Inspiration
Need help brainstorming ideas for your neighbourhood activation? Below is a list of things you could do to animate your neighbourhood - hopefully this helps to get your creative juices flowing!
30 ideas to get you started!
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Neighbourhood Scavenger hunt
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Sidewalk chalk art
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Stenciled fitness trail
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Kit for crafts/snowman making/
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Kindness rocks
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Glo in the dark distanced activities – i.e. dancing on front lawn, parades
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Bike rodeo
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Installations – Chalk board- I love my neighbourhood because
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Art installation, Message cork board, Kids posting art – each week a theme
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Dog bowl trail
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Thirst station – for runners and walkers who are coming by
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Planting flowers on front lawns
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Skip rope challenges
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Porch music
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Neighbourhood flags/lawn signs
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Holiday decorations for the street
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Neighbourhood walk challenge
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Community clean up
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Community quilt
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Breaking a Guinness world record
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Book Club – Neighbourhood reads!
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Neighbourhood BINGO
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Window walk – art, jokes, supplies
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Block party BBQ
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Neighbourhood swap and sell
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Sidewalk chalk festival
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Plant a communal pollinator garden
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Road hockey, basketball, or basement tournament
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Movie night
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Neighbourhood talent show