UNDER THE STARS | 4th of July

Happy 4th of July AND Happy Anti-Boredom Month!! While not everyone in Montana will be able to celebrate with fireworks this very hot and dry month, there are plenty of other fun activities to do! YOU can celebrate this 4th and have a BLAST with a few easy ideas to make a GREAT 4th of July and kick off the month of Anti-Boredom! 

1. GET WET!

Set up the sprinklers in the back yard, grab a good bunch of friends, and have a BLAST! If you live near one of the beautiful lakes in this country, take your family and friends (along with some inner-tubes) and enjoy a good time in the sun!

2. CAMP OUTSIDE

Whether you plan to camp outside today (or sometime in the near future), a night under the stars will take plenty of planning! You won't find yourself bored and all that time spent getting a good bunch of friends, some scary stories, and setting up a tent will all be worth it when it gets dark enough to see the stars!

3. SET UP AN OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATRE

Popcorn? Projector? Blankets? Sweets? Friends and Family? TIME FOR A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED MOVIE NIGHT! Not sure what movies to pick? Choose some from the July Movies post set to be published on July 12th 2021!

4. PLAY BALL

Baseball is an ALL AMERICAN game for everyone's enjoyment! Perfect for this Independence Day! Set aside some time to play a game of catch with your family/friends, or get together a huge team of people you know to play with! If you don't have a mitt, ball or a bat, compromise! You can give an oven mitt to your catcher, an orange/apple to your pitcher, AND a stick from the backyard to your batter! That would be a FUN game to watch as the makeshift ball goes KERSPLAT!

5. WATER BALLOON FIGHT!

The equivalent to idea number one: GET WET! Only, Water Balloon Fights have competition and a likely winner! An enjoyable game to earn bragging rights with AND it's the perfect game to play on a hot July day where everyone playing (and even those who aren't playing.... hehehe) GET WET!

6. ROAST MARSHMALLOWS!

Whether you compromise and use the grill to roast some marshmallows, or you set up the fire pit, little can go wrong when marshmallows are involved!

7. GAME NIGHT

Perhaps the weather isn't all permitting this July (or the heat is too much), so a good family game night is the easiest alternative for some good FUN! Time to get out the Monopoly, Chess, Scrabble, AND MORE for an AWESOME GAME NIGHT!

8. LASER TAG

Long nights are ahead of us! A game a laser tag is the answer! You could get together with close friends and/or family, roast some marshmallows, play laser tag, and sleep under the stars!

9. EAT SOME ICE CREAM

Okay! I agree! July may just be one of the best months! The heat is worth it for four simple words: National Ice Cream Month!

10. WATCH THE FIREWORKS

After all, it is the 4th of July! Set up a blanket under the stars and watch until the night grows dark.

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