Getting outdoors is what summer is all about, but sometimes you need something new to try once you get out there! Check out our list of 40 things to do this summer and see how many you can manage to check off before school is back in session.
1. Skip rocks
2. Spot a shooting star
3. Create a sidewalk chalk mural
4. Roll down a hill
5. Go for a picnic
6. Build a fort (see our “How To” article!)
7. Catch a crawdad with a net
8. Use a log a a tightrope and see how far you can get
9. Chase a butterfly
10. Find a four leaf clover
11. Cook over a campfire
12. Make mud pies
13. Blow on a handful of dandelion seeds to see how far they go
14. Pick up a rock to see what is hiding underneath
15. Dig up worms
16. Dance in the rain
17. Make a flower necklace
18. Climb a tree
19. Explore a state park
20. Make a walkie talkie out of tin cans and a string
21. Read a book in a tree
22. Find a walking stick and decorate it
23. Grow something from a seed
24. Run through a sprinkler
25. Try to make musical instruments out of things in nature
26. Play Ghost in the Graveyard at night in your yard with friends
27. Find shapes in the clouds
28. Make fairy houses out of things found in nature
29. Build a bike jump
30. Watch the sunrise
31. Press your favorite summer flowers
32. Find a caterpillar
33. Make a bug hotel
34. Walk on stilts
35. Paddle a canoe
36. Set up a lemonade stand
37. Make homemade popsicles
38. Collect interesting rocks
39. Go fishing
40. Bury a time capsule
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