Summertime Fun
by Angela Hill
Is the summer feeling a little long? This can really happen in late July and early August. You've been out of school for weeks, and you are bored sick with daytime television and playing in the water. Here are some great ideas for some fun things to do break the summer time blues!
1 Set up a Skee-Ball field in your back yard using hoses, rings, and a baseball. Roll the ball into the farthest ring and you win. You could offer prizes like popsicles and gum!
2 Make a summer scrapbook. Include everything--even the little stuff. The price tag from your fave sundress, amusement park ticket stubs, photo booth pics of you and the crew and vacation postcards are all awesome additions to your book. It'll be a summer you'll never forget.
3 Grow a green thumb! Purchase some packets of flower seeds--cosmo, poppy, sunflower (unsalted, of course!)--and plant them in your own garden patch. Tending to your sprouts will keep you super-busy, and it's oh-so satisfying to watch as your blooms blossom.
4 Rent a tandem bike for a day. It's a bicycle built for-two. Grab a pal, hop on and pedal off for some good laughs: Yeah, it's goofy.... So what?
5 Get a cool deck of cards, and enjoy tons of fun playing Crazy 8s and War with your pals.
6 Do some flower projects. Pluck a few wildflowers from a field, and press them between the pages of a phone book for about two weeks until dry. Then, use them to decorate stationery, picture frames, bookmarks, whatever. Surprise friends and family with your flower creations--just as nice as a bouquet!
7 Head for the nearest gumball machine. Now, get four gumballs for a buck for you and each of your friends, and have a contest to see who blows the biggest bubble.
8 Start a book club. Pick a book that you and your friends all own, then read the first few chapters. Set up a sleep over to "discuss" the book! Each person can bring a snack so that your family does not have to fund the whole party.
No matter what you choose, don't waste your time off. It is quickly dwindling away!
