19 Ways To Relive Childhood Summer Memories

Summer is always the best, but it's tough to beat the summers you had as a kid. Soda Brand X challenges you to Refresh Your Life by seeing how many of these favorite childhood activities you can accomplish this summer.

1. Bravely Dash Through a Sprinkler

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When it's hot out, jump through a cold, wet sprinkler and feel like a hero.

2. Smell the Salty, Sour Scent of Freshly Applied Sunscreen

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Crack open a bottle, apply, and breathe deeply.

3. Chase an Ice Cream Truck

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Run, walk, or bike as fast as you can after that classic ice-creamy tune. Bonus points if you pay with only change.

4. Get Bored

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Cancel all your plans to achieve that childhood-era boredom that made you almost start missing school.

5. Ride Your Bike Everywhere

Biking to the pool, beach or ice cream shop was the ultimate expression of summer freedom. Leave your car keys at home and hop on your seven speed.

6. Make an Ice Cream Float

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Nothing tastes as good on a hot day as an ice cream float. Our personal favorite: Soda Brand X and orange sherbet.

7. Spend a Whole Day Barefoot

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Part of summer freedom means freedom from shoes.

8. Catch a Bug

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Catching lightning bugs and butterflies as a kid made you feel like the ultimate hunter.

9. Take a Road Trip With the Fam

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How did every weird road stop, car breakdown and lame thing your parents said on these seemingly endless trips became your favorite memories?

10. Make Smores

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Making s'mores combines not only chocolate, marshmallow and graham crackers, but also getting to set things on fire.

11. Watch Cartoons All Afternoon

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Spend a lazy afternoon refusing to "go outside and enjoy the nice weather."

12. Win a Squirt Gun Fight

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The only thing more energizing than ambushing your friends with squirt guns was getting drenched yourself.

13. Play Summer Baseball

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Summer baseball with your friends (and your favorite well-worn mitt) made you feel like a champion.

14. Go To the Fair

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Eat at least one calorically disastrous fair food.

15. Have A Watermelon Eating Contest

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Step one: go to town on some fresh summer watermelon. Step two: share pictures of your friends coated in watermelon guts.

*Pro Tip: if you're over 21, throw some tequila on the watermelon for an added twist.

16. Call Up Friends and Play Capture the Flag

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Show no mercy.

17. Eat Sweet Summer Strawberries

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Picking them yourself will make them taste even sweeter.

18. Get Excited About Fireworks

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Whether it's the bright colors, loud noises, noxious fumes or threats of having your hand blown off, fireworks are magical.

19. Remember: It's Summer And That's Awesome

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Remind yourself that summer is a great time to refresh your life and appreciate the little things: get outdoors, savor a cold sip of Soda Brand X on a hot afternoon, hang with friends and tirelessly seek out fun.