25 More Ideas for Summer Fun ? - My Ideal Home

?25 More Ideas for Summer Fun? builds on?last year?s list, so now you have 50 ideas and no excuses not to have fun this summer!

1. Have a lemonade stand. (If you want to go all out, use this template from This Old House to build your own)

2. Make your own popsicle (try these ?paletas? recipes from Sweet Paul)

Courtesy Sweet Paul Magazine, Summer 2012

3. Dip berries into Greek yogurt and freeze them

4. Make mini s?mores?- no campfire necessary!

5. Build a fort

6. Draw a postcard from a place you?d like to visit and mail it to a friend

Courtesy Giddy Giddy

7. Make paper bag puppets?(follow the link for more homemade toys and games from Martha)

8. Make a heart-shaped DIY bird feeder to bring birds to your yard

Courtesy Cindy Hopper for?alphamom

9. Scour your home and neighborhood for found objects and make a collage on a big piece of paper

10. Make sun prints (DIY with construction paper, or use some Sun Print paper) ? see some amazing examples?here

11. A bunch of new, cool and tricky science projects!

12. How to make invisible ink

Courtesy Yumi Sakugawa

13.?About the constellations?and see if you can spot them in the night sky

14. How to make friendship bracelets

Courtesy The Purl Bee/Purl SoHo

15. Organize a family game night! Board games, card games, charades, bingo!

16. Draw a hopscotch board and play. (Don?t remember how? Refresh your memory here.)

Courtesy Josie Bauman/Outside Alice

17. Build a house of cards (in 6 easy steps!)

18. Design an obstacle course ? who can go through it the fastest?

19. Host a water balloon toss (or egg toss, if you dare?)

20. The library!

Courtesy?Zetson

21. A state park or a nearby park to explore

22. A totally new place that you?ve never been to before

23. At the animal shelter

(My dog Laverne, a rescued dog)

24. To pick up trash in your neighborhood or town

25. To bring your neighbor some homemade cookies (and use these free printable tags)

Courtesy eighteen25

Want to add to the list? Please leave your ideas in the comments section below!

And, it?s worth saying again that you will find a treasure trove of creative ideas, games, book recommendations and projects over at Classic Play!?It?s a must-see website for parents.

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