Growing Up Chico came up with a check list of activities that you should try this summer. If you are ever in a bind and need a quick activity, refer back to this handy check list!
Run through sprinklers
Go to a playground
Fire station tour
Visit the Chico Museum
Skip rocks
Play tennis
Go to a splash park
Fly kites
Play cards
3 legged race
Dollar movies
Roller skate
Build a fort
Jump rope
Hula hoop
Stargaze
Pick berries
Roast marshmallows
Wash the car
Watch a sunset
Read stories together
Have a dance party
Do a puzzle
Paper airplane race
Try a new food
Eat breakfast for diner
Write a story
Paint rocks
Play tag
Visit a town close by you haven’t been to before
Have a no media day-no TV, computers or video games!
Go to a farmers market
Play Frisbee
Have a relay race
Watercolor
Tent camp in the backyard
Go to a petting zoo or humane society to pet animals
Walk on the Oroville Dam
Make leaf rubbings from things you collect in nature
Go bowling
Go the creek in Bidwell Park
Visit Kirshner Wildlife Sanctuary
Go fishing
Make lemonade
Finger paint
Make Popsicles
Treasure hunt
Swim
Get a Piñata just for fun
Telescope
Have a BBQ
Hike
Visit the Chico Creek Nature Center
Make ice cream
Visit a farm
Sidewalk chalk
Attend a fair
Wagon ride
Origami
Bean bag toss
Bocce ball
Go to the Gateway Science Museum
Go to an outdoor movie
Hopscotch
Have kids plan dinner
Fireworks
Picnic
Make an obstacle course
Go on a bike ride
Look for tadpoles
Catch bugs
Visit a library
Play with Playdough
Go to a parade
Feed ducks
Family movie night
Camping
Mini golf
