52 things you can do with your kids outdoors this summer

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I am sure we can list at least 100 more here on Bogley!

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1. Go on a hike

2. Visit Hogle Zoo

3. Draw chalk pictures on the sidewalk

4. Walk around an old cemetery

5. Go swimming

6. Make a collection of leaf or bark rubbings and then learn the names of the trees

7. Have a cookout

8. Weed a garden; mow a lawn — if not yours, maybe that of an elderly neighbor

9. Go to This Is the Place Heritage Park

10. Fly a kite or have a paper airplane flying contest

11. Play "night games," such as Hide 'N' Seek, No Bears Are Out Tonight, Steal the Bacon

12. Visit Red Butte Garden

13. Go to a garden store and pick out some favorite flowers to plant

14. Visit Ogden's Eccles Dinosaur Park

15. Go bird-watching; record some bird songs

16. Run through the sprinklers

17. Go on a picnic

18. Sleep under the stars in your own backyard

19. Learn about different kinds of clouds

20. Go for a walk

21. Put on your own neighborhood 'round-the-block parade

22. Go camping

23. Look for tracks and trails of animals

24. Make a nature trail in your own backyard using stones and branches and identify flora and fauna that inhabit it

25. Attend a festival

26. Learn all about wildflowers. Or butterflies. Or mushrooms

27. Put on a backyard mini-Olympics, where everyone chooses a country and competes in various games

28. Visit the gardens or the farm at Thanksgiving Point

29. Go to the roof plaza at the Salt Lake Main Library; see the new beehive; walk down the winding wall

30. Have a neighborhood concert or talent show in your backyard

31. Visit a canyon

32. Make mud pies, decorate them with leaves and grass and let them bake in the sun

33. Sit on a blanket under a tree and read a book

34. Keep a flower journal or a bug journal. Draw or take pictures of all you see this summer

35. Hike to Timpanogos Cave and learn about spelunking

36. Go to an outdoor concert

37. Find a river, pond or lake and study the habitat it provides

38. Visit the Tracy Aviary at Liberty Park

39. Go rock hounding

40. Play "old-fashioned" games like croquet, badminton, hopscotch and jump rope

41. Go to the farmers market

42. Visit Antelope Island

43. Do summer things at a winter place (like a ski resort); ride a lift; look at mountains

44. Set up a lemonade stand or bake and sell cookies; donate the money to a good cause

45. Visit the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville or Wheeler Farm in Salt Lake City

46. Take a garden tour at Temple Square

47. Play Outdoor Bingo. Give kids cards with things to check off and offer prizes

48. Visit Bear Lake

49. Throw a Frisbee or play Frisbee golf

50. Make a list of all the wild things in your backyard: bugs, plants, trees, etc.

51. Go to the Great Salt Lake

52. Use your imagination and think up more things to do outdoors

— Carma Wadley


Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/mobile/article/700043680/52-things-you-can-do-with-your-kids-outdoors-this-summer.html

[Scott Card]

Nice list! I will forward this to my wife when my kids tell her "I'm bored". Actually they don't say that very often. They are usually put to work if they say that.