101 Things to do Outside this Summer

For those of you who follow my blog regularly, you know I am challenging myself to spend 300 hours outside.

Now, after I did the math, I realized it was 3.3 hours outside each day.  That’s a lot of time.  We are 21 days (and 58 hours and 30 minutes) in, and my girls are getting bored.  Heck, Mama is getting bored!  So I decided to bust out a list of everything we could do outside.

Without further ado:

101 things to do outside this summer

1. Visit new parks
2. Have a picnic in the yard
3. Visit the splash pad
4. Check out a pool
5. Paint with ice chalk
6. Walk to get ice cream
7. “Wash” play dishes
8. Run through the sprinkler
9. Wash the car
10. Plant corn and measure it as it grows
11. Picnic at the park
12. Build a fort
13. Go Geocaching
14. Jump in puddles after a rainstorm
15. Create a backyard obstacle course
16. Do chalk outside
17. Play follow the leader
18. Go to a baseball game
19. Go on a scavenger hunt
20. Look for different type of trees
21. Head to an orchard and pick some fruit
22. DIY “drive in” movie
23. Make outdoor “roads” to drive on
24. Dance in the rain
25. Bird watch
26. Head to some fairs or festivals
27. Make silhouettes with water
28. Catch fireflies
29. Fly a kite
30. Play tag
31. Roast s’mores
32. Have dinner on the deck/patio
33. Make a nature collage
34. Go for a bike ride
35. Go on a Nature Scavenger hunt
36. Read a book outside
37. Cloud watch
38. Paint outside
39. Have friends over and make a “no hands” ice cream sundae
40. Roll down a hill
41. Camp out in the backyard
42. Go for a boat ride
43. Walk a dog
44. Build and paint a bird feeder
45. Have an outside dance party
46. Build a sandcastle
47. Tie-die shirts
48. Make a time capsule
49. Do leaf rubbings
50. Go on an ABC scavengert hunt
51. Make friendship bracelts
52. Adult day camp
53. Go camping
54. Jump rope
55. Play soccer with friends
56. Take pictures outside
57. hula-hoop
58. Make a pine-cone bird feeder
59. Go fishing
60. Jump rope
61. Plant a garden
62. Do sparklers (with adult supervision of course)
63. Just let the kids run around
64. Wash bikes
65. Plant flowers and paint the pot
66. Take a nap in a hammock (wishful thinking, I know)
67. Have a corn hole competition
68. Sell lemonade at a stand
69. See how many jumping jacks you can do
70. Do yoga outside
71. Free play with boxes
72. Watch butterflies
73. Play with bubbles (or even try making your own)
74. Do a progressive brunch with neighbors, eating outside
75. Head to the zoo
76. Host a play date
77. Play bocce ball
78. Pretend to be a pirate and search for burred treasure
79. Observe insects with a magnifying glass
80.  Play hide-and-seek
81. Have a BBQ
82. Play ladder ball
83. Create you own garden makers
84. Have a pie throwing contest
85. Go to a baseball game
86. Go on a walk and count how many birds you see
87. Pick asparagus
88. Have a water balloon fight
89. Go horseback riding
90. Build your own splash pad
91. Make a butterfly garden
92.  Build a race track (or draw one with chalk)
93. Do you own putt-putt golf course
94. Find new outside areas to take picture at
95. Do a puppet show outside
96. Find boxes to build a giant Jenga game
97. Have a watermelon seed spitting contest
98. Watch the sunset
99. Play tennis
100. Visit a farmer’s market
101. Weed the garden (hey, you have to take car of the one you grew)

If you want this printable list, you can get it here