Summer Kid/Family Fun Boise and Meridian

We can't fit them all in but we're sure going to try.

Here's the fun summer list we came up with:

Free

Hike Camel’s Back/Hull’s Gulch - Boise

Hike Table Rock - Boise

Swan Falls Park and Recreation Area – 45 minute drive

MK Nature Center – Boise Greenbelt

Play in the fountain at Ann Morrison Park

Play in the fountain near the Grove Hotel in Boise – Boise Centre 

on the Grove

Float the Boise River

Feed the ducks at a park

Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial – Greenbelt

Public Market at the Village – Sat 10-2

Capital City Public Market – 802 W. Bannock St. Boise Saturdays 

9:30-1:30

Meridian Youth Farmers Market (looking for vendors) – June 24^th 

– Sept 24^th 9-12 Meridian City Hall Plaza

Take a walk down Freak Alley - 210 N. 9^th St. Boise

Go geocaching

Fishing – Boise River, Settlers Park Pond, McDevitt Pond, Merrill 

Pond, Riverside Pond, Veteran’s Park Pond, Quinn’s Pond, Park 

Center Pond,  and Arrowrock Reservoir

Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park – near Mountain Home

Play disc golf at Ann Morrison Park

Kuna Caves – 1795 W. Deerflat Rd. Kuna

Free kids workshops - Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Michael’s

Go to a park or local school track and have family Olympics

Visit a retirement center and read stories or perform songs

Visit the library – so many great activities!!!!

Jump Creek – SW of Marsing

Kleiner Park Live Concert Series – Thursdays – pre-concert 5:30 – 

music begins 6:30

Outside Activities

Ivy Wild Pool in Boise – fun slides – 2250 S. Leadville Ave. Boise

Babby Farms (exotic animal petting zoo) – 5900 El Paso Rd, 

Caldwell, ID 83607

Paddle Boats at Julia Davis Park

Terrace Drive-In Theatre – 4011 S. Lake Ave Caldwell

Parma Motor Vu Drive-In Theatre – 29522 US 95 Parma

The World Center for Birds of Prey – children under 4 are free – 

5668 W. Flying Hawk Ln. Boise

Zoo Boise – get $1 off on Thursdays - 2 and under free

Botanical Gardens – 2355 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise - 4 and under free

Indoor Activites

Cable One Movie Night @ Settlers Park – Fridays at dusk

Movies Under the Stars – various parks in Boise – Fridays @ 7 

with free games for kids. Movie begins at dusk.

$1 Summer Movie Express – Edwards 21 Theatres – Tuesdays @ 10

Overland Park Cinemas $1 Tuesdays

Attend a play – Boise Little Theater, Stage Coach Theater, Idaho 

Shakespeare Festival, Starlight Mountain Theater, Meridian Little 

Theater, and Treasure Valley Children’s Theater

Get ice cream in the Hyde Park Historic District – N. 13^th St. Boise

Kids Bowl Free – just pay for shoe rental – Big Al’s, Meridian 

Bowling Lanes, Pinz Bowling

Grinkers Grand Palace ($.25 arcade) – 228 E. Plaza St. Eagle

Aquarium of Boise – 64 N. Cole Rd. – 2 and under free

The Front Climbing Club – 3235 W. Chinden Blvd. – Kids climb 

free on Saturdays 10-2

Big Al’s $1 bowling games – Mondays 6 to close

Ice World – $5 Wednesdays 6:30-8:30

Givens Hot Springs – 11309-ID 78 Melba –

Museums – Basque Museum and Cultural Center, Idaho State 

Historical Museum, Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho Military History Museum, Boise Depot, Warhawk Air Museum, and the Old Idaho Penitentiary

Nampa Rollerdrome – kidsskatefree.com - 19 10^th Ave. South in Nampa

From Home

Jump on the trampoline while a sprinkler is running underneath

Use sidewalk chalk to create art on your trampoline

Have a lemonade stand

Craft day

Baking day

Bake cookies for ice cream sandwiches

Make a summer family photo journal

Dance party

Go for a walk and then make a collage from nature objects you find along the way

Make Gak/Play-do

Make a music video

Board game day

Set up a bike wash to earn money

Spa day at home (do hair and nails)

Have a read-in (make a fort, cuddle up in blankets, grab some 

snacks, and read all day)

Set up a tent in the backyard for a family campout

Decorate brown paper bags and put on a puppet show

Make your own hard to pop bubbles with 1 cup of distilled water, 2 

tablespoons of Dawn dish soap, and 1 tablespoon of glycerin

Create unusual s’mores by experimenting with ingredients like 

bananas, cookies, and white chocolate

Collect rocks and paint them

Make a birdhouse out of Popsicle sticks

Illustory Make-a-book-kit - Write a book and have it published into an actual hardcover. $14 Amazon

Stage an A-Z scavenger hunt

Food

Summer Meal Program – June 8^th – Aug 5^th M-F 12:30 – Free for ages 1-18 Adult $3 - Desert Sage Elementary, Gateway Elementary, Chateau Park, Frontier Elementary, Lewis and Clark Middle, Fuller Park, Tully Park, and Storey Park

TCBY - Waffle Cone Wednesday ($1.49-$1.99)

Sonic - happy hour ½ price drinks 2-4 and ½ price shakes after 8 

p.m.

Applebees – Tuesdays kids eat for $.99 all day – limited to 4 kids per adult

McDonald’s – Tuesdays $1 off happy meals

Marie Callendar’s – Tuesdays and Saturdays kids eat free with purchase of adult meal

Rockies Diner – Mondays 1 free kid’s meal per adult entrée purchased. After 5 p.m.

Café Ole – Mondays kids eat free after 4:30 p.m. Limit 2 kids per adult entrée purchased.

Tucanos – Everyday children 5 and under eat free.

Black Bear Diner – Tuesdays receive one free kids meal per adult entrée purchased if a child brings in a teddy bear.

Louie’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant – Wednesdays kids eat for $.99 with the purchase of an adult entrée.

Denny’s Restaurant – Tuesdays kids eat free from 4-10 p.m. Two free kids meals per adult entrée.

Rumbi Island Grill – Kids eat free Monday and Tuesdays after 4 

p.m. One free kid meal per adult entrée purchased.

Johnny Carino’s – half price family platters on Monday night 4-11 p.m.

Food Trucks in the Park @ Settlers Park – Wednesdays evenings