LOCAL FAMILY FUN
Stepping into Summer with Outdoor Fun Sunshine + warm weather = outdoor family fun season. We know you’ve become pretty familiar with your own turf over the last month or more, but we’ve got 10 stellar suggestions for summertime fun in your own backyard: 1 Make your own slip n slide for a wild time, or turn on the sprinklers and create a wet obstacle course. 2 Pitch a tent in your backyard for a family campout . Try a campfire recipe to complete your evening. 3 Try a new twist on water fights by making sponge bombs . 4 Spend some time stargazing . Science Museum Oklahoma’s #SMOatHome offers tutorials to do it yourself, or watch their resident scientists explain the night sky virtually. 5 Get in touch with Western heritage! Concoct your own butter and decorate bandannas so you’ll be ready for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s rescheduled Chuck Wagon Festival come September. 6 Turn two pop bottles into a tiny tornado with a classic science experiment from KFOR-TV meteorologists Damien Lodes and Emily Sutton. 7 Visualize your next vacation at one of Oklahoma’s most unique attraction adventures. Find out how you can sleep in a treehouse or covered wagon when it’s safe to travel again! 8 Have a blast creating bubble art . 9 Live it up at your own luau ! Find everything you need, from crafts and recipes to books and movies, in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame’s virtual OHOF@Home series. 10 Get growing with a flower or vegetable garden designed as a family.
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Visit metrofamilymagazine.com/step-into-summer-fun for more info and instructions for our top 10 recs. Share a photo of your at-home outdoor fun with the tag #okcfamilyfun.
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