"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape..."
~ Harper Lee
"Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea.
Drink in the wild air."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go roller skating Ride a bike Play frisbee
Enjoy some lawn games
Go on a picnic Fish from a stream Hike thru the woods
Pick wildflowers and make pressed flower art, cards or bookmarks.
Go berry picking and make some homemade jam, syrup or ice cream
Go on a scavenger hunt.
Go camping or 'glamping' in your back yard.
Have an outdoor movie night.
Have a bonfire An outdoor Make s'mores Backyard BBQ
adventure hunt
Take a trip to a near by candy store, ice cream shop,
flea market or farmers market.
Take a day trip to a new town.
Have fun with some classics like jumping rope, hopscotch,
hula-hoops, dodgeball/kickball,
paper airplanes, sidewalk chalk or water balloons.
Take a class and learn something new like surfing,
painting or cooking.
Make some homemade lemonade and have a lemonade stand.
Organize a neighborhood garage sale.
Volunteer in your local community.
Learn to make homemade pizza, sun tea, popsicles or snow cones
Visit your state fair or a local music, movie or food festival.
Go bowling, to a drive-in theater or find an arcade.
Have a beach day, go swimming or find a swimming hole.
Host a BYOP party! (Bring Your Own Pool)
Have a bike parade Neighborhood Block Party Carnival
Host a backyard BBQ
Go stargazing Dance in the rain Catch fireflies
Enjoy a sunrise or sunset.
Visit a zoo, aquarium, farm or museum.
Visit a national or state park and go bird watching.
Host a book club
or a summer reading challenge
Make a flower Make a birdhouse Paint friendship
headband rocks
Capture memories in a time capsule or scrapbook.
Create a vision board for future goals.
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