With the easy part is out of the way you can concentrate on enjoying yourself with your family and friends. Below we've compiled a list of activity ideas for you and your family to do while we work!
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Go to an Afternoon Baseball Game
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Go to the Beach and Play in the Waves
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Summer Snowball Fight - If there is an indoor ice rink nearby you can get as much snow as you can handle. Usually somewhere by the back door
there is a giant pile of snow. Take a cooler and fill it up. The hotter the day the more confused your targets will be when they figure out what just hit
them.
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Visit a Beekeeper
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Go on a Bicycle Tour
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Go Mountain Biking
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Go Bird Watching
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Hiking - Find some nature to hike in - but if you can't any hike will do.
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Go Boating
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Go to a Botanical Garden
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Go to Your Nearest Provincial Park
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Go Camping on a Beach
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Canoe on a Lake
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Go Caving (Collingwood, Ontario has some great caves)
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Fill Your Tank - Drive until it is half gone and then turn around and come back.
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Drive Back Country Roads with no Particular Destination
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Go to a Fair
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Have a Scavenger Hunt
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Fun Fitness - Start a fitness program based around only fun activities that give you a good cardio workout.
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Get Some Ice Cream at the Park
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Order Pizza at the Beach - This is really a homerun in the fun department. You may have to make some special arrangements with the pizza place but money will help the negotiations.
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Big Night Out - Have an appetizer, entrée, dessert at 3 different restaurants.
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Go-Karting
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Mini Golf
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Take a Grandparent out on The Town
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Watch Some Street performers
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Hot-air Balloon Ride
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Participate in a Community Clean Up
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Hula - Hooping Contest
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Go Puddle Jumping
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Roll Down a Hill
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Rope Swing
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In-line Skating
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Build a Sandcastle
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Stay in a Cabin – with no power or water
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Go on a Photo Safari out in Nature
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Go to Your Nearest National Park
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Go to an Observatory
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Go Paddle Boating
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Go for a Paddle Wheeler Boat Ride
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Have a Picnic
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Have a Candlelight Picnic - This can be amazing. If you buy some of those tea light candles you make a big circle around you. Bring as many candles as you have. If there is a fire danger – make sure it is safe to burn candles.
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Escarpment Top Picnic - If you don’t live near the Escarpment – well you are out of luck. Go to the nearest hill instead.
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Sunrise/ Sunsets Picnic - Everybody knows about the sunset picnic what about the sunrise picnic? Have all your gear packed up in the vehicle and then when early morning comes - drive to a great sunrise watching location. Have pancakes and start your day with a “Holy Geez – Life is good”.
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Rent a Houseboat for a Week
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Rock Star - Rent a limo and driver for a couple of hours
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Go for a Look for Cool Rocks Hike
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Ride a Roller Coaster
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Row a Boat
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Go Sailing
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Attend a Street Market
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Go to Summer Camp
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Be a Tourist in Your Own Town
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Take a Train Ride
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Take a streetcar ride
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Do a Day Trip Somewhere
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Take a Tour - Maybe a TV studio tour or any kind of big manufacturing company.
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Visit a Farm
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Go to the Zoo
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Geocaching GPS - Check online. Using a GPS you can search for treasure boxes that are hidden all over the world. Lots of fun and a great way to discover nooks and crannies of where you live.
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Its Tradition - Go to a specific kind of place in every neighborhood or town you visit. Have a Latte/go bowling/ play tennis - whatever you like.
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It’s the Best - Find the best pizza/soup etc in your city