Foot Painting

So this is one of my personal favorites -slash- my go to when I need an adventure idea on the fly. Foot painting. Whenever I tell people this is the activity we are going to do they always assume that we are going to use our toes to paint. This is an option, but I think it is more challenging, and therefore more fun, to use your toes to hold a brush and paint with that.
So for this activity you need paper, paint, paint brushes and water. Use water color paint, acrylics, crayola, it doesn't really matter. Place newspaper all around your painting floor space and put a piece regular paper or water color paper on top. Pick up your paint brush with your toes and paint away!

To add to this activity:

• It is fun to print our a picture that everyone is trying to paint. Each picture turns out so differently its sometimes hard to tell you were all painting the same object...
• Foot painting sometimes turns into painting feet, do what you want.
• Use a sheet and secure it down, put paint on your feet and dance to your favorite song and see what it looks like in color. 

Movies that compliment this activity

• Footloose
• Happy Feet
•  Cinderella
• Little Mermaid

Hot Chocolate Tasting

Outside activities excursions are getting tricky now that the weather is getting colder. To compensate, lets rock some indoor adventures! One idea I got from drinking AMAZING hot chocolate from work is a tasting date. To explain the idea I am going to use hot chocolate, but you could use it with any food: eggnog, ice cream, cheese... whatever you feel like. 

So this is how it goes. You go from generic to specialty. So for hot chocolate you by some store brand packets, some nestle mix, Swiss mix, maybe some Abuelita or Stophers and then like maybe melt some Belgium chocolate bars in milk. Then you pour some shots, add whipped cream to each, and top off with  cinnamon or chocolate shavings. Label the brand of each chocolate shot with tape on the  bottom of the glass (you should probably do this before you pour the hot chocolate). Then have your partner mix up the glasses and take turns drinking from your shot set and guessing which hot chocolate is which. Who knows, maybe your favorite hot chocolate is the generic stuff!

To add to this activity...

• You can add an extra level. Once you find out which hot chocolate mix is your favorite, figure out what your favorite toppings are, cream, half and half, cinnamon, nutmeg, hazelnut and so on. You could make shots for days!!
• Or put different ice cream in your shots and see what flavoring you like
• Look up a recipe for legit Belgium hot chocolate and make the real thing at home!
• Choose different flavors of hot chocolate and drink shots blindly to figure out what your favorite really is.
• Play Beer pong with hot chocolate shots, using marshmallows as the ping pongs

A Date Around the World!

Have a traveling bug? Let’s take a trip around the world… in Provo.
There are places in and around Provo that have a unique culture or ethnicity. Put a few ideas together and take a date around the world.

For more fun, make a passport and get a stamp for each place you visit!

Or give your date a packing list of as many items as they can find.

 Examples would be

• France: berets, mustaches, striped shirts, 
• India: white shirts and sashes
• Tropics: sarong and sandals

Let the fun begin!!

Ever seen Stonehenge? 

Orem has it’s very own Stonehenge! Slightly smaller, and more intact then the original, Orem Stonehenge sits on the grass of a local business. Bring Hot Chocolate and gaze at the stars or try to remake the stone formations with your bodies.

Location: 435 W Center St, Orem, UT 84057

Price: free

Indoor Tropical Island resort? 

There is such a thing in Germany, the worlds largest indoor water park. Recreate this experience by going to the Old Mill pool, it is a tropical island inside the complex. Complete with palm trees, sand, and water. Just make sure you have a way in, because it is locked half the time.

location:724 W 1720 N, Provo, UT 84604

Price: Free

Prauge Bakery

Eat some traditional Czech Kolaches.

Location:  434 W Center St Provo Utah, 84606

Price: Around $3

Love Lock Bridge Paris. 

There is a bridge in Paris where you place a lock on the chain of a bridge and throw the key into the water. Buy a lock and key and find a bridge to keep your heart’s secrets.

Location: Find a bridge

Price: $3 for a lock

Sushi in Japan

Try any sushi bar in Provo

Location: Google it

Price: Varies

India

The Hari Krishna Temple is a Indian architectural marvel on Utah Soil. Take pictures and pet the llamas

Location: 311 W 8500 S, Spanish Fork, UT 84660 

Price: Free

The Alps of Switzerland.

Go to Sundance and ride the lift and pretend you are in the alps of Switzerland and Germany. I guess you could also go skiing and it would be European too.  

Location: 8841 N. Alpine Loop Road, Sundance, Utah 84504

Price : $25 for 2 people

Waterfalls of Europe

Iceland and Switzerland are renowned for thier beautiful waterfalls. Provo conveniently also has many waterfalls too. Print out a flag and take pictures, or have a cheese picnic near a waterfall

Location: Waterfall

Price: Free

Gelato in Italy

Gloria's Little Italy has the best gelato in Provo. A classic Italian treat, in an Italian themed restaurant

Location:1 E Center St, Provo, UT 84606

Price: About $3 a scoop

Chocolate of the World

Pop and Sweets has an assortment of European chocolate. Grab some foreign sweetness to eat on your trip.

Location:42 E 1230 N St, Provo, UT 84604

Price: $3 per candy

Mexican Craters

Swim in  tropical waters of the Homestead Crater and pretend you are in the jungles of South America.

Location: 700 Homestead Dr, Midway, UT 84049

Price: $15 per person (try to find a group on)

Foreign Cinema

Check out local screenings of foreign films, like BYU, or you could just Netflix it

Location: depends

Price: Free