100 Things to do with your Kids this Summer:

As promised....I sat down on Wednesday night and wrote out 93 things to do, and my husband helped me with the last 7:) The 100th thing is ALL HIM!!!

1. make Dixie cup popsicles

2. make a hopscotch game & play along with the kids

3. find summer constellations

4. make indoor s'mores

5. dress up like fancy ladies & gentlemen and have tea.

6. Make bubbles

7. Blow bubbles

8. go camping

9. make up a musical & perform for the neighbors

10. walk to DQ, McD's, or Basiking Robbins for a cone

11. make a weather chart & chart the weather for a month, graph the results

12. string up a laundry line & everyone helps put out the laundry

13. grow a sustainable container garden

14. make a chalk masterpiece for your neighborhood to enjoy

15. find a pen pal family & write to them weekly

16. make cards for hereos

17. go to an assisted care facility & visit with the residents

18. set up the sprinkler and EVERYBODY play

19. go to the park & do a photo scavenger hunt

20. scrapbook your scavenger hunt photos...get the kids involved with the page.

21. make butter by hand, make muffins to spread it on, enjoy!

22. buy some binoculars & hunt for local birds

23. pick strawberries, freeze the leftovers for smoothies

24. make sun prints

25. make clackers for your bikes

26. ride yours bikes around the neighborhood, gather your friends and have a parade

27. set up a lemonade stand

28. make daisy chain jewelry

29. take books to the park & have a restful afternoon

30. stay up late, make popcorn, & watch movies

31. take a picnic to the park

32. grow your own tomatoes in pots

33. go to your local farmer's market & make dinner ONLY with what you find there.

34. take art supplies into the yard & paint each others portraits...outside=easy clean up

35. find out when your local art museum is free...and go

36. take a picnito to daddy's or mommy's work....eat there

37. take the train somwhere JUST FOR FUN

38. if you don't live near water, make a beach in the backyard

39. put on a luau

40. find a water play park

41. make virgin daquari's for the whole family....include umbrellas

42. make homemade ice cream (even without an ice cream maker)

43. walk to the library...bring a wagon to haul books!

44. make a fort in the living room & let the kids sleep there

45. organize a block party

46. pick a topic to learn more about AS A FAMILY...go learn about it

47. pop your tent in the backyard, or if its a nice night, just set up the sleeping bags.

48. take a roadtrip to a close-ish place you've never been before.

49. let the kids map out a trip, mom & dad NO CHEATING

50. eat dinner backwards

51. find a new family hobby

52. let the kids make dinner

53. go to a drive in theater

54. research geo caching & go do it

55. pick blueberries! they are easy, fun and DELICOUS

56. volunteer at a CSA farm

57. make pottery that dries in the sun.

58. make a bird bath

59. do a fashion show for daddy, complete with paparazzi

60. stay up till midnight on the summer solstice and celebrate the longest day of the year

61. make a ghetto slip & slide with lawn bags

62. light some sparklers & take photos writing with light (flashlight works too)

63. do a roadtrip scavenger hunt, give a prize for the first person to finish

64. go on a media fast & plan a week of tv/dvd/internet/iphone free activities

65. face paint each other with non-toxic tempera paint

66. pick a book series for the whole family to enjoy & read it every night this summer

67. take fast food and a blanket to a park...a picnic without all the prep work

68. learn to make boondoggles or bead animals

69. find & wear the biggest weirdest sunglassses you can

70. dress up like tourists & tour your OWN town

71. buy a baby pool and spend the afternoon cooling everyone off

72. pick a lazy day & watch all of the Lord of the Rings Triology OR Sponge Bob Seasons 1-7 on DVD

73. make an ice cream sundae bar....invite your friends to desert

74. join your library's summer reading program

75. decorate flip flops

76. hang your flag for 4th of July (or Canada Day) and talk about what the flag means

77. drill some old pots, pans, and metal ware to a tree or trellis & let the kids bang away

78. challenge yourself: eat a raw meal

79. bicycle to the grocery as a family & only buy what fits in back packs

80. find a pool hook up

81. fly a kite

82. sit and watch airplanes take off & land at a local airport

83. buy a treat from the ice cream man, even if he's only driving a mini-van

84. decorate a family flag & fly it

85. visit a farm and see all the new baby farm animals

86. buy everyone big round lolly pops, TAKE PHOTOS

87. go to an amusement park

88. wash the car together (but only like once a summer, b/c it wastes a LOT of water!)

89. give the kids sketch books & go on a nature walk.

90. make a family newspaper, print it & send it to far flung family members

91. buy 4th of july shirts and take a family photo

92. make playdough

93. make gak

94. make a junkyard band with things around the house, SING TOGETHER

95. have a yard sale

96. go to a free concert in the park

97. take advantage of free movie AIR CONDITIONING! most theaters have free/cheap kids movies in the summer, see if yours does

98. when it rains...everyone go out and splash around

99. have the kids invent a board game....then play it

100. CHILL OUT!