What Can I Do Now?

By La Von Squire Burningham

Here are 100 ideas for things you can do to have a super summer. Each time you do one of them, make a check mark by it. If you do it more than once, check it again.

Make a macaroni necklace
Have a pots and pans parade
Take a ride on a bus
Make a design with a ruler
Work on a coin collection
Make roads for toy cars
Find animals in the clouds
Make a plastic water slide
Play a game of croquet
Tend your little brother or sister
Go to the zoo
Make a dinner from a Friend recipe
Make doll clothes
Make a willow whistle
Build a clubhouse
Make and fly a kite
Read the Book of Mormon
Draw a picture of a horse
Jump on a trampoline
Wash the car
Learn ten new words
Read five poems
Practice adding and subtracting
Give the dog a bath
Watch workmen build a house
Pull weeds
Pick some flowers for someone special
Play hopscotch with a friend
Practice throwing a baseball
Study about something in an encyclopedia
Build something out of wood
Clean the bathroom
Have a water fight
Tell a story from the Friend
Play ticktacktoe
Make something in a sandpile
Climb a tree
Invite friends over and play school
Make a toy boat that sails
Go joggingWork on a rock collection
Sweep the garage
Plan a surprise for your mom
Ride your bike five miles
Have a neighborhood sack race
Practice riding on a skateboard
Play hide-and-go-seek
Study a road map
Make a toy boat
Make a log cabin out of Popsicle sticks
Make hollyhock dolls
Run through the sprinkler
Practice shooting marbles
Water the flowers
Start a journal
Work to earn some money
Read a book
Start a bug collection
Write a letter to an ill person
Go roller-skating
Identify five constellations seen at night
Put a puzzle together
Check out books from the library
Pick up empty bottles and cans
Pick vegetables in the garden
Visit your dad at his work
Make a lei out of blossoms
Build a model airplane
Practice cursive writing
Have a Ping-Pong tournament
Go fishing with your dad
Invite someone to a barbecue
Find a four-leaf clover
Learn to play a song
Blow soap bubbles
Make a list of famous people
Hunt for arrowheads
Visit an amusement park
Draw a giant picture on butcher paper
Visit a museum
Put colored sands in a bottle
Play one of your board games
Sleep out in a sleeping bag
Go on a camping trip
Take a summer class
Make a lunch and go on a hike
Do a crossword puzzle
Play in a baseball game
Make cookies
Teach your dog a trick
Mow the lawn
Take a ride on a train
Take swimming lessons
Work with your mother
Ride a horse
Visit your grandparents
Go on a picnic with friends
List states you have visited
Make and keep a daily schedule for a month
Go to a concert

Illustrated by Doug Roy