Thursday, August 30, 2012

Summer Fun: Bonuses

Summer ends this Labor Day weekend, I suppose, even with two days of school this week.  We plowed through our "Phineas and Ferb"-inspired list, doing more than I expected (but not the ones I thought we'd do):

  1. Fly a kite.
  2. Campout overnight downstairs.
  3. Have a pj read-a-thon.
  4. Draw and play hopscotch in the driveway.
  5. Long midday bubble bath.
  6. Make ice cream in a roly ball.
  7. Draw with chalk inside and/or outside.
  8. Paint.
  9. Fondue party.
  10. Learn a new song on the keyboard.
  11. Build Legos--Friends or Ninjago world.
  12. A night 'round the firepit singing and making s'mores.
  13. Play with one of our science kits.
  14. Make friendship bracelets.
  15. Work on woven placemats on loom.
  16. Make paper beads.
  17. Make paper airplanes.
  18. Game-playing marathon.
  19. Play putt-putt golf.
  20. Go to a zoo.
  21. Sleepover with Ma and Gong, and Gommie and Pop.
  22. Go to the arcade.
  23. Go horseback riding.
  24. Go to an art museum.
  25. Go to a science or natural history museum.
  26. Try a new ice cream parlor.
  27. Go strawberry picking.
  28. Go blueberry picking.
  29. Make jam.
  30. Go to the beach.
  31. Build sandcastles.
  32. Go swimming.
  33. Make our own bubble solution.
  34. Make a bundt cake.
  35. Write to a pen pal.
  36. Playdates with friends.
  37. Tie dye.
  38. Have a movie marathon (Star Wars?  Miyazaki? Harry Potter?  Disney?)
  39. Go to local festivals.
  40. Go see a movie in a theater.
  41. Make popsicles.
  42. Have an astronomy night.
  43. Go birdwatching.
  44. Have a lemonade stand.
  45. Sort through books to give some away.
  46. Do community service projects.
  47. Go letterboxing.
  48. Go to the library.
  49. Build fairy houses.
  50. Scrapbook.  
  51. Go on a sketching outing.
  52. Do a Star Wars craft.
  53. Make something with Sculpey.
  54. Celebrate July 4th.
  55. Celebrate Solstice.
  56. Celebrate Mama's birthday.
  57. Make our own crayons.
  58. Make ice cube candles.
  59. Watch the Olympics
  60. Host a culture night for England, Japan, India, Egypt, Thailand, Navajo, Ethiopia, Carpatho-Russians.
  61. Make fudge.
  62. Make sun prints.
  63. Go to concert in the park.
  64. Have a picnic at a new park.
  65. Visit an historic house or living history museum.
  66. Make a dance CD for a family dance party!
  67. Try new grilling recipe.
  68. Practice meditation together.
  69. Watch a new musical.
  70. Hang pictures.

But we also did several that weren't even on our list:

71.  Chew gum for the first time.
72.  Play in sprinkler.
73.  Build a pillow fort.
74.  Make bead bracelets.
75.  Wash the car.
76.  Played Olympic gymnastics.
77.  Scooter races.
78.  Home hair and nail salon.
79.  Looking for rainbows and butterflies.
80.  Fingerweaving.
81.  Playing in the kiddie pool.
82.  Canoeing.
83.  Fishing.




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