Over 101 Ideas for Summer Activities for Teenagers is a paid collaboration with Goodfella’s Romano Pizza. As my boys are getting older I am finding that keeping them entertained over the summer is getting more expensive and it appears that I am not alone in finding it pricey, A study by Goodfella’s Pizza discovered that during the six weeks summer holiday parents spend an average of £127 a child to stop their offspring becoming bored. “I’m Bored” is one of the phrases that I have banned here, in fact over the years I have used it to my advantage with our Bored Jars. So I have partnered up with Goodfellas and their Romano Pizza to share with you over 101 ideas for summer activities for teenagers perfect for a bored jar.
101 Ideas for Summer Activities for Teenagers

As with all our bored jars, there is a sting in the tail for teens if they need to use it and utter the dreaded words “I am bored”, they risk picking out a chore which they have to do before picking out another activity. The majority of the activities are low cost or even no cost. Over the years the boys have got used to keeping themselves occupied on a small budget which means that I spend much less than the average person according to the Goodfella Pizza research. It also means that I can splash out on a summer trip to the water park or even a theme park for all the family.

Over 101 Ideas for Summer Activities for Teenagers
- Read a book
- Arrange a Clothes Swapping Event with Friends
- Take the dog for a walk
- Bake cookies
- Dry Ice Science
- Go on a Bike Ride
- Go to the Beach
- Make a Stop Motion Video
- Go swimming
- Let’s cook – make pizza
- Put on a DVD
- Let’s cook – Make popcorn
- Call on a friend
- Get the paints and pencils out
- Board game
- Go to the library
- Go to a park
- Find five things to give to charity from your bedroom
- Do the Laundry
- Water the plants
- Borrow the camera
- Make a coke/mentos rocket
- Make slime
- Plan, shop and make Dinner
- Have a sleepover in the garden
- Make Mocktails
- Make ice cream
- Go for a walk
- Clean your bedroom
- Vacuum the stairs
- Sweep the ground floor
- Have a makeover with your friends
- Take a babysitter course and start babysitting
- Have a pamper/spa session
- Research your family tree
- Write 5 things you love about each member of your family
- Draw a comic
- Wash the car
- Empty the dishwasher
- Make Jelly/Jello
- Go to a Museum
- Rearrange your bedroom
- Have a water fight
- Make a volcano
- Do some Gardening
- Go to a Theme Park
- Go and See your grandparents
- Make Coke Floats
- Make pancakes
- Personalise your clothes
- Make something off Pinterest
- Facetime a friend
- Go to a Pick your own farm
- Play board Games virtually with a friend
- Do some Yoga
- Have a Movie Night
- Go to the Gym
- Make homemade Jam/curd
- Make greetings cards
- Learn Something New
- Make Jewellery
- Go Geocaching
- Go to the Skate Park or Ice Ring
- Sort your wardrobe
- Make cupcakes
- Create a band
- Start your own Youtube channel
- Water the garden
- Groom the dog
- Play a card game
- Pick an activity to do with a parent
- Ask a friend to come round
- Mow the lawn
- Try 5 new foods
- Go on a bike ride
- Go fishing
- Design your own website
- Create a playlist
- Play sport with friends
- Watch a box set
- Learn a new craft
- Take a sewing lesson
- Buy an item from a charity shop and sell it on ebay for profit
- Buy a new magazine and read it
- Plan and arrange a BBQ
- Offer to babysit
- Go trampolining
- Go to a concert
- Go on a bat walk
- Make and fly a kite
- Have a Nerf fight
- Create some street art
- Visit a water park
- Go on a picnic
- Create a scrap book or Smash Book
- Write a play, story or poem
- Make a time capsule
- Make smoothies
- Write a song
- Start your own business
- Learn a new sport
- Listen to an audiobook
- Perform 5 random acts of kindness
- Stargaze and spot the constellations
- Go bowling
- Try embroidery
- Make an ice cream cake
- Watch scary movies with friends
- Arrange a sleepover
I would love to add any more summer activities for teenagers you can think of, Leave me a comment and I will add it to the list.
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Links to our other Bored Jar Posts
150 Low cost or no cost summer bored jar activities
The Ultimate No Spend or Low Spend Bored Jar list
110 Summer acts of kindness for kids
100 Indoor activities for rainy days

Goodfella’s Romano Pizza Review

Another way that I save money over the summer is by encouraging the boys to cook meals and making family meals at home a regular thing. It saves us lots of money on eating out. We are big fans of pizza and movie nights (even more so now we have a projector) and the boys are something of pizza experts. The Romano Pizza range is a premium (and tasty) range of premium frozen pizza with a stonebaked base and fab toppings which cost around £2.50 and if you consider that the report said that parents spend around £609 on meals out, then you can make a huge saving by just being prepared and having some pizza in the freezer.

Mini likes his pizza classic and simple and he loved the four cheese and basil pesto pizza. I think that simple pizzas are often the hardest to get right and this one was a big hit. There was too much cheese and the cherry tomato didn’t make the topping too moist which can sometimes be Mini’s issue. The other vegetarian option, chargrilled vegetable and pesto pizza was delicious and full of taste too.

We really enjoyed all the pizzas (yes we ate them al fresco thanks to the fab weather recently) but had a few that real favourites. MadDad really enjoyed the chicken, roquito pepper and red onion. This pizza had all of his favourite topping on and was really tasty without being too fancy and overpowering.

My favourite was the Calabrese salami and spicy ‘nduja sausage, topped with a chilli and black pepper flake pizza, it was tasty with a bit of a kick but not overtopped which I find a lot of pizza’s to be. Whereas Maxi’s favourite was the pepperoni and chorizo.
Find out more about the Goodfella’s Pizza Romano range here.

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