- Design a poster.
- Learn to play the guitar or other musical instrument.
- Attend community concerts, listen to a local band.
- Organize a community cleanup.
- Visit the library. Borrow a book. Attend library activities.
- Go ice skating or roller skating.
- Listen to the radio.
- Visit the zoo.
- Paint a picture, a mural or a room.
- Find out about your area's community center or park's activities.
- Go swimming. Join a community swim team.
- Read a book aloud to your younger sister/brother.
- Plan a picnic or barbecue.
- Go bird watching.
- Volunteer for a community organization or charity.
- Jump rope.
- Make a friendship bracelet.
- Write a letter to a friend or relative.
- Bake cookies and bread. Make homemade jam.
- Plant a flower, vegetable or herb garden.
- Read magazines or newspapers.
- Plan a slumber party.
- Become a tutor at your school.
- Go camping (even if it's just in the backyard!.
- Join a choir.
- Go through your closets and clothes. Donate surplus items to Goodwill, the Salvation Army or a local rummage sale.
- Start a diary/journal.
- Go to a museum.
- Take a nature hike. Collect seeds and leaves. Make a collage with the materials you collected and post it on the refrigerator.
- Play cards.
- Start a community exercise group that walks, runs, or bikes.
- Sing a favorite song.
- Get out the family photo album. Research your family history.
- Visit a local bookstore.
- Make crafts to give as gifts.
- Make up a story and write it down.
- Learn to say simple phrases in a few different languages.
- Ask an older family member to tell you a story about his or her childhood. Write about it.
- Play hopscotch with friends.
- Bake two batches of cookies; one for your family and one for a neighbor.
- Watch the night sky through binoculars; identify the different constellations. Observe the moon.
- Exercise.
- Walk to work or school.
- Start a bowling league.
- Save money cancel cable TV!
- Go fishing.
- Organize a game of touch football.
- Attend a religious service.
- Run a relay or potato sack race. Have an egg toss.
- Organize a neighborhood scavenger hunt.
- Learn yoga.
- Play board games with your family or friends.
- Cook dinner with friends or family.
- Paint a flower pot.
- Clean up your room/house.
- Kick a soccer ball.
- Make up a play at school or with friends. Take it to a nursing home.
- Write a letter to your favorite author.
- Play with your pet.
- Do yardwork.
- Construct a kite.
- Go on a family trip/historical excursion.
- Build a fort.
- Play Frisbee.
- In the snow, go sledding and make a snowman.
- Make a collage out of pictures from old magazines.
- Baby-sit for new parents.
- Groom your pet.
- Set up a lemonade stand on a hot day.
- Shoot hoops with friends, play a round of HORSE.
- Learn to play chess or bridge.
- Draw pictures of members of your family.
- Start a fiction book group. Start a public policy book group.
- Swap magazines with your friends.
- Go for a long walk.
- Write a letter to the President or your Representative and/or Senator.
- Tie-dye a shirt.
- Make an ant farm.
- Make cards for the holidays or birthdays.
- Organize a game of capture the flag.
- Play charades.
- Plant a tree or flowers.
- Have a garden tea party.
- Do a rain dance.
- Make a miniature boat and float it in the water.
- Write a letter to your grandparents.
- Play freeze-tag.
- Learn how to use a compass.
- Learn the metric system.
- Create an obstacle course and invite your friends to try it.
- Play a game of "Simon Says."
- Have a conversation.
- Play checkers.
- Sew a pillow.
- Visit the countryside.
- Play broomball.
- Learn some new riddles or jokes.
- Go dancing.
- Climb a tree.
- Watch the sunset.
- Have a big party to celebrate a TV-free Week!!
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