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11 Things to Do This Summer!

Yawn! Everyone looks cute enjoying dulce de leche in the heat. Up your game.  Issue an ice cream eating challenge.
Yawn! Everyone looks cute enjoying dulce de leche in the heat. Up your game. Issue an ice cream eating challenge.

Don’t just chill at the pool, or work yourself into a stinky sweat at the burger shop.

Buy a gallon or two of chocolate chip ice cream, call your friends over and have an ice-cream eating contest. (Don’t act like you don’t have a Baskin-Robbins coupon burning a hole in your pocket!)

Be sure to cop a prize for the first place winner.

Here’s my list of 11 Things to do This Summer.

  1. Plan an ol’ school game night with board games. Give Sunset Overdrive a break.
  2. Eat a dish from a different culture. Rajma, anyone?
  3. Remix your room. Uh, clean it first.
  4. Make a series of five ten-minute short films. (Check out the 2014 Teen Filmmaker Festival, so you can get ready for the 2015 contest.)
  5. Create an end of summer film festival. See No.4 for ideas.
  6. Solve a problem or find a cure. End hunger in your ‘hood, the world, or just in your building.
  7. Perform a random act of kindness. Mow the grass or go grocery shopping for an elderly neighbor.
  8. Challenge your friends to an ice cream eating contest, or Gummy worms. You choose.
  9. Leave your comfort zone and do something new. Hiking anyone?
  10. Take your lil’ brother, sister or cousin out for some QT (quality time). Swimming. Biking. Picking boogers.
  11. Learn how to cook three (edible!) meals. Grilled cheese does NOT count.

What are your top three things to do when it’s super hot outside?

Want more ideas? Check out my video, 5 Things to Do This Summer.

 

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