o
1 Make and decorate
cookies
o
2 Turn on music and dance
around
o
3 Sidewalk paint
o
4 Make s’mores
o
5 Camp in the backyard
o
6 Go to a water park
o
7 Go to the zoo
o
8 Go to the Treehouse
Museum
o
9 Draw a pic for Gma
******** and mail it
o
10 Draw a pic for Great gma
******and mail it
o
11 Draw a pic for Gma
**** and mail it
o
12 Draw a pic for Great Gma
******* and mail it
o
13 Have a picnic outside
o
14 Have a picnic inside
o
15 Fly on an airplane
o
16 Go to a party
o
17 Have a BBQ
o
18 Draw an outline of
your body on big paper
o
19 Go to the drive in
o
20 Go to a movie theater
o
21 Eat a snow cone
o
22 Make ice cream
o
23 Eat an ice cream cone
o
24 Play in the sprinkler
o
25 Go to a pool
o
26 Play in your blowup
pool
o
27 Make sand pudding
o
28 Tie dye a shirt
o
29 Go to a children’s
museum
o
30 Go to a dinosaur museum
o
31 Go to an aquarium
o
32 Go to Las Vegas
o
33 Sleep in a hotel
o
34 Play at a new park
o
35 Make popsicles
o
36 Go for a walk
o
37 Make a pet rock
o
38 Feed ducks
o
39 See a baseball game
o
40 Watch a parade
o
41 Eat fair food
o
42 Take silly pictures
o
43 Ride on Clifford at
Wal-Mart
o
44 Fly a kite
o
45 Paint in the bathtub
o
46 Go to Temple Square
o
47 Make rock candy
o
48 Paint with squirt
bottles
o
49 Make bouncing bubbles
o
50 Have a party
o
51 Paint food
o
52 Make lava bottles
o
53 Make gloop with
cornstarch
o
54 Get glitter toes
o
55 Go on a treasure hunt
o
56 Build a fort
o
57 Kangaroo Zoo
o
58 Make a new treat
o
59 Play the shape board
game (pinterest-whole house)
o
60 Go to a splash pad
o
61 Have a water fight
o
62 Watch a parade Ride a bull
o
63 Make puppets
o
64 Wash the cars in our
bathing suits
o
65 Read books outside
o
66 Go up a mountain
o
67 Make a bird feeder
o
68 Play croquet
o
69 Write a book
o
70 Make an alphabet book (pics
that start with each letter)
o
71 Decorate the windows
w/ window markers
o
72 Make sponge balls and
have a water fight
o
73 Make crayons
o
74 Have a family game
night
o
75 Play flashlight tag
o
76 Make a mural
o
77 Go on a scavenger hunt
o
78 Buy books at a book
store
o
79 Participate in summer
reading program
o
80 Make marshmallow
people and buildings
o
81 Make cupcakes and
decorate
o
82 Make a treat and take to
someone else
o
83 Make a present for a
friend
o
84 Make a handprint craft
o
85 Make an ABC book
(magazine letters)
o
86 Make kool-aid ice
cubes
o
87 Make a keepsake
box/treasure box
o
88 Make homemade play doh
o
89 Make a summer photo
album
o
90 Look at the stars
o
91 Go to the temple open
house
o
92 Count cars that go by
o
93 Shoot off fireworks
o
94 Go see Madagascar 3
o
95 Take family pictures
o
96 Make a blanket
o
97 Buy ice cream from an
ice cream truck
o
98 Build a tall, tall,
tall lego tower
o
99 Make an I Spy bottle
o
100 Read 100 books!
Some of the activities were things we were already going to do (fly on an airplane, go to Las Vegas, etc). But most were things that we just thought sounded fun to do.
Then I saw an idea for a photo journal (see #89) and that is when I got the second half of my genius idea. I bought Sweetie a spiral drawing book with thick paper, we covered the cover with a piece of scrapbook paper then I let her decorate it with markers and stickers. This is now her journal.
Everytime we do something from the list I take a picture of it. Then a couple times a week I send the picutres to Wal-Mart's one hour photo. When we get home I put a picture on each page and date when the picture was taken. Then Sweetie tells me about the picture and what we did. As she talks I write what she says. Then she decorates the rest of the page with markers.
So, far we have done 23 things on our list. She loves her journal and it is so fun to watch her "read" it. It has become her favorite book to read and she always wants me to "read it from the beginning". Yep, I'm in love with this idea.
