We all love summer break, but sometimes it can get pretty boring. So here are a list of things worth doing over the 81 days of summer. Try to see how many you can complete on this list to have the best summer ever. Most things listed are free or close to it, so they won’t break the bank.  Good luck and have fun!

1. Go to a free concert
2. Go on a picnic
3. Hike Sugarloaf Mountain
4. Go to the pool
5. Try a relaxing new hobby ex yoga, running, meditation, reading, art etc.
6. Try a motivating new hobby, DIYs, photography, cinematography, cooking
7. Throw or go to a sleepover
8. Volunteer your time at a soup kitchen
9. Go to a historical site in Maryland
10. Go to a historical site in Virginia
11. Road trip to New York City
12. While you’re there get some famous New York pizza
13. Go to Assateague Island or “Horsey Island”
14. Spend the day at Chocolate World at Hersheypark–the admission is FREE
15. Hike the Appalachian Trail
16. Check out Great Falls
17. Have a cookout
18. Go out to dinner with friends and pretend it’s one of your birthdays
19. Try a new restaurant you’ve never been to
20. Paint something pretty and give it away
21. Go the beach
22. Collect sea shells with friends or family and use them in a craft
23. Make a scrapbook of all your best high school memories so far to add on to in the following summers
24. Make a vision board
25. Do something nostalgic from your childhood
26. Try Georgetown cupcakes and Sprinkles to decide which one is better
27. Take a tour of DC
28. Go to as many Smithsonian museums as possible–FREE admission
29. Go to the Montgomery County Fair
30. Volunteer at the Montgomery County Fair
31. Go window shopping
32. Clean out your closet
33. Go to Sephora and get a FREE makeover
34. Play mini golf
35. Learn how to play chess
36. Learn how to say a couple of phrases in a different language.
37. Pay for the order behind you in the drive through
38. Go to a pet adoption and play with the animals
39. Check out Meadowside Nature Center
40. Visit Butler’s Orchard
41. Bike the Capital Crescent Trail
42. Walk the Underground Railroad trail in Sandy Spring
43. Go to a book signing at Politics and Prose in DC
44. Go to a comedy show
45. Take photos in the iconic sunflower field in Poolesville
46. Outdoor movies at Rockville town Center–FREE
47. Go to the annual DC Folklife Festival June 27- July 1
48. Try to cook a different culture’s trademark dish
49. Check out the Library of Congress National Book Festival 
50. Go to the fireworks July 4 on the DC mall
51. Have a water balloon fight
52. Pick up trash in your community
53. By the People Art Festival June 21-24
54. National Capital Barbecue Battle June 23-24
55. Comcast Xfinity outdoor film festival at Strathmoore
56. Regal has really cheap cartoon movies in the morning
57. Have a spa day
58. Have a Netflix marathon
59. Go to a local sports game (baseball is very common)
60. Visit Baltimore
61. Plant a fruit or vegetable
62. Kayak at Black Hills Park
63. Go to the DC Zoo
64. Decorate your own shirts
65. Download the Groupon app and get deals on classes or events
66. See a movie from the balcony at the historic Uptown movie theater in DC
67. Handwrite a letter to a friend
68. Find a penpal
69. Try a coupon shopping spree
70. Go summer sledding (with a sled and a big hill–it works!)
71. Go on a late-night drive
72. Walk on the beach at night
73. Go to Annapolis
74. Have a photoshoot in a cool environment
75. Clean your computer desktop
76. Go paddle boating at Rio
77. Visit Brookside Gardens
78. Go to a ropes course
79. Go to Deep Creek Lake
80. Take a cake-decorating class at Michaels
81. DO YOUR SUMMER READING (Mrs. Confino made me add this–but seriously don’t wait until the last day of summer for this one!)