Memorize a Scene: from a movie and re-inact it with paper bag puppets

Eat breakfast for dinner

Have a water balloon battle

Teach your pet a new trick.

Tom Sawyer: Find or rent an inner tube and float down a creek or river with a parent

See the fastest weaving dog

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Go camping in your backyard: if it rains, pitch the tent in your living room

Bake Cookies: Take them to a Senior Citizen Center (with permission)

Try an ethnic food that you have never eaten before, such as Japanese, Indian, or Ethiopian

Summer TV re-runs are so yesterday. Turn off the tube and start your own book club with some must read classics

Take a ride on a paddle—boat

Try out some clean, fun jokes on your family and friends.

Make homemade bubbles: Mix 4 tablespoons dishwashing liquid, 1 –1/2 cups water, and 4 tablespoons light corn syrup. Use a flyswatter as a wand.

Start  a Garden: visit a nursery to find out which plants grow best

Say Cheese: Take some pictures of your friends and put them in an album.

Be a Rock Star: Buy or rent an instrument, such as a guitar, recorder, or harmonica, and learn to play it.

Keep a Summer Nature Journal: Take notes and draw what you see when you’re outside. Watch flowers and trees grow, and note animal behaviors, observe how the weather changes throughout the summer.

Analyze and practice your handwriting with this sentence… I know that green frogs eat purple cranberries. “The way you write your letters is an expression of personality”

Make popsicles for your pet. With an adult’s help, boil bouillon cubes following package directions. Freeze in an ice cube tray, then place into your pet’s bowl.

Write your full name with your feet

Draw a face on your foot and introduce it to your friends as Mr. Footsie

Eat your whole lunch completely blindfolded