11. Sculpt summer memories with air-dry clay or putty for a 3-D album of summer fun. Periodically have children choose a summer memory to represent in sculpture for a fun sensory activity. Once the pieces are dried, kids can paint, decorate and display.

12. Send the kids on a scavenger hunt around the house, backyard and/or neighborhood! Make a list of about 20 items to collect and/or activities to do and let the fun begin! Give children a little bright book and a set of colored pencils, and they can draw items that they cannot collect, i.e. flowers in your neighbor's garden. Children can save the pictures and reuse the pencils for other arts and crafts.

13. Play a game of silly golf. Set up your own unusual golf course in the backyard or nearby park, and try using out-of-the-ordinary items for clubs, such as bats, brooms or hockey sticks and different size balls. Place buckets or tin cans in different locations on the lawn and have a blast trying to get a hole-in-one.

14. Transform old T-shirts, hats and shoe laces into vibrant works of art! With fabric markers or fabric paint pens you can create brilliant, long-lasting pictures on fabric that you can wear. This super easy project can involve kids of all ages, and they'll have cool, one-of-a-kind gear to wear throughout the summer!

15. Get everyone together and toss some discs around outside for some summer Frisbee fun! Have kids pair up and see how fast they can pass them back and forth in a minute. Or, try to come up with as many creative ways you can to catch the discs (behind the back, under the leg, etc.); each successful pass could be considered a point if you're keeping score.

16. Play the classic game of hide-and-seek in reverse! Send one person to hide while the rest of the group closes their eyes or covers them up with scarves (no peeking!) Have the children count and then search for the person who is hiding. Those who find them must stay there too until the last person finds the hiding spot!

17. Have fun with words and practice writing at the same time. Use personal-size lapboards for a word association game; have one person keep time while everyone else sees how many words they can write down in one minute that all begin with the same letter. Try it with different themes, such as "the beach," "summertime" or "camping." Younger children can get involved by drawing pictures of those same themes.

18. Strike up your own rhythm band and get ready to shake, rattle and roll! Kids can use pots and pans, buckets and wooden spoons for drums, hand castanets, egg shakers, bells or mini symbols. They can even decorate their own wooden train whistles and blow a cheerful tune.

19. Going for a swim to cool off? Kids can decorate their own beach balls to tote along for some extra splash. Personalize and decorate the lightweight balls with permanent markers and enjoy all summer long at the beach, swimming pool, sprinklers or even in the tub!

20. Take a day trip to a nearby river, pond or lake and feed the birds where it is allowed. Don't live close to the water? Let the kids use mini binoculars to bird watch at a nearby park or in the backyard and then record their observations in kid-size notebooks.