After the first couple weeks without school or responsibilities, summer can get pretty boring pretty quickly. Here are a few ideas and things to look forward to so you can spice up your summer.

Things to look forward to..

• Pretty Little Liars: June 2nd
• Firefly festival: June 18th-21st
• Ted 2: June 26th
• Terminator: Genisys: July 1st
• Minions movie: July 10th
• Vans Warped Tour: July 18th
• Paper Town movie: July 24th
• Fantastic 4: August 7th
• Moonrise Festival: August 8th and 9th
• J. Cole concert- August 9th
• Montgomery County fair: August 14th-22nd
• Sinister 2- August 21st
• Maryland State fair: August 28th- September 7th

And here are some other activities to add to your summer bucket list that don’t have a time constraint!

• Have a picnic
• Get a group of friends together for a game of manhunt
• Visit the Baltimore Aquarium
• Visit the National Zoo in D.C.
• Go hiking
• Have a water balloon fight
• Visit Adventure Park in Olney, Maryland
• Visit an amusement/water park (Hershey Park, Six Flags, Kings Dominion)
• Take a day trip to New York on a train
• Take a day trip to Ocean City, Rehoboth, or Bethany beach
• Visit one of the many museums in D.C.
• Try a eating at a restaurant you’ve never been to
• Have a bonfire with s’mores
• Have a water balloon fight
• Have a water gun fight
• Tie dye
• Have a potluck parties (everyone brings a dish to share!)
• Start a new series on Netflix
• Apply for a job/summer job
• Go laser tagging
• Go camping
• Watch fireworks
• Have a game night: twister, cards against humanity, apples to apples, poker, cards
• Go outdoor mini golfing or to Monster Mini Golf (indoor, glow in the dark)
• Go to a baseball game
• Get a bunch of friends together and have a movie night at someone’s house with some yummy snacks
• Do some charity work (and, you will get SSL hours!)