School ends for us on June 2nd thanks to two snow days this school year.

1. Make a scrapbook documenting your summer, work on the album all summer long.

2. Pick a fun place or park and have a picnic lunch there.

3. Help your kids to find a pen-pal in your town or faraway and to write back and forth with them. You can try this site http://www.friendship-by-mail.com/pen-pals-for-kids.html

4. Plan a trip together and take it.

5. Go see a baseball game as a family. Pick a team and cheer your heart out.

6. Get a job, in most states 15 year olds can get a summer job with parents permission. For little kids something like a lemonade stand will be fun.

7. Practice your photography skills and make a collage.

8. Let the kids plan and shop for the occasional dinner.

9. Read a book that’s been turned into a movie, and then compare the two of them. eg. “Cheaper by the Dozen” is good for younger kids or see this list for more ideas.

10. Start your own poetry book, you can include sketches or pressed  flowers if you want too.

11. Get a book from the library about fireworks and then go see a display.

12. Invent a new cookie flavor or try a new recipe.

13. Take the kids on a boat ride.

14. Paint a picture of your dream house.

15. Go camping

16. Go to a working farm and pick some fruit or veggies.

17. Listen to nature and list all the things you hear.

18. Create your own sports camp do drills practice skills go over rules and play a game.

19. Keep a summer journal, small kids can use writing prompts.

20. Make a puzzle out of an old greeting card.

21. Sing karaoke, you can even do a friendly competition among family and friends.

22. Invent a new kind of sandwich,  think of a name and add campaign for it.

23. Learn to do balloon folding, you can get a cheap kit that includes balloons from most book stores. See if you can make a dog.

24. Pack up a backpack and hit a local hiking trail.

25. Go for a nature walk and find as many different kinds of flowers as you can, take them home, press and turn them into stickers.

26. Design and set up your own website.

27. Go on a virtual summer camping trip. http://www.homeschoollearning.com/summer/summer.shtml

28. Learn to dance eg. line dancing, ballroom, or whatever

29. Volunteer

30. Go to the zoo and have a picnic.

31. Learn a new language as a family and then use it to communicate with each other.

32. Set up an obstacle course in your yard, give a little prize for best time through it.

33. Create and go on a treasure hunt, do the map and everything..

34. Make a cool fort out of couch cushions and blankets, curl up inside and read stories to each other.

35. Plan and have a winter themed party.

36. Collect all of your recyclables and donate the money to a good cause.

37. Help by cleaning up a nature trail or roadside some where.

38.  Design and build a tree house or backyard play house.

39. Draw a picuture of the kind of world you would like to live in.

40. Set up and run a lemonade stand.

41. Learn a new sport or activity

42. Find out where the free concerts are at in your area and plan to attend them.

43. Pick out games for a family game night.

44. Write a script and film a movie starring the kids.

45. Pull out all the unread magazines and make a collage using pictures and words you find.

46. Make a terrarium

47. Go canoeing

48. Go exploring in your local library, find a new author or book series to try out.

49. Go to a local museum.

50. Re-evaluate the family fire plan and practice it.

51. Have a bubble blowing contest, and offer a sweet treat for prizes.

52. Start a blog

53. Plant some flowers and take care of them

54. Stop by a fun tourist spot in your area

55. Clean out the extra clutter and have a garage sale.

56. Have a sandcastle making contest.

57. Donate unwanted clothes and toys

58. Do some climbing around in the family tree.

59. Make and fly your own kite.

60.Make and play your own board or card game.

61. Try out geocaching

62. Read and act out your favorite play or story

63. Create a time capsule to opened 10 years from now.

64. Have a meet the neighbors potluck/block party

65. Make a bird feeder to hang up outside, document the different types of birds that come to visit.

66. Decorate your bikes and go for a ride.

67. Plan a special activity with grandparents

68. Learn first aid and cpr

69. Dig for dinosaur fossils

70. Write your own song.

71. Tie dye a tee shirt or socks or something

72. Take your dog for a walk or borrow the neighbors.

73. Learn to make a proper paper airplane.

74. Spend the entire day without the tv on.

75. Do the summer reading program at the local library.

76. Find and try out some new outdoor games.

77. Do a recycled art project

78. Watch your favorite move with a good friend.

79. Try your hand at making home made ice cream, go for a unique flavor like strawberry shortcake.

80. Jump on a trampoline

81. Find a magazine that you like and get a subscription.

82. Plan and organize a scavenger hunt.

83. Spend the day at a water park.

84. Paint a self portrait or one of the family.

85. Start collecting something

86. Write a children’s book.

87. Listen to a audio book series.

88. Look up at the night sky, learn to recognize a few constellations.

89. Learn to sew and do a simple project.

90. Visit a National park and have a picnic.

91. Rent a video and pop some popcorn.

92. Roast some marshmallows and make .

93. Do some bird watching.

94. Arrange some flowers for the dinning room table.

95. Create a photo slide show  set it to music and burn it to cd for the grandparents.

96. Redecorate your bedroom or another room in the house.

97. Learn to play chess or checkers.

98. Adopt a pet

99. Do a book of brain teasers.

100. Make up your own holiday, and decide how to celebrate it.

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