Backyard Bash

              As the warm air rolls in and we all get a little spring fever, we think about anything and everything to do outside with friends. Some examples of  “fun in the sun” activities are below:

Ø  Bad Mitten/ Volleyball- This is a classic spring and summer game. All you need is to buy a net and get a ball or birdie and rackets depending on if you want to play bad mitten or volleyball. (Places like Wal-Mart sell sets of the net, rackets, birdies, and volleyballs that are affordable.) This can become a very entertaining game, especially with a group of friends or family.

Ø  Bonfires- I personally love having bonfires. They are fun and not that hard to plan. If you do have a bonfire you could play soccer, touch football, rugby, hide- and- go- seek, Frisbee, capture the flag, and much more. Also, you could plan your bonfire on a night where there will be a meteor shower. You could spread out blankets or lie on the warm green grass and watch the sky rain meteors.

Ø  Water Fights- Water fights are so much fun on a hot summer day. You could fill water balloons and get water guns and have a water war, or you could lie out a tarp or water slide and get it wet and slide down. If you were spending a day at the lake you could prop a float on the side of a boat, splash water on it, and slide down into the lake, too.

Ø  Sidewalk Chalk- I know it sounds very elementary, but you can make it a competition with some friends. You could challenge each other to draw a 3-D picture or trace each other and make yourself portrait or your favorite character out of a book or movie. There is so much to do with chalk that we should use that to our advantage.  Who cares how old you are you can still have “fun in the sun” with your friends.

-Alex Warner