It’s officially the first day of summer! Here are some ideas you can try to celebrate the season:
- Go on a picnic
- Go swimming
- Make a bird feeder
- Make a fairy house
- Go on a scavenger hunt around your neighborhood or through the woods
- Release ladybugs – You can buy them online and send them out into your yard
- Photograph spider webs with the morning dew
- Visit (and play) in a waterfall
- Cloud watch
- Make s’mores
- Play flashlight tag
- Photograph flowers
- Play Frisbee golf
- Go canoeing
- Go stargazing
- Catch fireflies (and let them go again)
- Go geocaching or letterboxing
- Play putt-putt
- Go on a night hike
- Paint rocks
- Start a nature journal
- Visit a farmer’s market
- Grow herbs
- Read in a hammock
- Go kayaking
- Have a boat race
- Go on an insect hunt
- Go whitewater rafting
- Visit a neighbor
- Go fishing
- Learn to whittle
- Go berry picking
- Go horseback riding
- Learn to use a compass
- Go camping (at a park or even in your backyard)
Photo by rosamore