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Looking for some fun ideas to do this summer! Then, look no further – here are 20 to give you a jump start to your summer activities!
- When the kids are out, make yourself an exotic umbrella drink and lounge by the pool or on the couch for an hour, doing absolutely nothing!
- Make your own ice cream or go on a family hunt for an ice cream flavour that you’ve never tried before.
- Pitch the tent in the backyard and make a bonfire (with smores!)
- Experiment with unique ice cubes, freezing anything from berries to fruit shapes in water or juice.
- Start a small veggie or herb garden with the kids, and go bug hunting whenever you can.
- Instead of fizzy drinks, make fresh iced tea! Check out the recipe here.
- Go fruit-picking with the whole famdamily – e.g. strawberry or cherry picking in the Paarl region.
- Make plenty of interesting jellies and iced lollies as a substitute for sugar-packed summer treats.
- Invite the friends over for a dinner party outside under the stars and, if you have a pool, go for a midnight swim.
- Experiment with interesting fresh fruit combinations that you’ve never tried before. – e.g. prosciutto wrapped melon, pear and beetroot, and so forth.
- Get creative with watermelon – serve wedges on popsicle sticks, hollow it out to make a melon fruit basket or make a melon punch bowl.
- Let the boys go fishing and have a DIY manicure or dress-up day with your
- Get a babysitter for the kiddies and go dancing, just you and the hubby!
- If you don’t have one, buy a fabulous sunhat or new pair of sunglasses and wear it everywhere – to the shops, on the beach and in the garden – and wear heels at least once a week.
- Sign up for something new – a yoga class, ballroom lessons, mosaic, art lessons or a book club, to name but a few.
- Create a playlist with all your favourite summer hits of years past, and play it in the car whenever you pick up the kids or run errands.
- Initiate a water pistol fight with your hubby and kids, and light sparklers every so often.
- Paint your nails a bright colour that you wouldn’t normally dare to wear.
- Schedule a craft day with the kids – make musical instruments, paper jewellery, bug boxes, you name it!
- Make time for a picnic, whether it be in the garden, on the beach, in a tree, at the park or on the porch.
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