- Read a book
- Walk the dog
- Brush a pet
- Cover the driveway in sidewalk chalk
- Blow bubbles
- Make popsicles
- Bake & decorate cupcakes
- Watch a movie
- Make a marshmallow shooter
- Watch a documentary
- Do a crossword puzzle
- Do a jigsaw puzzle
- Play a board game
- Send someone email
- Make thumbprint pictures
- Make a glass of iced tea
- Play Frisbee
- Wade in the stream
- Work on your schoolwork
- Go in the pool
- Have a water fight
- Get out the water balloons
- Set up some things to knock down with Nerf darts
- Ride your bike
- Make an obstacle course outdoors
- Play catch
- Take some neat photos
- Make ice cream
- Play horseshoes
- Play bocce
- Play badminton
- Make muffins for breakfast tomorrow
- Play wiffle ball
- Play with the cat (get her moving!)
- Play croquet
- Make silly videos with the camera
- Practice a sport
- Request a book through interlibrary loan
- Add movies and documentaries to the Netflix queue
- Do a drawing lesson on Draw 3D
- Find something to do on the Smithsonian education website
- Declutter your room
- Bake cookies
- Visit DIY.org and find a project to do
- Have a picnic snack outside
- Eat a freeze pop
- Make a CD
- Make origami
- Do a Duolingo lesson
- Decide what you'll make for dinner next week
- Hide something for someone to find
- Design a board game on a sheet of posterboard
- Play a game of chess
- Set up a mini mini golf course in the backyard
- Knit
- Invent a Lego challenge, or try one of these or these
- Play with playdough
- Make a pet rock
- Make a collage using old magazines
- Print out a coloring page & color it
- Make a toy for the cat
- Spread peanut butter on a dog cookie & hide it for the dog to find
- Make whoopie pies for dessert
- Get a headstart on your fall schoolwork
- Dribble a basketball
- Wash your bike
- Make marshmallow pops
- Pick a bouquet of flowers
- Make chocolate-dipped bananas
- Take a Jedi Training Quiz
- Make sunprints
- Press flowers
- Make fireworks in a jar
- Make (and eat) Oreo cookie moon phases
- Make sandpaper art
- Leave the porch light on overnight to see what moths will come
- Make gummy worm ice cubes
- Teach yourself a song on the piano
- Learn a sign in sign language
- Learn a few words in another language
- Listen to The Story of the World.
- Play a round of pool putter
- Write something in code for someone else to decode
- Or try a secret code challenge
- Check the library's online catalog for books you'd like to check out
- Make a pizza for a snack (or lunch)
- Use a slingshot (carefully!), or make one
- Take a nap
- Jump rope
- Play tic-tac-toe
- Have a staring contest
- Make jello
- Read the comics
- Race cars down the slide
- Swing
- Practice going across the monkey bars
- Hula hoop
- Clip catnip from the garden for the cat
- Write a short story or poem
- Go sit in the hammock
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
100 Things to Do this Summer
I made up a list of ideas recently for those " But I don't know what to do!" moments this summer (not that my kids have those or anything), and I thought I would share it here. The activities are all things we can do at home, because I am driving around far more than usual this summer. When we have some free time, I just want to be home!
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