70+ Cheap or Free Things to Do With Your BFFs This Summer
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So, it's summertime and you want to hang out with your BFFs . . . but you don't want to spend a fortune every time you go out on the town! Well, there are plenty of affordable (or free!) things that you can do with your friends during the warm-weather season; it's just a matter of deciding on one. Ahead, scope out more than 70 cheap ideas for things to do with friends this Summer. What's better than spending time together and saving a few bucks?
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Have a cupcake bake-off.
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Tour open houses in your neighborhood.
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Go on a group photo walk.
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Have a bonfire.
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Have a backyard picnic together.
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Plan a group vacation.
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Visit with the elderly at a senior home.
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Visit the closest beach or lake for a day in the water.
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Train for a marathon together.
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Attend a local sports game.
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Learn a new language together.
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Find pretty walls in your city and stage an Instagram photo shoot.
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Host a potluck brunch.
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Sing karaoke together.
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Do yoga together in the park.
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Volunteer to walk shelter animals together.
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Host a DIY ice cream sundae party.
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Visit an art gallery.
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Plan a "clothing swap" party to refresh your group's wardrobes.
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Attend a local play.
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Make s’mores.
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Go to a petting zoo.
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Play a game of capture the flag.
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Join a recreational sports team.
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Attend a parade.
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Go to a baseball game.
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Help elderly neighbors with yard work.
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Have a car-washing party.
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Have a water balloon fight.
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Go to the drive-in movies.
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People-watch together.
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Tour a brewery as a group.
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Build a sandcastle together.
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Go camping.
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Play soccer.
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Play disc golf in the park.
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Lie out at a community pool.
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Play flashlight tag.
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Go see a Summer matinee movie.
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Ride a roller coaster.
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Make a slip and slide in your yard.
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Watch fireworks.
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Have a group yard sale.
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Skip rocks together at a pond.
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Participate in a scavenger hunt.
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Play minigolf.
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Catch fireflies together.
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Jump rope.
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Chase down the ice cream truck.
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Go to the farmers market together.
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Give each other Summer pedicures.
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Feed some ducks together.
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Have an outdoor tea party.
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Clean up trash in your community.
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Play together in the sprinklers.
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Collect seashells.
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Set up a lemonade stand in your neighborhood.
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Pick wildflowers.
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Throw a backyard BBQ for friends and family.
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Visit a free museum or factory tour.
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Take a day hiking trip.
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Go to a free music festival.
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Go swimming.
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Practice group meditation.
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Do a group walking tour of your city.
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Visit the library together.
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Go fishing.
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Ride bikes.
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Go to the zoo.
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Pick strawberries together.
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