Now this is going to seem pretty lofty and maybe a tad unrealistic considering my current status as a new mama of three, and I agree. But I’ve been working on this list for a while, and it serves as an idea reserve for me–something I can pull out like a pistol in defense of the ever persistent plea to watch TV. Also, I’m eager to make some memories with my little family. It seems like if you don’t have a plan for a family outing, then it won’t happen–our Saturdays so easily get filled with grocery shopping and other errands. The Summer is half way over too! That hurts my heart a little; it seems like the season is just flying by me. We’ve already done some of these things, and hopefully we’ll do a few more before the Summer is done. Ah Summer. I long for it to be free and open without the burden of scheduling, and yet I need a good list to help me fill each day with something quality. So I’m an anti-schedulite who revels in list-making.
What kind of Summer fun have you been up to?
Art:
make shadow puppets and a shadow puppet theatre
make a flower art box
coffee filter butterflies
melted crayon shaving art
paper sack puppets
marshmallow and toothpick sculptures
saran wrap watercolors
watercolor painting over tissue paper collage
Activities:
make jam (apricot?)
carve boats from vegetables and race them (I did this once on a date!)
pick berries/fruit (for the jam?)
pick flowers and press them
make a variety a sorbets and frozen yogurts
give eachother feet massages
fly a kite
have a (brazillion?) lemonade stand
teach my kids a recipe they can learn and master on their own
try some muffin tin meals
make and decorate a cake just for funsies
make rock candy
set up a mud pie kitchen (hmm, but where?)
Fieldtrips:
visit the Hill Aerospace Museum
go to Lagoon (i love rollarcoasters!)
go camping
go bowling (kids bowl free this summer!)
go fishing
bike ride to utah lake
go on a picnic
go to the Children’s Discovery Museum
go to the zoo
visit the gardens at Thanksgiving Point
go to the pool
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I have something to add to your list. We do “Wonderful Wednesday” during the summer. Every Wednesday we do a special activity (many of the things on your list are part of our plans.) Last year, one of the best activities was going to a trout farm. You don’t need a fishing license, and the kids had a blast because the fishing was SO easy. My kids can’t wait to go again this year.
Love it. And I could use something fun like that to cheer up my mid-week-drag!
I love that–pull out like a pistol to defend your family– believe me it will be a life-long deal! I also love your list–go for it!
Thanks for the list of ideas! I wonder if Thanksgiving point is doing $2 tuesdays in august this year. They’ve done it a few times, but I’m not sure if they do it every year.
Mim,
These ideas look so fun!!! I hope you get to do a few of them, and love it.
Kids’ll be in heaven!
Those purple boutique things are beautiful, are they really simple? They certainly are pretty. It sounds neat cuddling with Harper, with a bit of crafting.
Love you.
Em