1. Go wild swimming
2. Go on a fairy hunt in the woods
3. Make your own book with paper, crayons and lots of imagination
4. Conduct a “density” science experiment in a glass, using water; olive oil and washing up liquid
5. Draw outside with chalks
6. Collect shells on the beach
7. Eat breakfast outside
8. Look for bugs and learn about each one
9. Go foraging for wild foods
10. Visit the library
11. Go for a barefoot walk
12. Have a tea party
13. Go on a treasure hunt
14. Make pirate swords from an old cardboard box
15. Collect leaves and flowers and press them between two sheets of paper in a thick book
16. Make a summer collage with leaves and petals
17. Hunt for and follow animal tracks
18. Picnic in your garden
19. Visit a museum
20. Make a tent in your garden with chairs and an old sheet
21. Make a map
22. Grow a frog from a tadpole
23. Take it in turns to choose films
24. Do some gardening together
25. Fold Origami
26. Write to a pen pal
27. Stargaze and spot constellations
28. Take a bubble bath in water dyed with food colouring
29. Feed the ducks
30. Volunteer
31. Go on a hike
32. Learn magic tricks
33. Go to the playground
34. Find a four leaf clover
35. Climb trees
36. Camp in the garden
37. Make your own jigsaw from a picture you have drawn
38. Have a water fight
39. Watch a sunrise
40. Create an obstacle course in your house or garden
41. Go on a scavenger hunt
42. Visit free local tourist attractions
43. Take lots of pictures
44. Paint your body with watercolour paints
45. Learn some jokes
46. Bake together
47. Learn about charity and donate some things
48. Play hopscotch
49. Take a walk in the rain and enjoy it
50. “Discover” treats in the nook of a tree
51. Paint with water on the floor
52. Roll down a hill
53. Skip stones across a lake
54. Wash the car
55. “Paint” with flower petals and leaves
56. Dig for buried treasure
57. Wear pyjamas out and about
58. Make daisy chain friendship bracelets
59. Create and perform in a show/play
60. Play football
61. Make your own photoshoot, with props
62. Explore your town, go down streets you’ve never been down before
63. Put together a sensory box for babies in the family
64. Make your own playdough
65. Play tig with squirty water bottles
66. Make a giant paperchain
67. Perform a puppet show
68. Make a castle with old boxes
69. Draw around your bodies on the ground with chalk
70. Make masks
71. Put on a musical show using improvised instruments in your house
72. Do some yoga in the great outdoors
73. Create salt dough decorations
74. Race snails
75. Build sandcastles
76. Make a delicious garden meal of mudpies and dandelion salad
77. Create a fancy paper hat
78. Look up and include cultural events in your food shopping
79. Make ice lollies
80. Paint on old t-shirts
81. Play dress-up
82. Visit a farmer’s market
83. Eat dessert for breakfast
84. Make cards
85. Chop up old trousers and make them into shorts
86. Play pooh sticks
87. Follow a nature trail
88. Grow your own potatoes
89. Make an owl from an old toilet roll tube, with the top pressed down at one side to make ears
90. Make an outdoor summer mobile with twigs, leaves and flowers
91. Pick some flowers and make your own potpourri
92. Blow dandelions
93. Watch bees and learn about how they make honey
94. Go to bed when the sun goes down and get up at sunrise, for a whole weekend
95. Host your own Olympics
96. Go on a bike ride
97. Build a tree house
98. Get a closer look at nature with a magnifying glass or binoculars
99. Learn to count in a new language
100. Read books
101. Make a summer memory book with photos, pressed flowers/leaves and drawings
