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- Have a water balloon fight
- Go to Woodruff Park Splash Pad
- Go camping
- Picnic at Cooper Creek Park
- Bake with mom
- Visit the Columbus Museum
- Have a nature scavenger hunt
- Plant a garden
- Have a themed movie night
- Go bowling
- Take a bike ride
- Feed the ducks at Idle Hour Park
- Play in the sprinkler
- Jump at Launch Trampoline Park
- Fly a kite
- Play hopscotch
- Fish Hatchery in Warm Springs
- Go to the movies
- Beach day
- Go to the Rock Ranch
- Make ice cream
- Do a random act of kindness
- Go to Animal Safari
- Pick up trash on a walking trail
- Rent a bounce house
- Go to the library
- Visit FDR’s Little Whitehouse
- Put on a talent show
- Take a first aid class
- Market Days on Broadway
- Make a Pinterest craft
- Day trip to Georgia Aquarium
- Make paper airplanes
- Go to an outdoor concert
- Fly a kite
- Beach at Callaway Gardens
- Make playdough
- Volunteer at a non-profit
- Have a pajama party
- Go to a baseball game
- Go to a Columbus Lions Game
- Build marshmallow shooters
- Have a dance party
- Make ice cream sandwiches
- Scavenger Hunt
- Pirate Theme Day
- Christmas in July
- Set up a Lemonade Stand
- Visit Atlanta Puppet Museum
- Build a blanket fort
- Make a photo journal
- Write and illustrate a book
- Cook for Ronald McDonald House
- Make tie-dye shirts
- Catch fireflies
- Star gaze
- Blow bubbles
- Attend an event at Oxbow Meadows
- Watch fireworks
- Dance in the rain
- Roast marshmallows
- Finger paint
- Play dodge ball
- Make paper bag puppets
- Visit Atlanta Children’s Museum
- Watch a thunderstorm
- Play flashlight tag
- Make sponge water bombs
- Color with sidewalk chalk
- Camp in the Backyard
- Eat breakfast for dinner
- Make wishes on dandelions
- Play indoors at Chick-fil-A
- Play messy twister
- Bake cookies for a neighbor
- Home Depot Kids Workshop
- Make a birdfeeder
- Family bowling night
- Wash the family car
- Make fresh lemonade
- Create a slip & slide
- Start a blessings jar
- Make friendship bracelets
- Write a soldier a letter
- Paint rocks & hide them in town
- Visit/donate at animal shelter
- Watch clouds
- Make handprint art
- Have a water gun fight
- Go fishing
- Fill and bury a time capsule
- Swim at F.D.R. State Park
- Go skating
- Go kayaking
- Make homemade pizza
- Have a pillow fight
- Pick wild flowers
- Visit a relative
- Make root beer floats
- Photograph a butterfly
- Visit a different playground
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