Summer Challenge Notebook

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).

1. Swimming
2. State Park
3. Bakery
4. Go to a friend’s house
5. Beach
6. Mall
7. Make cookies
9. Library (Listed a few different branches that we have near by)
10. Paint
11. Make a bird house
12. Play fetch with a dog
13. See a mountain
14. Ice-cream cone
15. Scavenger hunt
16. Make rock candy
17. Putt-putt golf
18. Watch a movie made before 1983
19. Borax crystals
20. Flea market
21. Farmer’s market
22. Learn how to cook an egg
23. Make a dream catcher
24. Paper plate craft
25. Draw
26. Read a book (This is listed 10 times)
27. Neighborhood walk
28. Fly a kite
29. Root beer float
30. Plant seeds
31. Yard sale
32. Make something to wear
33. Flip-flop redo
34. Paint with straws
35. Candy store
36. Tie Dye T-shirt
37. Pasta Salad (one of our summer traditions)
38. Arboretum
39. Play a board game
40. Finger paint
41. Go out for Ice-cream
42. Visit Grandma
43. Water balloon fight
44. Drink an orange soda
45. Go to a state park
46. Go somewhere new (Listed multiple times, space left for her to fill in where she went)
47. Make pizza
48. Squirt Gun Fight
49. Baseball game
50. Make a craft you find on pinterest
51. Make a bracelet
52. Play in the hose/sprinkler
53. Pudding painting
54. See a waterfall
55. Make cookies
56. Friendship bracelets
57. Paint a rock
58. Eat a new fruit
59. Go out to eat
60. Eat something new
61. Visit Grandpa
62. Disney movie night
63. Eat watermelon
64. Bake bread
65. Pet store
66. Museum
67. Water slide
68. Side-walk chalk
69. Go hiking
70. Do a science experiment (Listed a few times)
71. Make a tent/fort
72. Have a friend spend the night
73. Pet a farm animal
74. Make slime
75. Paint nails and toe nails
76. Walk in the woods
77. Lemonade
78. Jump rope
79. Spend a day outside
80.    Family game night
81.   Go for a walk
82.    Wish on a shooting star
83.    Go fishing
84.    Listen to music
85.    Hiking
86.    Watch a sunset
87.    Watch a sunrise
88.    Catch bugs
89.    Swing
90.    Go down a slide
91.   Color a picture
92.   Picnic
93.   Ride an amusement park ride
94.   Eat a hotdog/hamburger
95.   No electronics for a whole day
96.   Lay on a big blanket outside and read
97.   Watch a movie
98.   Eat corn on the cob
99.   Make S’mores
100.    Dance

There’s a whole list of options! I hope your summer is a memorable one!