Fun Stuff To Do list

“Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.”
-Brigham Young

1. Board games
2. Watch TV/rent movies
3. Have a movie marathon (all three High School Musicals in 1 night, etc.)
4. Explore a dirt road and roast hot dogs or foil dinners over a fire
5. Bake cookies (deliver to friends, someone who needs a “pick me up”)
6. Go to the Paramount/Holiday movie theater
7. Read books (outloud as a family, or individually)
8. Go to the library, check out books, backpacks, story kits, movies, audio books
9. Go to a park and play or walk the paths
10. Go for a bike ride alone or with the family
11. Start a family blog
12. Play in the backyard, play yard games, have a backyard campout
13. Use the BYU-Idaho facilities (racquetball, swimming, basketball, etc.)
14. Walk through the BYU-Idaho gardens, take pictures of each other
15. Play video games together (Wii)
16. Invite friends over for dinner or dessert
17. Have a neighborhood potluck or barbeque
18. Do yard work or housework together—make it fun with a time limit, switch jobs, break it up with a snack, etc.
19. Drive to Yellowstone, visit geysers one time, find animals another time, do some hikes another time, go at different times of the year
20. Visit the Grand Tetons, hike, go on the boat ride at Jenny Lake, visit the new visitor center
21. Ride the carousel at Porter Park
22. Go fishing!
23. Have a picnic at the park, in the backyard, in the living room, in the car, anywhere
24. Go camping (tent camping or find a forest service cabin to rent)
25. Buy a map and explore new roads and new places
26. Walk around the mall, browse or window shop
27. Reeds Dairy in Idaho Falls
28. Use some freebies on the Starving Student card
29. Get free or $.25 ice cream cones at McDonalds or Arctic Circle and let the kids play on the playground
30. Create a scavenger hunt for your kids (look online for some good ones!)
31. Do crafts from Family Fun magazine or familyfun.com
32. Visit Sonic during “happy hour” (2-4pm half price drinks and slushes)
33. Go target shooting
34. Write letters or make cards/artwork for extended family
35. Sewing projects
36. Take a nap
37. Go to Teton Vu drive in
38. Browse or window shop local businesses, craft stores, etc.
39. Attend a BYU-Idaho event (performances, rodeo, sporting event)
40. Go to the zoo
41. Book a room at a local motel, order pizza, watch cable, swim in the pool (instead of leaving town for a vacation)
42. Go sledding
43. Splash Park!
44. Green Canyon or Heisse Hot Springs
45. Rent equipment from BYU-Idaho Outdoor Rec. Center (ORC) and go skiing, snowshoeing, biking, canoeing, kayaking, etc.
46. Do a Kitchen Kraft or some other idea from the Friend magazine
47. Have a garage sale/yard sale
48. Get up early Saturday morning and shop at local garage sales
49. Have a lemonade or popsicle sale
50. Cress Creek nature trail
51. Kelly Canyon skiing
52. Make a scrapbook; look at old pictures, family videos, etc.
53. Paint fingernails, toenails
54. Do jigsaw puzzles, Sudoku, crosswords, wordsearches, etc.
55. Jump rope
56. Rigby Lake (swim, picnic, play in the sand)
57. Wash the cars together
58. Shop at DI, have a $5.00 budget
59. Drive around rich people neighborhoods
60. Rearrange the furniture
61. Go to Evans for a manicure ($3) or other services (or Hair Academy)
62. Feed the fish near Warm River in Ashton
63. Visit Cave Falls or Mesa Falls
64. Visit the Civil Defense caves
65. Hike to Aldous lake
66. Go to Leo’s Place or Blast Off in Idaho Falls
67. Walk around the temple
68. Visit Idaho Falls Temple visitor center
69. Visit local museums
70. Farmer’s Market in Idaho Falls (and other places)
71. Walk the Idaho Falls green belt
72. Participate in local events (parades, folk dance activities, Snowfest, county fair)
73. City of Rexburg Parks and Recreation activities
74. Visit the aquatic center in Jackson, Idaho Falls or Pocatello
75. Visit National Elk Refuge in Jackson (in the winter) or elk refuge in Palisades
76. Get a square ice cream cone in Swan Valley
77. Hike or cross country ski at Harriman State Park
78. Build something with Legos, blocks, dominoes
79. Hike R mountain (Menan Butte)
80. Go to local elementary schools and play on the playgrounds
81. Print coloring pages off the internet
82. Fly kites at the Nature Park
83. Build an indoor fort
84. Go geocaching (look online for more info)
85. Float down the river (Big Springs to Mack’s Inn—great place)