35 Things to Do

Here's some ideas I've read and collected over time that sound really fun....whether it's just you, a couple friends, or a whole group, I think you'll find some interesting ideas to do!

1. Have a Sundae party. Buy several different flavors of ice cream, some toppings (hot fudge, sprinkles, etc.) and let people make their own sundaes.
2. Have a waffle party where everyone brings their own topping
   
3. Invite a bunch a friends over. Ask each couple or person to bring something to the party, like popcorn, candy, drinks, and a favorite scary movie (if they have one). It doesn't matter if you don't watch all the movies that night. Just be sure to take some breaks between movies so that people can meet with each other. Pass out pillows and blankets, so the guys can hide from the scary parts
   
4. Invite several couples over to make cookies. When they're still warm, take them to the hospital or to an old folk's home
   
5. Invite several couples to bring slides of a place to which they've traveled. Let each person tell about his/her special place and have refreshments with an international flavor
   
6. Build stilts and go for a walk in the neighborhood
   
7. Choose a topic of interest to the members of the group that requires some preparation. Ideas: Book review, spiritual discussion, political events, etc. Schedule monthly chats, with the host home to provide refreshments
   
8. Cheer on a mutual friend. If the two of you have a mutual friend who is playing in a game or a concert at school, attend the performance together to cheer your friend on.
   
9. Make a couple of pans of brownies. Then drive to various friends' houses and deliver a brownie or two to each friend and visit for a while. When it becomes too late to be visiting people, go home and finish off the brownies
   
10. Attend an auction together. Look in the paper for events
    
11. Plant a garden for someone. Make sure it's okay with them first
    
12. Have a progressive fast-food dinner with soft drinks at one place, nachos at another, then burgers, fries, and sundaes, all at different restaurants
    
13. Write down different favorite places to eat on individual pieces of paper and put them into a container. Then write down different meal courses (i.e. appetizer, soup, salad, main meal, dessert, etc.) on individual pieces of paper and put them into a second container. Then take turns, selecting first a location, then a course. You may have an appetizer at Baskin Robbins, soup at a Chinese restaurant, salad at McDonalds, main course at Taco Bell, dessert at Subway, etc.
    Have a picnic lunch on a floating dock
    
14. Have a contest who can make the best tasting lunch using Ramen noodle soup as a "main" dish. Put a limit on buying additional ingredients. Share each others' creations
    
15. Make homemade bread. Knead the dough together, then relax with a good book or watch a video while the dough rises, and while the bread is baking. Let the bread cool just enough, then enjoy hot bread with butter and jam
    
16. Read scriptures or poetry around a fire. Bring flashlights
    
17. Set up dinner on a hilltop or from a balcony with a view of the fireworks. Throw a swim party and have a picnic later. Then walk or drive to watch fireworks
    
18. Get up early and go to a sunrise Easter service.
    
19. Make a set of building blocks for a less fortunate child. Blocks can be made with scraps of wood. Have someone cut out various shapes on a table saw (don't do this yourself unless you have experience). Sand and paint the blocks. On a subsequent day, wrap the blocks in gift paper, put them on someone's porch, ring the doorbell, and run. If you want a really good feeling, swear each other to secrecy (don't tell anyone else about this act of service).
    
20. Volunteer to assist in a community event, such as Special Olympics, March of Dimes, telethon, or festival
    
21. Read to children at a hospital . When you act happy and enthusiastic, you will feel happy, and the children will reciprocate
    
22. Get five or six couples together and paint a garage or a house for a neighbor or someone needy. Afterwards, roast hotdogs and sing songs around a fire in a park or in the mountains
    
23. Make quilts for babies in less priviledged homes. A simple quilt can be made using a soft fabric, cutting 3 inch parallel lines (one inch apart) down both sides. Finish the quilt by tying knots on each strip of fabric.
    
24. Take a tablecloth, silverware and candlestick and eat at MacDonald's
    
25. Watch church videos together
    
26. Help your younger brothers/sisters with their homework. Take them to the library to help do research on a specific subject.
    
27. Take a trip to a homeless shelter and help serve food
    
28. Bake cookies together and take them to a local retirement home, homeless shelter, police station or to someone you know who is ill or housebound
    
29. Help a charity or nonprofit organization in your community
    
30. Organize a spring clean up in your neighborhood. Find a neighbor who is single and could use some help. Be sure to bring refreshments for the helpers
    
31. Make miniature smores with Golden Grahams, miniature marshmallows, and chocolate chips. Roast the marshmallow on a toothpick over a candle
    
    Some Winter Ideas:
    
32. Shovel snow off of someone's sidewalk and driveway. It's best if you can do it before they wake up
    
33. Construct igloos, then climb inside and drink hot chocolate.
    Build snow forts and have a snowball fight
    
34. Wander around at Christmas time and look at all the lights then go somewhere for hot chocolate
    
35. As a couple, identify a family that is struggling, either financially or emotionally and plan a secret "12 Days of Christmas" event. Each evening, drop off something (gifts, food, poems, baskets, etc.) for 12 days straight. Keep your giving a secret!