Got Boredom? Here’s 100 + Summer Ideas for young families!

• Pick a PARK and have a PICNIC!  Local or otherwise
• Visit the Fire Station in North Ogden and take a tour
• Go to the North Shore Aquatic Center 245 E. 2550 N. North Ogden
• Play at the Splash Pad in the Harrisville Park
• Go for a hike at Jump Off Canyon (along Mountain Road)
•  Or take a hike anywhere!  But, go with a friend!
• Go to Willow Park and Zoo at 419 W. 700 S. in Logan
• Visit Gossner Cheese Factory for yummy ice-cream cones and CHEESE!

1051 N. 1000 W., Logan, UT.

• Visit a new library you haven’t been to
• Go for a bike ride with the kids
• Go to the dollar movies at Walker theaters in Perry or North Ogden www.walkercinemas.net
• Go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and ask if they have any Huge appliance boxes for FREE then bring it home and let the kids paint them and make a play house
• Go to Beaus Pond by WSU and feed the ducks and walk around the loop
• Go to the Brigham City Pool for a change of scenery
• Go to the Ben Lomond Community Swimming Pool
• Visit Ogden’s Union Station and let the kids walk by the trains outside & go inside for a minimal fee to see the museum
• Might as well go to the Gun Museum, too!
• And the Car museum
• Go to the Ogden Parkway and bring scooters/strollers/bikes or walk the path—careful of the river!
• Afterward go to the Dinosaur Park
• Carver's Cove Petting Farm (Eden)
• Go to Crystal Hot Springs
• Visit Gibson’s Green Acres Dairy Farm in Ogden
• trout farm in North Ogden
• Go canoeing or kayaking (wear your life jacket!)
• Clark planetarium in Salt Lake and watch an Imax movie
• Visit the Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake and see the 100’s of birds
• Hogle Zoo
• Tour of Lee’s Grocery store in North Ogden
• Visit Antelope Island
• See an Ogden Raptor’s game
• Visit Brigham temple grounds and Tabernacle
• Visit Ogden Temple grounds and Tabernacle too
• Have a bake sale in your neighborhood
• Treehouse museum
• Mountain biking
• BBQ with your friends or family
• Visit the Animal Shelter and play with a cat or dog
• Do an anonymous act of service for your neighbor

• Make a slip n slide
• Have a popsicle stand
• Go Geo caching www.geocaching.com
• Travel up to the Migratory Bird Refuge 2155 W. Forest St. Brigham, City.
• Participate in your local city parade
• Have a neighborhood talent show
• Write a REAL letter to a grandparent
• Work on your Family History
• Go get a Frosty at Wendy’s
• Go to an outdoor concert
• Play frisbee with friends at the park
• Do a random act of kindness for someone
• Then watch the show Random Acts of Kindness on the BYU channel!
• GO to the Ogden Nature Center and explore
• Wash your car and have a water fight after
• Go camping in North Fork
• Go camping in South Fork and float down the river (wear your life jacket!)
• Volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club
• Read a good book
• Go on a night hike and wear head lights
• Make up a scavenger hunt and grab all your friends
• Go ice blocking down the park hill
• Make homemade ice-cream
• Enter a bike race
• Enter a 5k –How about the Chalk it up www.chalkitupnorth.com

• Learn a new instrument—piano lessons, violin or accordion
• Visit Mrs. Cavanaugh’s Chocolate Factory in SLC
• Take a CPR class
• GO get a pedicure at the ATC (lower cost)
• Ride the Front Runner
• Enroll in a summer camp and learn something new
• Make a new recipe…visit www.melskitchencafe for ideas
• Go to Fat Cat’s for $1 Bowling, $1 Bumper Cars, $1 Laser tag or $1 glow-in-the-dark-golf
• Go to a musical at Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse
• Play water balloon volleyball
• Have a backyard fire and roast s’mores
• Set up a tent in your yard and camp out
• Paint your room a new color
• Go to a yard sale
• Go to Science in the Parks through Ogden City
• Take a picture a day all summer long and make a book at the end of summer
• Take swimming lessons
• Visit Fort Buena Ventura
• Go to Free Lunch at Green Acres Elementary in Weber School District (for those 18 and under)
• Walk a dog
• Start a 4H club
• Play street hockey
• Visit the new Creamery in North Ogden
• Have a car wash
• Practice smiling all day!
• Visit a National Park and take pictures of your experiences
• Go to a live concert in the park