A Summer Checklist

Hello, fellow students! This year is finally coming to an end and that means summer is coming! I’ve collected some ideas for you and your friends to try out if you want! I made a lot so I hope everyone finds at least one that they like. It’s important to get outside and have fun, especially during summer break. Have a good summer and enjoy it to the fullest!

Most of These Can be With or Without Your Friends

Pick berries
Go swimming
Try new food
Travel at least a city away
Attend an outdoor concert
Go on a bike ride
Ride a Ferris wheel
Go on a picnic
Go to a nearby park
Take a walk
Go on a run
Attend a parade
Go up North
Feed ducks
Go to the beach
Nap in a hammock
Go on vacation
Run through sprinklers
Do a cannonball into a body of water
Go to a week-long summer camp
Go 24 hours without internet, radio, or tv
Have a water balloon fight
Do random acts of kindness
Give a compliment to someone you live with every day
Play disc golf
Go mini-golfing
Have family over for an epic BBQ
Watch or catch fireflies
Host or go to a bonfire
Make a summer playlist
Clean your room
Clean up the living room
Go to a farmer’s market
Watch the sunset
Watch the sunrise
Get up early once a week and make breakfast for those you live with
Watch fireworks
Make s’mores
Fly a kite
Sleep under the stars
Go camping
Walk on the sand barefoot
Go hiking
Go star-gazing
Sit on the porch for an afternoon
Learn at least one origami design
Make a sandcastle
Go bowling
Skip stones in a lake
Take a boat ride
Chase down the ice cream truck
Do volunteer work
Go somewhere you’ve never been
Make fresh-squeezed lemonade or orange juice
Visit family you haven’t seen in a while
Call that person you haven’t seen or spoken to in forever
Have a get-together with your friends
Host or go to a sleepover
Learn to cook something you’ve never tried before
Buy something from a family bakery
Treat your best friends to ice cream
Keep a bird-watching book and record at least one bird per day
Have one day a week that you’ll go outside instead of watching tv
Try a sport you’ve never played before
Play beach volleyball with your friends or family
Read a newly published book
Go to an animal shelter
Video or voice chat a group of people
Go to a waterpark with your friends
Go camping in a tent
Listen to your favorite playlist while cleaning the house
Dance like no one’s watching once a day
Treat yourself something each week
Give a birthday party to a friend or family member who has a birthday this summer
Write a note to someone who’s having a bad day
Stay off social media for a week
Read a book while in a hammock

FAITH

Editor at The City Voice

Hello there! My name is Faith, I'm a junior, my pronouns are she/her, and I'm an editor in the City Voice. I like cats, kpop, writing, and watching Asian dramas. I'm a chatterbox and, if you're reading this, I would love to be friends! (Feel free to reach out!)