221 Summer Ideas: A List from the Worldwide 1 Hour Brainstorm
People have listed lots of ideas for things to do in summer on their SuperViva life lists.
This experiment was a “scholarly” look at how people’s minds work. How many goals would be in common? How many off the wall and totally unique? You’ll find lots of variation on beach, vacation, and ice cream themes. The common thing is most people seem to be happy with the simple pleasures of summer. That’s a good thing!
Here is the full list of ideas that 25 people came up with in an hour in my Mechanical Turk experiment. (Previously I looked at all the actions that relate to these ideas, which is kind of interesting. Looking at verbs by themselves can generate all kinds of new ideas.)
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bike to the library build a large sand castle build a lemonade stand build a sandcastle build a tree fort buy some new music catch fireflies change sex clean up my basement climb Pike’s Peak cone plant a new flower bed cook a new recipe cook with your kids coordinate a baseball game create a new cult with crazy rules and become famous on the web create and finish a summer reading list dance in the rain do tourist-y things locally drink frozen fruity cocktails eat ice cream eat ice cream in a waffle experiment with new recipes go boating float down the lazy river on an inner tube fly a kite get a part time job get divorced and have a party on the beach get married and have honeymoon on a boat go camping go fishing go for summer camps go kayaking go mini-golfing go mountaineering Go on a cruise in Mediterranean sea Go on a hike go on a picnic go on an adventure tour Go on vacation go on vacation to the beach go sailing go tanning at a local park go to a baseball game go to a film festival go to a hill station Go to a spa go to a sporting event go to a water slide park go to a wine tasting festival go to an outdoor art fair go to an outdoor concert go to library storytime go to local art fair go to the beach go to the farmers market go to the flea market go to the movies go to the movies once a week go to the state fair lie by the pool bike to the library eat ice cream visit the beach watch fireworks have a squirt gun fight go boating … Go to the theater go to the zoo Go to Vacation Bible School go visit relatives go fishing go to the beach go on a picnic take kids to the park play volleyball read a good book play a good computer ga… grow a garden have a block party Have a bonfire have a car wash Have a family picnic have a garage sale have a guitar hero party have a movie marathon have a neighborhood party have a picnic have a picnic at the lake have a pool party have a squirt gun fight have a water balloon fight have a water fight Have an outdoor wine sampling party have sleep overs outside have squirt gun/super soaker fights Hike in the mountains hiss at the villains in a wild west melodrama hit the beaches host a “fish fry” for your friends and neighbors host a bake sale host a cocktail party Host an outdoor fondue party Start an outdoor exercise routine Go on a hike Have a bonfire Visit a local water park Have an outdoor wine sampling party Go… invite the neighbors over for burgers join a summer camp of paleontology join a swim team join the Marines jump through the sprinkler learn a new language learn a new sport learn computers learn driving learn how to ride a bike learn how to sail a boat Learn more about Islam and Quran learn new instruments learn profanities in the principal languages Learn the French language learn to make artificial flowers learn to play tennis learn to ride a motorcycle learn to surf lie by the pool lose weight make a summer scrapbook make fruit popsicles make homemade ice cream make our own fourth of July parade camp at a national park make Popsicles make sand sculptures organize a block party organize a mega garage sale Participate on a recreational sports team perform volunteer work pick flowers pick fresh fruit/berries and eat them until you burst picnic at park plant a flower garden plant a garden plant a vegetable garden play a good computer game play at water park play basketball go kayaking ride bicycles grow a garden visit a new city read new books cook with your kids watch classic movies go… play catch play in a sandbox play in the sprinkler play indoor games play volleyball play water volleyball in the pool play with water guns raise a puppy read a bestseller read a good book read new books read novels Re-design my garden rent a kayak review what i took in school ride “the big one” at a water slide park ride a riverboat ride a roller coaster ride bicycles ride horseback in the countryside ride the bike path roast marshmallows on a campfire sell everything and start a 1 year travel around the world sell lemonade send my kids to summer camp shop on Michigan Avenue in Chicago sing at a festival sleep late in the mornings sleep outdoors under the stars sleep overnight with friends sleep under the stars spend a day out start a compost heap start a seller activity on Ebay Start an outdoor exercise routine swim in a local lake swim in an outdoor pool swim in lake camp swim in the ocean swing on the monkey bars take a cooking class take a cross-country road trip take a hike in the woods take a road trip take archery lessons take art classes take cooking classes take dance lessons take kids to the park take my kids to the beach take piano classes take Spanish lessons take swimming lessons take tennis lessons teach 10 new words to my parrot teach my kid to ride a bike throw a neighborhood party for kids throw a themed picnic Travel abroad travel to a theme park try new summer time foods try to establish a new Guinness record visit 30 wineries visit a foreign country Visit a local water park visit a new city visit a spa visit a water slide park visit a wildlife preserve visit all my family and friends visit family members visit local fairs visit my relatives visit nearby cities visit the beach visit the boy that bullied me at 7 and take revenge visit the Grand Canyon visit the zoo play baseball volunteer as a hospital candy striper go to a wine tasting festival volunteer at a shelter walk in park Walk on the beach walk to a park walk to the beach Watch a baseball game watch all seasons of “Lost” watch classic movies watch fireworks watch outdoor movie in park water ski at your local lake write a book and publish it on Lulu Find more summer ideas on SuperViva and browse by topic. |
   
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