Whether you have kids or are just a kid at heart, there are tons of things to do to celebrate the Summer Solstice! And don’t forget, these are activities that can be done throughout the summer season! Have fun!
- Go on a picnic or have a bbq. Don’t forget to say thanks for your abundance or a prayer for continued prosperity.
- Go to a clean, running body of water and collect a jar of water for magical use through the year. Add a few rocks or shells to the jar and label it with the date and location it was gathered. Ask for the Lord and Lady to bless it.
- Bless the family’s pets.
- Try to find some flower fairies
- Set your ritual tools out to charge in the sunlight.
- Perform a planet healing ritual or prayer.
- Women can walk through their gardens (or around their potted plants!) to keep them growing healthy.
- Soak some thyme in olive oil. Strain. Dab a bit on your eyelids; go out at night and see if you can view the faeries dancing!
- Leave out a small dish of milk and/or honey for the fairies.
- Have a self-dedication or re-dedication to the God/dess.
- Have the kids make suns out of paper plates and ribbons. Hang all over the house!
- Make a batch of Summer Solstice Sangria
- Find a “pick-your-own” farm and pick some berries – then turn them into jellies, jams, pies or ice cream!
- Find some daisies or other summery flowers and create daisy-chain crowns – wear them everywhere for the day!
- Create a faerie house or faerie door for your yard.
- Harvest herbs that you’ll be using for medicinal uses.
- Fill your cauldron with wildflowers and use it as a centerpiece for your Litha feast! Add a small dish in the bottom, then add a small hunk of moist florist foam for flowers with hard stems. For smaller stemmed flowers, add a small jar of water to the bottom of the cauldron to put the flowers in – that way you don’t risk rusting!
- Press some herbs and/or flowers in books, then attach them into your book of shadows with a bit of glue.
- Check out the free Sunflower Activity PDF from the Nurture Store for sunflower fun
- Have a short talk about the elements – then get out the squirt guns and have some water fun!
- Get teams together and have some old fashioned outdoor fun playing freeze tag, hide-and-seek and hopscotch!
- Make a sun sun-catcher
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*I tried to answer Jen back on FB but idk if it's my phine or fb but it wont let me comment :/well here's my idea (the rest were all similar to yours):*if your tradition allows it: making a wand using glow-in-the-dark paint and other reflective materials soak in the sun (good lesson for the kids on concentrating items and their energies)as making glass (or plastic depending on the age kids) mosaics *variation using water colors on plastic wrap and putting on the windows