DIY: Summer to-do list on lolly sticks

Do you have children on their Summer holidays at the moment?  Molly has been on hers for a couple of weeks now and I was SO worried about keeping her entertained for such a long period of time. Then, whilst browsing the web, I came across this fabulous tutorial from Good + Happy Day on how to make a Summer to-do list using lolly sticks and it's been working like a charm so far, especially at times where we've been too busy to plan anything during the week.

So. Want to make a to-do list too? This is how you do it...

First of all sit down with everyone from your family and write a list of things that you all would like to do. Add some new things amongst some old favorites. It is a great way to learn and try new things and also see new places. Need some ideas? This is what we included in our list;

• Go rock pooling
• Go to the beach
• Learn to ride a bike
• Go berry picking
• Bake a cake
• Have a picnic in the garden
• Swim in the sea
• Play with the penny arcades on the pier
• Go on the trampolines
• Fly a kite
• Make sun prints
• Stargaze
• Write a song as a family
• Collect and press pretty flowers
• Have a BBQ
• Make fruit popsicles
• Have a camera day
• Visit a farm
• Go to Lewes and have cream teas
• Visit a flea market or car-boot sale
• Go on a bug hunt
• Go camping
• Read a chapter from a book as a family
• Cycle along under cliff path and have a picnic
• Go to the Zoo
• Family game night
• Family movie night
• Mail a letter
• Have a sleepover
• Treasure hunt
• Make brownies
• Paint and decorate rocks found on the beach
• Make homemade lemonade
• Work on Molly's scrapbook
• Make masks
• Make giant soap bubbles
• Go for a walk over The Downs
• Go to Ashdown forest
• Go on a boat ride 

Next it's time to decorate! Molly and I had lots and lots of fun doing this bit. We used watercolours and painted simple shapes and patterns. You will most likely have to leave your sticks to dry over night. Once dry you can start writing your to-do's. I just used a black Sharpie pen to do this.

Then, on days when there is nothing to do, pick a stick! Yesterday we picked out, "Play with the penny arcades on the pier" and we had an excellent day. We raided our big jar of coppers and headed down to the pier to see what we could find.  Molly had great fun and was ecstatic when she and Mr D won a cuddly toy on the Dolphin Derby!

This is something we will definitely repeat every year. I'm looking forward to adding new things to our list as Molly gets older. Do you write a Summer to-do list? And what fun things do you include?

Happy summer holidays!

AKA Hooting Miss Owl

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