Planning Tips to Help You Make the Most of Your Summer

source: Mandi Ehman

Summer is underway at an almost frantic pace for most of the families I know, including ours, and now is a good time to step back, reevaluate and invest a little bit of time in planning so that you can make the most of your summer while it lasts!

We’ve got a lot of great tips and resources in the archives, so I’ve pulled them all into one place for you today to help you get started.

These are my best tips, but I’d love to hear yours as well, so be sure to chime in in the comments with your favorite summer tips!

Planning & Tips

Pack a To-Go Bag for Easy Outings


Tips for Getting Out of the House with Small Children


Five Ways to Keep Your Car Organized During the Summer Months


Strategies to Avoid Pre-Vacation Stress


Things to Do in Your Kitchen Before You Leave for Vacation


More Summer Menu Planning Tips


Preparing for a Road Trip

Activities

FREE Summer Fun eBook {Recipes, Crafts, Activites & More!}


The {Relaxing} Summer Bucket List


101 Ways to Embrace Summer


101 MORE Ways to Embrace Summer


101 Ways to Embrace Summer {The 2013 List}

For Your Medicine Cabinet

The No-Pain Method for Removing Splinters


DIY Tick & Mosquito Spray


Homemade Baking Soda & Coconut Oil Deodorant


EWG’s 2013 Guide to Safer Sunscreens and Sun Safety


Bentonite Clay in Your First Aid Kit

Summer Food

FREE Backyard Barbecue Recipes eBook


Easy Oven-Broiled S’mores + 104 S’more Variations


37 Eat Well, Spend Less Potluck Dishes for Summer


46 Ways to Serve Fruits & Veggies at Snacktime

How do you make the most of summer? What’s your best tip or advice?

Mandi Ehman is the blogger behind Life Your Way. She and her husband have four beautiful girls plus one baby boy on the way, and together, they live, work and homeschool on a little slice of heaven in wild, wonderful West Virginia. She loves coffee, chocolate, easy meals, beautiful things and minimalist spaces.

Planning Tips to Help You Make the Most of Your Summer

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