10 Fun Summer Activities With Family and Friends
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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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