- Ride a bike
- Go to the library
- Paint ugly clay pots with leftover paint
- Leave cookies on a neighbors doorstep, ring the bell, and RUN!
- Hide love notes in every ones room
- Make a collage from old magazines or newspapers describing yourself
- Sit on the porch and talk
- Water the plants early in the morning or just before dark when it is real quiet outside- Very relaxing
- Soak in the tub with a good book.
- Take a picture hike - take a camera and take pictures or everything and anyone interesting. Everyone can have a turn with the camera.
- Paint your toenails
- Walk around the neighborhood and just listen. Then write down and discuss all the sounds you heard.
- Have a scavenger hunt with a fun ending.
- Pray
- Have everyone tell their favorite memory
- Paper Mache - uses flour glue and old newspapers
- Make a Flat Stanley (a cut out version of yourself) and send him to different people. They take pictures of him in their home town and write a letter telling you all he did. Pretty fun!
- Write in your blog
- Invite friends over for a pot luck
- Go wading in a stream or creek
- Walk the dog(s)
- Write a letter to Grandparents
- Go to the park - try a new one
- Make an obstacle course
- Lay outside a night and look for meteors
- Cuddle
- Sing and dance to your favorite toons blaring on the stereo
- Read a classic novel
- Have a summer reading club with a fun day earned at the end
- Take a nap - Ha Ha I don't have little kids anymore and can actually do this now!
This was harder than I imagined. But, the best things I do really are free.
2 comments:
I really like the Flat Stanley idea. Can you imagine Don & Julie taking one with them wherever they go.
I love it! So sorry it took me so long to read it!!!!
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