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When kids find leisure time they have a curiosity to make use of it in much entertaining way. Summer vacations offer a fine chance to learn new skills, make new mates and moreover have wonderful time . Although they hardly get enough time for sport as they have tight schedule to follow at their school. Summer holidays provide the best objective if you are looking for the combination of learning with lots of pleasure .Summer break give them sufficient time for celebration and even enjoy recreational activities. Get entertained during summer holidays by spending time in team-building exercises, team games, raffles as well as more. The following list of activities will help to spark your creativity and make the summer all that it should be!

Top 50 Activities for teens to enjoy summer -

1. Organize a theme gathering where everyone has to dress up to fit the theme.

2. Throw a pool party and have a kiddie pool for everyone to sit in.

3. Splash around in a plastic kiddy pool and relish the summer fun .

4. Do a “free compliments” stand. When people come up to you, choose something about them that you like and compliment them. It will make other happy, and make you feel good, too.

5. Write beautiful messages on cards. Stick the note cards in balloons and blow them up or hang the balloons on friends/neighbors porches. When they pop the balloon they read the striking message.

6. Sing and dance in front of the audience.

7. Give yourself a complete makeover – hair, clothes,footwear, makeup, nails – everything.

8. Have a movie-gathering in your backyard using a projector and a sheet.

9. Go out with your friends for a ghost hunt .

10. Stay out for the whole night with the group of friends.

11. Go to a thrift store with someone , set a spending limit and pick out complete outfits for each other. Go somewhere after in the outfits, like bowling or ice skating could be really enjoyable.

12. Dress up really fancy and hang out to a fast food restaurant.

13. Play basketball late night with your siblings.

14. Write a fresh tale/ novel/short story, based on true events or imagination.

15. Enjoy swimming late night with your parents.

16. Go for rock climbing .

17. Set out for cliff diving.

18. Fix a date with your best friend. Get well dressed up and buy each other flowers, then go to dinner or a movie as a couple.

19. Set out to a wild party.

20. Play football with your cousins and friends in the mud .

21. Make a trip to an amusement park with your family .

22. Go to a music festivals and meet a famous personalities.

23. Gather up a few friends and have a picnic in your garden area .

24. Go on a walk in the morning and take pictures of trees, flowers, dogs,birds etc.

25. Buy some fashion magazines, select a couple of really cute outfits, and try to recreate them.

26. Bead some bracelets ,ear rings and sell them for charity.

27. Volunteer at the walk dogs , local animal or homeless shelter.

28. Take a bubble bath and have fun in summers.

29. Make a mixed CD of your much loved songs and title it “The best soundtrack of my life”.

30. Make a scrapbook of your toddler pictures.

31. Get a job or an internship in summer vacations.

32. Get a diary and update it everyday .

33. Spend the day at the library and have a good time while reading books as books are our true friends.

34. Draw a self-portrait and cherish the moments .

35. Cut photos out of old magazines and make a collage .

36. Run around in the sprinklers and relish the sun.

37. Go to a museum with family and update your knowledge.

38. Learn to sew or knit in idle time.

39. Invite friends at your place and have a tea party.

40. Swing on the swings at the functional park.

41. Spend time in Craft work ,Tie-Dye at-shirt or bed sheets with Kool-Aid!

42. Make popsicles in your freezer and serve to all .

43. Put on the radio, music system or home theatre system and dance with your parents.

44. Go camping in your backyard and spend time while having healthy discussions and activities !

45. E-mail a friend you haven’t spoken to in awhile and share the memories.

46. Take your dog for a walk and have a healthy time with your pet.

47. Bake some cupcakes and serve them to friends and family.

48. Enjoy some childhood games like “Sorry”, “Candyland”, or “Pretty Pretty Princess”

49. Write a poem and try to be a little innovative.

50. Have an outing with your grand parents and spend healthy time with them.

Kuching is sharing nearly a similar festivals as other part of Malaysia, however you can still find some local festivals that only Sarawakian get to celebrates. All festivals and events in Kuching are as follow:

1. New Year’s Day (1 January)

Public Holiday through out the whole Malaysia, and the world; and Kuching has no different too.

2. Chinese New Year (January/February)

Chinese New Year is fall on 1st day of every lunar calendar year, which will fall on any days during January or February.

Google it for exact date for the particular year you wish to know, eg. “Chinese New Year 2010″. Travel to Kuching two weeks before the Chinese New Year is the greatest time to see the locals preparing for the Chinese New Year festival. People in Kuching is often busy shopping for Chinese New Year goods and goodies during this time period. On the Eve of Chinese New Year, locals will do their final shopping before noon, and after 2pm usually the Kuching is much like a dead town. Shops shut, businesses ended, people are at home getting ready for their reunion feast. If you are still in Kuching on this day, the only place you will get your dinner is probably the fast food restaurant such as KFC or McDonald.

In the midnight as soon as the clock strikes 12am, the entire city is like entering into a war, you will be dazzled by the fireworks on the sky, and also firecrackers are everywhere. The whole event can last for about half an hour to an hour before you can get a good sleep. It’s illegal though playing with fireworks or firecrackers; however it’s not been fully enforced in Sarawak. You won’t get this if you’re in the capital of Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur. Most businesses remain closed in Kuching from the first to the forth day of the festival, you’ve still got to dine at the fast food restaurant during those days. However, cafe, pubs and bars are normally opened as soon as the day turns dark.

3. Good Friday (March/April)

Nothing much special in Kuching on this day, it’s simply a public holiday.

5. Labour Day (1 May)

Just a public holiday. Business as normal for shopping malls and restaurants.

6. Wesak Day (May)

It will fall on any day during May be based upon which calendar year. For anyone who is at Kuching during this period, check out the Buddhist temples, where the crowds are gathered on this special day.

7. Gawai Day (1 June)

This is the extremely important festival for the Dayak (indigenious people) in Sarawak, which celebrating the end of rice harvesting and welcomes the new planting season. Everyone in the longhouses in Sarawak will begin to celebrate the festival from the Eve of the Gawai day. On the Gawai day itself, that is 1 June, traditional rituals are held, dancing, plenty of local foods especially Bamboo rice and bamboo chicken. Should you be traveling in Kuching during this special occasion, you possibly can take part in the Annah Rais Homestay program and experience the fun of the Gawai festival together with the locals people. No walk-in travellers will be entertained during this day at most of the longhouses, except for pre-arranged tour from the tour company, and the invited guest by local people.

For Annah Rais Longhouse, simply take part in the homestay program and you may get the opportunity to witness how the local people celebrate the festival at Annah Rais village.

8. Dragon Boat Festival (June)

As the name suggest, you may witness the dragon boats competition during this day through out most part of Malaysia. In Kuching, you can witness the dragon boat competition along the Sarawak River, at the Kuching Waterfront. Local Chinese will be making their own rice dumpling in this special day for their family. Most Chinese coffee shops in Kuching do selling them also, so you should try it!

9. Rainforest World Music Festival (July)

These are the popular international event that’ll be held in Kuching every year. Rainforest World Music Festival brings together the planet renowned musicians around the globe and indigenous musicians from all parts of mythical land of Borneo to get to the same stage to perform for you.

Such event lasts for 3 days and will be held at Sarawak Cultural Village, near to Damai Puri Resort (formerly known as Damai Lagoon Resort), about 30 km from Kuching. For more info about Rainforest World Music Festival, please visit their official website at http://www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com.

Fairly often during this period of time, Kuching hotels occupancy rate are all time high and can be fully booked at times, therefore you are advised to book early if you’re going to go to to such global event.

Resort that within the walking distance to the Sarawak Cultural Village are Damai Puri Resort and Permai Rainforest Resort. Damai Holiday Inn Resort is also within a walking distance, nonetheless it takes you a longer walk, approximately 10 to 15 mins!

10. Mid Autumn Festival (August)

Also known as Mooncake or Lantern Festival. Nothing much special accept eating mooncake (lots of mooncakes, everywhere is selling it) and watching kids carrying lantern each and every corner of the streets once the day turns dark. Novice photographer will really appreciate such occasion.

11. Malaysia’s National Day (31 August)

It’s a nation public holiday, and in Kuching, it’s celebrated every year, check out at Central Padang at Kuching.

12. Hungry Ghosts Month (August/September)

It’s believed by the Chinese that in the 7th month of lunar calendar, ghosts are returned to the earth for feasting. In Kuching, have a look at this “hungry ghost event” that is held next to the old central post office. It’s always filled with crowd.

13. Christmas Day (25 Dec)

It is also another important event for the Christian in Kuching. However, special events’ arrangement mostly limited to each individual church only. Clubbers also gathered at certain pubs for counting down during eve of Christmas. Nothing much special in Kuching, better spend your time in Singapore’s Orchard Road I suppose, if you happen to travel in this region!

That’s about all the festivals and events in Kuching. So plan your vacation wisely. Wish you have a great holiday soon.