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    The Ultimate Summer Bucket List For Bored Kids

    Even if your kids aren't going on vacation or off to summer camp, you can still ensure they'll have the best summer ever.

    1. Play in a ball pit.

    2. Or in a pool of pool noodles.

    3. Design a piece of furniture.

    4. Create art from things collected on a nature hike.

    5. Or a family of peanut pals from things found in the backyard.

    6. Blow bubbles that bounce instead of pop.

    7. Play in an air fort.

    8. Play the silliest game ever.

    9. Make and fly a kite.

    10. Run around the yard with wind catchers made from party streamers.

    11. Make a layered drink.

    12. Jump around on a giant water blob.

    13. Go fishing in a tinfoil river.

    14. Start a lemonade enterprise.

    15. Send your favorite stuffed animal on a hot air balloon ride.

    16. Get a passport for the zoo.

    17. Get covered in temporary tattoos drawn with watercolor crayons.

    18. Make s'mores.

    19. Mail something crazy to a pen pal, friend, or relative.

    20. Finish a 1,000-piece puzzle.

    21. Learn how to play Set.

    22. Wear strewn bits of yarn in your hair.

    23. Build a marshmallow sculpture.

    24. Walk in the sand with stamped flip flops.

    25. Wear a flower crown.

    26. Create a wind chime made from the stuff you found on the beach.

    27. Make a bug house.

    28. Put on a puppet show.

    29. Make lawn stars with sifted flour.