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Thank you to all of our collaborators, and to those of you who have participated  in the Daily Activities for the past few weeks!

As the weather gets nicer and as we have all been spending more time online for work and school, we are seeing the participation in these activities decrease significantly. Therefore, we will not be publishing any additional activities while we re-evaluate the best way to serve the youth of our region in this challenging time.  

If you are visiting this page and will be missing the Daily Activites, or if you have ideas of ways that we could serve, let us know by sending us a text or an email!  715.255.0509 or sparkashland@gmail.com

Chequamegon Bay Area 
"Safer at Home" activities for kids and teens

There will be a new set of activities posted each weekday on this page.
Fill out the form for each activity you complete to be entered into the drawing for weekly prizes! 
The more activities you complete, the more entries you get in the drawing each week!
This project is a collaborative effort of the following organizations:

For the week of April 27th, we will draw for
​a $25 gift certificate from the....

in Bayfield  

Activities for Wednesday, April 29th

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Bird Song ID
​See how many different birds you can identify by their songs

FITNESS

TikTok Dance Tutorial- Come Around Me
Learn this popular TikTok dance!

MINDFUL

Intro to meditation
Headspace
 Headspace is an app that teaches people how to meditate.  This is the first 5 minute session.

CREATIVE

Create a Vision Board
What do you want to do?  What do you want your life to look like in a year?  What do you want to learn or accomplish?  Use this fun activity to set your dreams in motion.

BRAIN

Learn some coding
​Run through this game building exercise to learn some coding basics
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The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 20 - Color & Texture Search!

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Monday April 27th

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Take  a Hike around Long Lake
​Long Lake is a great place to take a relatively easy 1 mile hike.

FITNESS

10 minute Kickboxing workout
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MINDFUL

A "Kindness at Home" Mindfulness Session.
 The times we're living in can be stressful... How can you plant the seeds of kindness in your home?

CREATIVE

Write a letter to your future self.
What are you learning about yourself during this time?  What do you want to make sure you remember in 1 year? 5 years? 20?

BRAIN

Learn Japanese
Take a few minutes to learn how to count to 10 in Japanese!
Click on the button below if you completed any of the activities listed above.  THIS IS HOW YOU ENTER THE DRAWING!

The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 19 - Read to Tree!

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Friday April 24th!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Giant Tic-Tac-Toe
Play Tic-Tac-Toe using chalk and  a frisbee or other toss-able object

FITNESS

Learn how to do the dance to Renegade on TikTok!
This dance is all the rage on TikTok.  Learn how to do it here!
 

MINDFUL

Everyday Mindfulness
Learn how you can add mindful moments into your day, and why you would want to!

CREATIVE

Make your own beat using this simple free online tool!
Get creative and make your beat.  A fun easy to use tool to make music right now!

BRAIN

Try an online jigsaw puzzle!
Yes, there's really online jigsaw puzzles!  It's fun!
Click on the button below if you completed any of the activities listed above.  THIS IS HOW YOU ENTER THE DRAWING!

The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 16 - Solo Sit!

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Thursday April 23rd!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Life Underwater
Find a body of water (puddle, pond, lake, river or stream). Spend some time with it. See if there are any signs of life.

FITNESS

Learn how to Cartwheel!
Doing a cartwheel is a fun trick to master! 
 

MINDFUL

Sun Salutations
Go outside and greet the Sun with a Sun Salutation flow!

CREATIVE

Make your own Chain Reaction
Get creative and make your own chain reaction out of household items!

BRAIN

Learn Spanish
Take a few minutes to learn some common words and phrases in Spanish!
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The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 15 - Eco Art!

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Wednesday April 22nd!
It's Earth Day!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Tree Bark ​ ID
Find 8 different trees by looking at the different bark patterns. See if you can identify the type of tree in Ojibwe, Latin or English.

FITNESS

Plogging or Plalking
Plogging or Plalking is a combination of jogging (or walking) while picking up litter.
 

MINDFUL

Express Your Gratitude to the Earth:
We know that expressing gratitude is good for our own well-being.  Today is great day to express gratitude for this planet we call home

CREATIVE

Earth Day Sidewalk Chalk Challenge
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day by doing a sidewalk chalk drawing that makes you happy!

BRAIN

Earth Day Quiz
How much do you know about out Earth- its species, its resources, it's threats?
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The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 14 - Acrostic Poems (they're fun!)

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Tuesday April 21st!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Mandala Eco-Art
Make a circle out of natural materials and then create an ‘art piece’ inside the circle that is meaningful to you. ​

FITNESS

Learn how To do a Handstand
Learn how to do and hold a handstand.
 

MINDFUL

Sunset Reflection.
Go out and find a place to watch the sunset.  Reflect on your day as the sun goes down.  What's something good, bad, and something you're looking forward to from the day?

CREATIVE

Make a homeade bird feeder
Make a bird feeder for the birds around your community!

BRAIN

Science with a Smartphone: Decibel Meter
 See how your voice and the voices of others measure up by testing noise levels with a decibel meter made from a free app and your smartphone.​
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The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 13 - Joy Spotting

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Monday April 20th!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Shelter Building
​Build a shelter and take a nap in it!
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FITNESS

10-minute HIIT workout
​High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is all the rage!  Get a great strength and cardio workout in just 10 minutes
 

MINDFUL

Watching our feelings like the weather.
Our feelings come, go and change like the weather.  This short meditation helps us learn how to observe our feelings and stay present in the moment.

CREATIVE

Draw a 3D "A"
​optical illusion
Take a few minutes to learn how to draw this optical illusion.

BRAIN

NASA puzzles!
Try one or more of these puzzles from NASA's Junior Ranger Spaceflight Explorer activity guide.  We think you have "The Right Stuff"
​
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The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 12 - Ant Walk

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Friday April 17th!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Read to a Tree
Take your favorite book outside and read it to a tree!
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FITNESS

Push-up Challenge
See how many push-ups you can do in a row!  Rest for a bit and see if you can beat your score!
 

MINDFUL

Birds are Back in Town
Go for a walk today and see how many different bird calls you can hear!  Can you spot them?  Can you identify them?

CREATIVE

Creative Kitchen!
Offer to make food for the family today!  Check out what kind of food you have at home and see if you can come up with something creative to make for everyone!

BRAIN

Tongue Twisters!
See if you can complete all of these tongue twisters out loud.  Bonus if you can say them fast!
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The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 9 - Cloudy Visions

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Thursday April 16th!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Eco-Art!
Build a sculpture or create a design using natural materials

FITNESS

Take Kannon's Strength Class today at 4:00pm!
SPARK mentor Kannon Kilander is offering a strength building class by video conference at 4:00pm today!
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77620084624​
 

MINDFUL

Commit a Random Act of Kindness
Can you do something kind for someone else today?  We think you can!  

CREATIVE

Take a creative selfie
Check out all the ideas to see if you can get inspired to take you're own creative selfie and share it with us!

BRAIN

Stepdown
Word Puzzle
Can you solve this?
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The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 8 - Haiku!

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

Activities for Wednesday April 15th!

The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 7 - 'Awe' Art!

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Greeting Walk
Take a walk outside today and say hello to anyone that you come across (from a distance.)  Just because we have to socially distant doesn't mean socially isolated!

FITNESS

Learn to Moonwalk
Learn how to Moonwalk like Michael Jackson!
 

MINDFUL

Start a Bullet Journal
Start a personal and unique journal to plan ahead and think about the past.  

CREATIVE

Paper Airplanes
Make a paper airplane and see how far it will go!

BRAIN

Word Recall
See how many words you can recall on this list!
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Activities for Tuesday April 14th!

The 30 Day Micro-Adventure 
Day 6- There's no place like home

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Dirt Drawing!
Draw a picture or create a design on the ground using a a stick or an object of your choice

FITNESS

10 minute full body workout!
It's only 10 minutes!!   You don't need any equipment.
You can do it!
 

MINDFUL

Mindful Listening
Can you notice when the sound changes?

CREATIVE

Write Your Own Rap
Listen to the provided beat and write a verse of your own

BRAIN

Optical Illusions
Check out these optical illusions!
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Activities for Monday April 13th!

The 30 Day Micro-Adventure - Day 5 - Track Story

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Service Project!
Walk around your block and pick up any trash you find. 
​

FITNESS

Plank!
See how long you can hold a plank for!  Even better, do a blank in a cool spot and take a photo!

MINDFUL

Mindful Bubbles
Making and blowing bubbles for mindfulness

CREATIVE

DIY Fluffy Slime
Use some basic household item create fluffy slime.

BRAIN

Sudoku
7 Easy Steps to learn Suduko
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Activities for Friday April 10th!

The 30 Day Micro-Adventure - Day 2 - Sound Map

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Sound Check
​Sit outside for 20 minutes and write down all the different sounds you hear. ​​

FITNESS

Basic Yoga
Take some time and learn these simple yet effective yoga poses.

MINDFUL

Learn about the power of positivity
Watch a video about positivity and see just how it can affect us.

CREATIVE

Creative Writing
Turn on your imaginations and your pencils on paper.  Write for 10 minutes straight about what your life will be like after Social-Distancing and Covid-19.

BRAIN

Solving Riddles
Riddles are a fun way to engage the mind!  They can even be cooperative.  See if you can solve these riddles!
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Activities for Thursday April 9th!

The 30 Day Micro-Adventure Challenge begins today!!

One small adventure per day to get you out out, up & moving, inspired and invigorated while exploring the place where you live! On top of all that if you complete the challenge you could win a $30 gift card!!
CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED!!

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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Catch a Sunset
​Walk to somewhere with a nice view and watch the sunset.

FITNESS

Walk or Bike!
Take a 30 minute walk or bike ride to someplace you have never been.

MINDFUL

Learn why Mindfulness is important
Listen to Andy from Headspace discuss the benefits of just a few minutes of mindfulness each day.

CREATIVE

A World of Hearts
​Put your heart into this activity to create hope in our community by painting, pasting, or drawing multi colored hearts on windows.

BRAIN

Play Chess
Chess is an amazing game for your brain!
​If you know how, play against the computer or if you don't know how to play, take an online chess lesson!
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Activities for Wednesday April 8th!
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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Have a picnic 
​Find a nice place outside for a meal.

FITNESS

Picnic Table Challenge
Grab a partner and try to do the picnic table challenge!

MINDFUL

Hello Breath
A 4-minute mindfulness session.

CREATIVE

DIY Facemasks
Learn to build your own COVID masks!

BRAIN

Word Puzzles 
See if you can solve these 25 word puzzles!
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Activities for Tuesday April 7th!
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Get one prize entry for every completed activity.

OUTDOOR

Adopt a Drain
Storm drains are important to the proper passage of storm water into the Bay. Keeping pollutants out of the drains (including yard litter like leaves and grass, and other pollutants, means keeping pollutants out of the Lake.

FITNESS

8 Minute Dance Workout! 
Dance workouts are a great way to have fun, learn cool moves and get your cardio!

MINDFUL

"Super Pink Moon"
Clear skies? There's a full moon tonight! Sit outside and watch the moon. ​

CREATIVE

Fold a world record breaking paper airplane!
How far do you think you can mike it fly?  The world record is almost a whole football field!

BRAIN

Learn a Magic Trick with a coin!
10 different coin tricks... can you learn 1 or more of them?
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Get ready to join the SOEI on the 30-day Micro Adventure Challenge. 
The adventures begin this THURDSAY APRIL 9th
click the picture below for more info!