62 things to do before summer ends

With the 2011-2012 school year coming to a close, WHS students and faculty are getting ready for their vacation. If you find yourself out of ideas for what to do this summer, WSPN has some suggestions for how to spend the months of July and August.

DateActivity
July 1Make a bonfire in your backyard and roast marshmallows to make s’mores
July 2Dye your hair or shave your head
July 3Fly a kite at Cochituate Field
July 4Have a Fourth of July barbecue
July 5Bike to Walden Pond and go for a swim
July 6Talk with a foreign accent for a day
July 7 Start a band with your friends, even if you’re terrible
July 8Hike the Rice Road trails
July 9 Learn how to longboard
July 10Donate blood
July 11Build a sandcastle
July 12Go "cone-ing"
July 13Go camping with friends in the woods
July 14Go swimming at night
July 15Tie-dye your bed sheets
July 16Build a treehouse in your backyard
July 17Play capture the flag around sand dunes
July 18Carve your initials in a tree
July 19Run through sprinklers in your backyard
July 20Make a friendship bracelet
July 21Visit your elementary school playground and reminisce your childhood
July 22Play water polo at the town pool
July 23Freeze fruit juice in plastic cups and make popsicles
July 24Make a chalk mural on your driveway
July 25Kayak on the Sudbury River
July 26Paint your room
July 27Watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony
July 28Write a letter to an old friend and mail it
July 29Stay in your pajamas for an entire day, even when you go out
July 30Make a time capsule, bury it and dig it up when you graduate
July 31Catch fireflies in a jar
August 1Make a lemonade stand
August 2Have a slip and slide party
August 3Be inspired by Phineas and Ferb and invent something
August 4Get a henna tattoo
August 5Go on a long walk down the old railroad tracks in North Wayland
August 6Try a new and exotic food
August 7Have a technology-free day
August 8Have a Harry Potter movie marathon
August 9Invent a new recipe
August 10Hang out with senior friends and/or siblings before they go to college
August 11Try every Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor and get the “Vermonster”
August 12Push someone into a pool
August 13Do something you’re afraid of
August 14Tie a note to a helium balloon and let it go
August 15Tan on the roof of your car in a parking lot
August 16Play hide-and-seek in Walmart
August 17Build a fort at the beach by draping towels over chairs
August 18Read at the Wayland Public Library on a rainy day
August 19Smash a watermelon with a baseball bat
August 20Go on a road trip
August 21Run relay races on the aqueducts
August 22Cut an old pair of jeans into shorts
August 23Go rollerblading
August 24Play soccer at Alpine Field
August 25Explore your attic and discover hidden treasures
August 26Plaster a wall in your room with Newbury Comics posters
August 27Spot a shooting star
August 28Aimlessly drive around Wayland with your friends blasting your favorite summer song on repeat
August 29Volunteer at Buddy Dog
August 30Start a flash mob
August 31Wake up early to watch the sunrise

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