- Watch a sunrise
- Have a full moon party
- Stargaze
- Swim in the ocean! Try Crane Beach , Good Harbor, or Singing Beach
- Make sand castles
- Visit a lighthouse
- Pitch a tent for a sleepover in your backyard or find a great spot within driving distance
- Enjoy an ice cream cone Kimball Farm, West Side Creamery, or Bedford Farms
- Make popsicles
- Lemon aid stand
- Carwash – get out the soap and scrub as a family
- Have your friends over for a backyard BBQ
- Write postcards to friends
- Sidewalk chalk fun
- Take a ferry to the Boston Harbor Islands
- Scavenger hunt
- Family game night
- Do a puzzle
- Kids summer movies
- Make your own pizza at home
- Ride the train to Boston
- Picnic in the park
- Enjoy an outdoor concert
- Build a pillow fort
- Road trip! Try Canobie Lake Park, Story Land, Eric Carle Museum, Mass MoCA, Mystic Aquarium or the Water Fires
- Make paper airplanes
- Play tennis at your local school
- Make cookies and take them to a retirement home and visit
- Take a walk through the botanical gardens
- Blow bubbles – make your own bubble solution
- Acton Discovery Museum
- Rent a canoe and paddle to the Old North Bridge
- Tye dye something (how about something you have that is stained – a t-shirt, a pillow case)
- Watch the sunset from Fruitlands
- Free Fridays summer museums!
