 4th of July
Take a stroll at Leu Gardens
Play with Sidewalk chalk
Go for a Nature Walk
Visit Propagate Social and Kasheta Farms
Make Giant Bubbles
Visit Wildflower Farm
Paint and Hide Rocks
Visit a National Park for Free on Juneteenth and Great American Outdoors Day
Take a family bike ride
Go for a picnic
Backyard water play
Fun at Home
Make a bird feeder for your yard
Fun with pipe cleaners
Make a fruit bouquet
Make a gel board
Make bubbles
Hot Rock Painting
Have an ice block treasure hunt
Marble Painting
Take a glow stick bath
Q-Tip firework craft
Make a fish tank craft
Black and white crayon resist
Kool Aid Playdough
Make a band with these homemade instruments
Make Homemade ice cream
Camp in your backyard. No yard? Camp in the living room!
Make smoothies
Host a book swap
Make a Sun Bead Catcher
Learn a new recipe
Make Slime
Bake Cookies
Make S'mores Pizza
Create an Inventors Box
Cheap and Free Movies
Premiere Cinemas
Summer Movie Clubhouse at Cinemark
AMC Summer Movie Camp for kids
Regal Summer Movie Express
Picture Show Movie Series
Enzian Kid Fest
Adventures
Visit a Home Depot Workshop
Visit a Lowes Workshop
Take Swim Lessons at British Swim School
Take a cooking class at Edible Education
Find a class at the YMCA
Do an escape room at The Great Escape Room Orlando
Visit the Macaroni Kid Calendars for daily events around town! Apopka/Maitland - Winter Park/Orlando
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