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Photo: Kate Pulley | Article: Kate Callahan
Awesome Things To Do This Summer!
- Hold a Skee-Ball tournament with your friends at the arcade. The champ gets all the prize tickets!
- Make a summer scrapbook. Include everything —even the little stuff. The price tag from your fave sundress, amusement park ticket stubs, photo booth pics of you and the crew and vacation postcards are all awesome additions to your book. It’ll be a summer you’ll never forget.
- Grow a green thumb. Purchase some packets of flower seeds —cosmo, poppy, sunflower (unsalted, of course!)— and plant them in your own garden patch. Tending to your sprouts will keep you super-busy, and it’s oh-so satisfying to watch as your blooms blossom.
- Fly a kite on a windy day. Haven’t flown a kite since you were a tot? You’re missing out! It’s not easy to keep that thing gracefully floating up there, but that’s what makes it challenging. Fly your kite on the beach or in an open field, where the wind is often at its strongest.
- Turn into an expert. Pick a topic you’re really interested in (like surfing, Paris, butterflies… whatever) and spend a little time each week researching it online. By the end of the summer, you’ll practically be an expert on the subject.
- Go backyard camping. Call your friends, pitch a tent, grab some sleeping bags, and head out your back door. OK, you’ll have to forget about the campfire, but that’s no reason to forgo the traditional campfire songs and tales. Have a blast sleeping under the stars-while enjoying the indoor plumbing just steps away!
- Become a bookworm. Make it a goal to finish off a certain number of books this summer. Pick a genre you’ve never tried before and then stake out a few reading spots. Climb a tree, stretch out on the porch swing, or even curl up on the couch on a rainy day.
- Decorate your tank top. Start with a solid-color tank, and then go all-out with glitter, beads, crystals, markers, you name it. Personalize your shirt to reflect your unique style. Think of it as a summer souvenir!
- Have a water fight. Get all your friends together and designate teams. Then grab your water guns, water balloons, buckets, hoses and whatever else you’ve got… and ATTACK!
- Catch fireflies in a jar. Make yourself an all-natural lightning-bug strobe-light lantern for the evening. Don’t forget to throw in a few blades of grass and poke holes in the lid. Just be sure to let them go after a few hours!
- Start a cool collection. It doesn’t matter what you collect —just pick something you like, and go for it! Sea glass, shells and bottle caps are popular summer collectibles. Or be a collector of something totally unique, like ceramic cats, funky bandannas or vintage buttons. To get into the collecting groove, visit a local museum and check out its collections for inspiration.
- Play tag in the rain. Why stay indoors just because the sun’s not shining? Nothing screams summer like a game of soggy tag. Running around in the rain (as long as there’s no thunder and lightning) is a great way to cool down.
- Check out any local, free-admission, all-ages music festivals. Many local bands enjoy performing outdoor concerts free of charge. Check your local paper to make sure you’re not missing out!
- Play sponge football with your friends. Be sure to soak the sponge really, really well before tossing it around. Loads of laughs are guaranteed.
- Go to the nearest park and have a picnic. Nothing beats hanging out on a blanket with your friends. Have everyone pack their favorite snacks, and meet up at different spots each time. Don’t forget the Frisbee!
- Keep a personal diary. Fill it with stories about that guy you met at the park, the monster kid you baby-sit, the huge fight you had with your sibling —put it all in there! You’ll love going back and reading through it in years to come. Just be sure to keep it in a safe secret spot!
NOTE: These are only 16 out of the 29 ideas. Read the complete article here.
I wish I read the article earlier. Summer is about to end here in our country. What a bummer. I felt like it just passed by me. So maybe, the next summer: 2011. Yes, the summer when I’m outta high school.