BOWLING

You don’t need to go to a bowling alley or even purchase a special set of pins to have a great time bowling with the family. Simply save water bottles - you only need 10, and refill them and find yourself a ball. You can even add food coloring, glitter or trinkets to make the activity of creating the bowling pins more en joyable. The blog Lindsay and Andrew recommends using pool noodles to create bumpers, but it’s not necessary.

There are plenty of excuses to have a great time outdoors with family and friends throughout the month of May. From Cinco De Mayo all the way to Memorial Day, the sights, sounds, and smells of springtime abound across Michiana, and May offers a whole week dedicated to getting out and soaking in the sun you may not have heard of.

National Backyard Games Week falls the week before Memorial Day, starting Monday, May 22, this year. You don’t need a lot of money, or even a lot of time or space to get started enjoying time outdoors early on this season. Here’s a list of ideas:

This one is best enjoyed at night. Gather up some glow stick necklaces, a thick glow stick, some tape, and a plastic party cup. Cut a hole in the bottom of the party cup, break the glow stick, and tape it just barely into the bottom. This is your score peg. Snap the necklaces, and get to playing. You can vary this game by using multiple score pegs and even space them out so it’s more like horseshoes.