Summer Challenge Notebook
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This is a fun summer project for teens, tweens, and older kids. I made this for my 12 year old. I bought the little notebook at Hobby Lobby craft store. There is a small pocket in the back of the notebook for her to save tickets and things. I preferred this idea to the summer jar that we did last year because she can save this and look back on it years from now.
I split each page in half and then wrote a goal that seemed appropriate. Each goal has a small box next to it that she can place a star sticker in upon completion. There ended up being over 300 activities/goals in this book! I will now include a list of some of our ideas to get you started on making one for your child (or yourself).
- Swimming
- State Park
- Bakery
- Go to a friend’s house
- Beach
- Mall
- Make cookies
- Library (Listed a few different branches that we have near by)
- Paint
- Make a bird house
- Play fetch with a dog
- See a mountain
- Ice-cream cone
- Scavenger hunt
- Make rock candy
- Putt-putt golf
- Watch a movie made before 1983
- Borax crystals
- Flea market
- Farmer’s market
- Learn how to cook an egg
- Make a dream catcher
- Paper plate craft
- Draw
- Read a book (This is listed 10 times)
- Neighborhood walk
- Fly a kite
- Root beer float
- Plant seeds
- Yard sale
- Make something to wear
- Flip-flop redo
- Paint with straws
- Candy store
- Tie Dye T-shirt
- Pasta Salad (one of our summer traditions)
- Arboretum
- Play a board game
- Finger paint
- Go out for Ice-cream
- Visit Grandma
- Water balloon fight
- Drink an orange soda
- Go to a state park
- Go somewhere new (Listed multiple times, space left for her to fill in where she went)
- Make pizza
- Squirt Gun Fight
- Baseball game
- Make a craft you find on pinterest
- Make a bracelet
- Play in the hose/sprinkler
- Pudding painting
- See a waterfall
- Make cookies
- Friendship bracelets
- Paint a rock
- Eat a new fruit
- Go out to eat
- Eat something new
- Visit Grandpa
- Disney movie night
- Eat watermelon
- Bake bread
- Pet store
- Museum
- Water slide
- Side-walk chalk
- Go hiking
- Do a science experiment (Listed a few times)
- Make a tent/fort
- Have a friend spend the night
- Pet a farm animal
- Make slime
- Paint nails and toe nails
- Walk in the woods
- Lemonade
- Jump rope
- Spend a day outside
- Family game night
- Go for a walk
- Wish on a shooting star
- Go fishing
- Listen to music
- Hiking
- Watch a sunset
- Watch a sunrise
- Catch bugs
- Swing
- Go down a slide
- Color a picture
- Picnic
- Ride an amusement park ride
- Eat a hotdog/hamburger
- No electronics for a whole day
- Lay on a big blanket outside and read
- Watch a movie
- Eat corn on the cob
- Make S’mores
- Dance
There’s a whole list of options! I hope your summer is a memorable one!
Nice LONG list ya got there 🙂
Have a great summer!!