| -Go berry picking at a local pick-your-own fruit farm, | | | | -Learn a new word from the dictionary, and try to |
| and then make a delicious summer pudding from all | | | | use it in a sentence |
| the goodies you collected | | | | -Figure out how you would spend one million pounds, |
| -Find a nearby village play park and go on the swings | | | | write it down and be as realistic as you can |
| -Share a bag of cherries with your best friend | | | | -Go to a local river and paddle in the water |
| -Visit a National Trust property, walk around the | | | | -Send a message in a bottle, spend time thinking of |
| grounds and marvel at the architecture | | | | the most inspirational and poetic message |
| -Check out local artists, stop to appreciate the | | | | -Write a letter of appreciation to something/one you |
| beauty of their work and decide which is your | | | | like, a favourite program or product |
| favorite | | | | -Head to your nearest bookstore or library and leave |
| -Fly a kite on a nearby green | | | | 'you are beautiful' notes inside the pages |
| -Spend a day reading all the books on your | | | | -Go for a drive and stop off at any fetes, car boot |
| bookshelf, feel the pure satisfaction of completing a | | | | sales, farm shops or antique markets to have a |
| whole book in a day | | | | browse |
| -Rent a beach cruiser bicycle and cycle along the | | | | -Find a pub that's about five miles from your house |
| beachfront | | | | and walk there for lunch or a glass of water |
| -Go out with a camera and take photos of things | | | | -Put music on loudly in your garden and dance when |
| you find beautiful and interesting | | | | no-one is watching you, feel free |
| -Make a collage of inspiring photographs, pictures and | | | | -Take one photograph every hour of one day, from |
| magazine cut-outs | | | | the moment you wake up to when you go to sleep |
| -Make daisy-chains and lie on the grass | | | | -Go crabbing |
| -Pack a picnic, take it to your nearest, most | | | | -Start writing a book |
| picturesque and scenic spot and enjoy | | | | -Get dressed up, go to your nearest, busiest pub and |
| -Write a letter using cut out words from a | | | | have a tall lemonade with ice |
| newspaper, and send it to someone | | | | -Sing loudly to your favourite songs, whilst you make |
| -Create a beautiful chalk pavement drawing | | | | meringue nests covered in whipped cream and |
| -Eat an ice-cream with a flake | | | | strawberries |
| -Paint something, anything, in any way - put some of | | | | -Have a water fight with your friends or plan a huge |
| your favourite music on to help you relax | | | | waterfight with your whole class |
| -Write a summer reading list, and get the books out | | | | -Watch Amelie and be inspired to commit random |
| of your hometown library | | | | acts of kindness |
| -Go to a market with £10 and see how much you | | | | -Camp out for a night in your garden, and enjoy the |
| can buy | | | | smell of an English summer night and morning |
| -Start a blog about something you find interesting: | | | | -Pick wildflowers and arrange them in a pretty vase |
| food, fashion, beauty | | | | at home |
| -Buy flowers for someone | | | | -Go rollerblading |
| -Go to the seaside, breathe in the smell of salt water | | | | -Make interesting icecubes with petals and berries |
| and chip shops, skim stones, make sandcastles and | | | | frozen inside them |
| -walk barefoot through the sand | | | | -Phone a family relative you haven't spoken to in a |
| -Get on your bike and cycle in the sunshine, take a | | | | while |
| snack and a drink for a little halfway refuelling | | | | -Get out the paddling pool and splash |
| -Braid your hair | | | | -Sew a patchwork pillowcase with old fabric or |
| -Have a barbeque and invite some friends | | | | clothes, and embroider your name or initials on it |
| -Go vintage shopping for cute pastel floral dresses | | | | -Try and do everything on this list for a truly |
| and Granddad hats | | | | memorable summer this year! |
| -Make a video | | | | |