Print out this checklist to gather all the gear you'll need for a summer of cool, fun activities.

•A backyard plastic wading pool
•Old plastic squirt bottles, thoroughly cleaned, to use as water guns
•Used margarine, sour cream and cottage cheese containers, for scooping up water
•Balloons of all sizes, to fill with air or water
•Plastic banana split or sundae dishes, to use as sailboats
•Small yogurt containers, to fill with juice for ice pops
•Pie pans for mixing mud pies
•Old sponges, rags and brushes for car, dog or bicycle washes