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Wise Choices for You & Your Family
Summer
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Isummer t’s the last month of summer and you may be running out of ideas to keep your kids entertained. Here is a list of activities to keep your kids having fun all summer long. Write down your favorites on a piece of paper, put them in a jar and pick from the jar when you are ready to have a good time! Out of these fantastic ideas, pick a few to do a week and make the most of your summer days with your kiddos. Have the best time!
• Create a bonfire and roast s’mores. • Play in the sprinkler or set up a • Find a nature trail to go hiking. slip and slide. • Cook a new recipe with your kids. • Write a letter to a friend or family • Have a family movie night member. • Visit Callaway Gardens or with popcorn. • Join a community service project/ Robin Lake Beach. • Volunteer at PAWS animal shelter. volunteer. • Set up a stand to sell lemonade • Go roller skating at Xanadu and cookies.
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• Have kids create a story or start a • Bike the Riverwalk. summer journal. • Take a road trip to the beach • Set up an obstacle course in and go shelling. your backyard. • Take a nature walk and have a • Pack a picnic and take it to the scavenger hunt. park. • Have a yard sale.
By Amanda Merrill Family & Kids
• Organize a playdate for friends at • Create a kid’s version of a charcuterie board. the park. • Purge belongings and drop • Teach your dog how to do a new trick. off the donations. • Attend an event for kids at the • Visit Oxbow Meadows. Botanical Garden. • Plant a seed & watch it sprout. • Columbus Have a ‘spa day’ and do nails and • Participate in summer reading at facials together. the Library. • Create crafts as home décor • Visit a farm or U-Pick garden. for an upcoming holiday. • Make a pillow fort. • Go bowling or play arcade • Play dress up and have a tea party games at Stars & Strikes. with friends. • Visit the Coca-Cola • Go ice skating at the Space Science Columbus Civic Center Ice Rink
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