So Much to Do, So Little Time
52 activity ideas for Bigs and Littles

Here's a year's worth of activity ideas, just a sampling of all the fun things for Bigs and Littles to do together.

1. Visit the giraffes at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
2. Take a sweet tour of the Jelly Belly Center in Pleasant Prairie.
3. Use the slide entrance at the Urban Ecology Center.
4. Climb the lookout tower at Lapham Peak State Park.
5. Take a drink from the Pryor St. artesian well in Bay View.
6. Cook a meal from an old family recipe.
7. Browse the weird and wonderful at American Science & Surplus.
8. See a Friday night show for $1 at UWM's Manfred Olson Planetarium.
9. Research your family trees.
10. Go climbing at Adventure Rock in Pewaukee.
11. Play video games.
12. Plan a pretend vacation to somewhere exotic.
13. View some art during an East Town Gallery Night & Day.
14. Toboggan in Whitnall Park.
15. Have a squirt gun battle.
16. Go ice skating at Red Arrow Park or the Pettit National Ice Center.
17. Play catch.
18. Fly a kite in Veterans Park.
19. Play HORSE at a neighborhood basketball court.
20. Build a bird house.
21. Watch the fish at Discovery World.
22. Help with a river or neighborhood clean-up.
23. Watch the planes from the airport observation lot on Layton.
24. Browse the shops in downtown Waukesha.
25. Ride go-karts in Frame Park.
26. Make the snake rattle at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
27. Check out movies from the public library.
28. Go to a football or basketball game at the high school your Little will attend.
29. Take a tour of your alma mater or one of the local colleges.
30. Make a collage from old magazines.
31. Create your own Christmas or birthday cards.
32. Listen to music at a free outdoor summer concert.
33. Build a fort with tables, chairs, blankets and pillows.
34. Train for and complete a charity fun run.
35. Tie-dye T-shirts.
36. Assemble a model airplane or car.
37. Help your Little write a letter to the President about an issue that's important to him/her. (Ask for a picture!)
    
38. See a play at First Stage Children's Theater.
39. Pick your own strawberries or pumpkins.
40. Hit golf balls at a driving range.
41. Go maple sugaring at Riveredge Nature Center.
42. Request a song at Organ Piper Pizza.
43. Go back in time at the Old Falls Village Museum in Menomonee Falls.
44. Ride your bikes on the Oak Leaf or Glacial Drumlin trail.
45. Join a fantasy football league and watch games together.
46. Wash the car.
47. Go mini-golfing.
48. Plant a garden or flower box.
49. Grill hot dogs and listen to a ball game.
50. Go to the beach.
51. Make pancakes from scratch.
52. Build a snowman and drink hot chocolate.