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Making Memories 101 Summer Fun Activity Ideas
Places to Go
Airfield at local Airport
Beach
Pool
Zoo
Aquarium
Print Shop
Dairy Farm
Garden Nursery
Local tree farms and gardens
U Pick fruit farms
Museums
Parks and Recreation; organized events and classes
Pet Stores
Carnival
County Fair
Basball Games
Y.M.C.A.
Radio and T.V. Stations
Police Department
Fire Department
Flea Markets
Yard Sales
Craft Malls
Bird Watching
Fire Fly Watching
Fish Snack Fun
Bowl of peanut butter
bowl of goldfish
bowl of pretzel sticks
dip a pretzel stick in the peanut butter, then catch a fish.
Pole-Bait & Fish All Eatable
The guys love this
Watermelon Seed Art
Materials: Red and green construction paper,
watermelon seeds,
scissors,
glue,
Have each resident, cut a large green circle or half circle
a slightly smaller red circle from construction paper.
Have residents glue their red paper circles
on top of their green circles.
Then let them glue some watermelon seeds on
their red circles to make watermelon slices.
Use For Door, bulletinboard or wall decorations
Ice Cream In A Bag
Ingredients: 1/2 cup milk,
1 tble sugar,
3/4 tble vanilla,
ice, 6 tble salt,
1 large freezer bag,
1 small freezer bag
Put milk, sugar and vanilla into the small bag.
Close the bag. Put the ice into the large bag
until the bag is half full. Add the salt to the ice.
Put the small bag into the large bag,and seal the large bag.
Shake the bags for five minutes.
Put in freezer for a few minutes until thick like ice cream.
The Twelve Days Of Summer
Sung to: Twelve Days Of Christmas
On the first day of summer from my window I did see
a robin in a maple tree.
Second....2 ducks a waddling.
Third.....3 bees a buzzin.
Fourth....4 watermelons.
Fifth.....5 picnic baskets.
Sixth.....6 wormy apples.
Seventh...7 ants a marchin.
Eighth....8 swimmers swimming.
Nineth....9 children playing.
Tenth.....10 flowers blooming.
Eleventh..11 mowers mowing.
Twelfth...12 gardens growing.
Sandy Beach Art
Materials:1 Piece Blue Construction Paper (per resident)
Assortment of Colored Construction Paper
Glue
Glue Brushes
Sand
Have the residents make beaches by brushing glue across the bottom
of light blue construction paper with glue brushes and sprinkling sand on the glue.
When their papers are dry, let them cut out a sun and boat shapes to create summer beach scenes.
You can also cut pictures out of magazines to add to your pictures.
Kids playing in sand, people swimming etc.
Beach Hunt
Materials: Sand
Large Container
Small Dollar Store Knick Knacks(1 per resident)
Plastic Bags
Put Dollar Store Treasures, 1 each in plastic bag and bury in the the sand.
Let residents take turns finding a treasure.
There are many variations to this game you can play.
* You could bury numbers in the sand instead that coincide with a treasures.
* You could use this as a summer bingo prize game where
the bingo winner gets to go to the beach and find a treasure.
* You could use it to win prizes in all kinds of games such as, Trivia, Spelling Bee etc.
* Prizes can vary for instance candy(but use numbers instead of burying candy in sand)
* You can use a small sand shovel if you want but I have found most residents
love to get their hands in the sand
* It's a great 1 0n 1 activity
* Use Your Imagination & Have Fun !
Summer Kite Art
Materials: 4 popsicle sticks,
glue,
tissue paper
scraps
Have the residents glue the popsicle sticks into the shape of a diamond.
Put glue on along the tops of the diamond shape. Then press down tissue paper,
let dry then cut away excess. Attach a piece of yarn to the bottom of the
diamond shape to look like the tail.You could also use construction paper
instead of tissue paper, pipe cleaners instead of yarn,bend and make constuction
paper bows & glue on for tails. & write residents names on kites for door room decorations.
Use Your Noodle Ball
Purchase Pool Noodles At Your Local Dollar Store
Cut noodles in half let residents use their "noodle"
to hit a balloon back and forth. Great exercise !
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