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50 Awesome Things to Do with Your Kids This Summer

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May 20, 2019 at 9:12 AM

1. Build a fort

2. Cook dinner together

3. Chill in a kiddie pool

4. Dig for worms

5. Make your own play dough

6. Run barefoot through freshly cut grass

7. Teach them to make friendship bracelets

8. Go for a hike

9. Make your own popsicles

10. Watch fireworks

11. Rent a paddleboat

12. Make homemade slime

13. Assemble shish kebabs

14. Attend an outdoor concert

15. Sit on the porch through a summer thunderstorm

16. Have a campfire

17. Make s'mores

18. Shuck corn

19. Do a cannonball

20. Play hopscotch

21. Play skee-ball

22. Start a lemonade stand

23. Tie-dye a T-shirt

24. Go to the zoo

25. Go to a baseball game

26. Make paper fans

27. Play a hand-clapping game

28. Related: Ride a roller coaster

29. Wash the car

30. Let them bury you in the sand

31. Climb a tree

32. Let them jump in the pool instead of taking a bath

33. Pull them in a wagon

34. Have a watermelon seed-spitting contest

35. Play a round of mini golf

36. Go to a carnival

37. Dress them in red, white and blue

38. Watch The Sandlot

39. Have a water fight

40. Collect seashells

41. Go berry picking

42. Go to a drive-in movie

43. Organize a scavenger hunt

44. Take them to a water park

45. Drive with the windows down

46. Have a Beach Boys dance party

47. Have a garage sale

48. Eat fudge

49. Catch fireflies

50. Embrace sand

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