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Summer Fun List-Part 2

 

51.rub each other's feet

52.try a fruit you've never had

53. make paper dolls

54.write the other's name and decorate it

55.nap together (sure to be a mom's favorite)

56.decorate the sidewalk with chalk

57.go fishing

58.go bug hunting

59.draw the perfect outfit for each other

60.memorize a bible verse

61.buy a bag of m&ms or skittles-each guess how many are in the bag-count them, then eat up

62.make supper together

63.read a book/watch a movie and compare

64.use an old greeting card to make a jigsaw puzzle

65.make or review a fire plan

66.tell old favorite family stories

67.make a time capsule

68.visit a nursing home

69.make sock puppets

70.decorate pillow cases

71.make tie-dye tshirts

72.plan a surprise party together for another family member or friend

73.make balloon animals or creations

74.decorate cookies with icing

75.make a vegatable tray with homeade dip- like ranch

76. try a vegetable you've never tried-my family (including me) tried kale recently and we loved it

77.recycle something

78.buy a set of jacks and play

79.build a castle out of sugar cubes (they easily stick together when wet)

80.make the world's longest (or the family's longest) paper chain, paper-clip chain or chain of something else

81.walk a mile

82.learn ten words in another language

83.make up your own secret handshake

84.try food of another ethnicity

85.unroll an entire ball of yarn and then try to roll it back up

86.write to each other "what I like about you"

87.make banana splits

88.wash the car

89.throw a frisbee

90.blow bubbles using different items in the kitchen ex. slotted spoon etc.

91.have a pillow fight

 

Here are some things my sister-n-law Ann, award-winning fun mom, bookmarked for boredom busters

Fairies in a jar http://amomentinourworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/fairies-in-jar-or-glow-in-dark-jar.html

Rubber band message board http://www.marthastewart.com/265553/rubber-band-message-board?center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=265553

Sponge ball for water fights http://www.marthastewart.com/265636/sponge-ball?czone=holiday/sixty-days-of-summer/activities&center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=265636

Fishbowl http://www.marthastewart.com/314623/fish-bowl-gelatin?czone=holiday/sixty-days-of-summer/activities&center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=262265

Koala seashell http://www.marthastewart.com/273438/seashell-koalas?czone=holiday/sixty-days-of-summer/activities&center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=273438

Tie dye with sharpie markers http://theartgirljackie-tutorials.blogspot.com/2011/10/tie-dye-t-shirts-with-sharpie-markers.html

Bubble art http://vividlayers.blogspot.com/2011/09/bubble-prints.html

Rock art http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2010/05/summer-craft-ideas-part-two.html I bet you wouldn't need an oven in So.TX summer...just put the rocks outside

Homemade ice cream http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/cafe/homemadeicecream.html

List out some random acts of kindness they could do for the community

 

Waiting for some more creative souls will help me out.  What will you do?  What have you done before?  It really doesn't matter; spending time creating, laughing and communicating with each other will have lasting reward.

THE EARTH {AND SUMMER} IS FULL OF THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD. PSALM 33:5