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10 Fun Summer Activities With Family and Friends

June/July 2013 | Comments: 0

  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Get Wet and Wild

    En español | A few boards and a sturdy tree will give the children in your life a leafy retreat. Add a slide for a speedy exit. Get all the kids to write their names and ages in weatherproof paint on the side of the structure. For inspiration, check out Treehouses.com or TheTreehouseGuide.com.

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Build a Tree House

    Wake the grandkids at midnight — or have the teenagers wake you — to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower. In the early morning hours of Aug. 11, 12 and 13, hundreds of shooting stars will flash across the sky.

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Stargaze

    Map all the playgrounds in a 10-mile radius. Next, make up a booklet with room for notes on each park on your map. See how many you can visit together.

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Make a Movie

    Gather a crowd and start training now for one of the many fundraising walks that take place in the fall.

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Explore With a Schoolchild

    Recall a great memory you shared together and send a photo, CD or other memento of the occasion, suggests Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean, who has written about falling out with friends. "Tell them, 'We could have that good time again.'"                

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    'Paint' With a Preschooler

    Secretly fill a trash can with water balloons. Call the kids outside and let the battle begin.

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Walk for a Cause

    Secretly fill a trash can with water balloons. Call the kids outside and let the battle begin.

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Host a Film Fest

    Secretly fill a trash can with water balloons. Call the kids outside and let the battle begin.

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  • Summer Fun: Have Fun with Your Family & Friends This Summer (Slideshow)
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    Seek Out an Old Pal

    Secretly fill a trash can with water balloons. Call the kids outside and let the battle begin.

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    Hunt for Treasure

    Secretly fill a trash can with water balloons. Call the kids outside and let the battle begin.

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