All activities undertaken at your own risk!

26 Simple ideas for things to do in the summer

Walk in the rain and catch rain drops on your tongue

Make mud pies

Build a sandcastle

Go duck diving (running and sliding into big puddles on the grass after a summer storm)

Have a barbeque

Have a picnic

Go skinny dipping (swim naked)

Build a raft and float down a river (or use an inner tube)

Go camping

See how far you can go on a local bus then get off and spend the day there

Look for fossils

Watch a cricket match on the village green (or baseball/softball)

Have a coffee/milkshake in an outdoor cafe

Play croquet, bowls or crazee golf

Go to the beach/river/lake with a lilo

Turn the lawn sprinklers on and run around under them getting cooled down

Fill up a kiddies paddling pool and have a paper boat race

Sleep under the stars in your garden

Watch the moon rise from the edge of a mountain/hill/sand dune

Fly a kite

Build and fly a paper plane

Do nothing - jsut stare into space and daydreaming - it's healthy

Find a free music festival

Do a treasure trail / scavenger hunt

Go for a bike ride

Play cricket in the park