- Visit art or craft festival
- Get wet at a splash park!
- Dip your toes in the water at a beach
- Touch-A-Truck
- Go strawberry or berry picking
- Brickworld LEGO Exposition (June 16-17, 2018)
- Watch as colorful globes fill the sky at the LISLE’S EYES TO THE SKIES FESTIVAL (June 27 – July 1, 2018)
- See the Fireworks on July 4th
- Jelly Belly Factory Carnival (June 28 – July 1, 2018)
- Day Out With Thomas (July 14-15, 21-22, 2018)
- Wear medieval clothes at the Bristol Renaissance Fair (Saturdays, Sundays & Labor Day, July 7 – September 3, 2018)
- Watch Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (June 27 – July 8, 2018)
- Visit a zoo
- Go camping
- Shop local Farmer’s Market
- Zip-line through the trees at the at Bemis Woods in Western Springs
- Check out our local library’s summer reading program
- Board a train
- Ride some carnival rides
- Ride a CENTENNIAL WHEEL at Navy Pier
- SKYLINE SAIL WITH PIRATES OF THE INLAND SEAS
- Air and Water Show (August 18-19, 2018 @ 10am-3pm)
- Watch a movie under the stars
- Visit a farm
- Go hiking or visit your local natural center
- Visit outdoor theme or amusement park
- Visit Children’s Garden at The Morton Arboretum
- Go volunteering
- Attend a summer concert
- Play mini golf
- Go fishing
- Spend a day at a water park
- Get a scoop of ice cream
- Visit Model Railroad Garden at Chicago Botanic Garden
- Visit Lake Geneva, WI