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25 Things to do When You’re Bored This Summer

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gustavus chapter.

1. Go to an art museum and have someone take pictures of you posing like as many portraits as you can

2. Draw an intricate masterpiece on a huge sheet of paper

3. Find as much sidewalk chalk as you can and make an ultimate hopscotch game board

4. Or use that same sidewalk chalk to make a mural that takes up your entire driveway

5. Memorize a random poem

6. Draw silly faces on all of the people in the newspaper

7. Bake something you’ve never made before — or try to make something challenging and extravagant, like tiramisu, Black Forest cake, macarons, etc.

8. Rearrange the books on your bookshelf

9. Practice perfecting your signature

10. Buy a bag of plain M&Ms and see if you can guess the colors with your eyes closed

11. Go to a farmer’s market and buy yourself fresh flowers, just because

12. Write a short story about a crazy dream you had

13. Start a summer book club with your friends

14. Sort everyone you know into Hogwarts houses

15. Make up a complicated secret code and write daily journal entries using only that code

16. Put together a gallery wall of artwork, cards, comic strips, inspirational quotes, etc.

17. Master the art of knitting

18. Go out for coffee with friends

19. Visit a museum you’ve never been to before

20. Make pancakes in quirky shapes like hearts, ducklings, dinosaurs, the Eiffel Tower, etc.    

21. Go hiking

22. Roll up your sleeves and deep-clean your room

23. Make an ultimate movie list and try to complete it before the summer is over

24. Start a flower or vegetable garden

25. Read all the novels you can get your hands on!!