50 fun things leading up to 50...

DundeeDoll

September 11th is exactly 50 weeks before my 50th. To enjoy the lead-up I want to do 50 things I havent done before, preferrably MSE (so great wall of china is out :rotfl:) i am an overweight under-fit cowardly custard so parachuting also out :eek:
Ideas so far include playing marbles at Elgin, getting a tattoo, making sushi, shaking a bucket for charity, getting something published in a magazine, giving a sheep a pedicure, making icecream, eating an alphabet of scottish foods, playing the bagpipes, learning to crochet, driving a combine harvester...

I dont have to have the whole list settled by the start but do want to spend the next 6 weeks making a start. All suggestions welcome :beer:

building_with_lego

What a brilliant idea! I'm not sure of your life experiences so far but maybe some of these may inspire you:

Ride a horse/ Shetland pony? Motorbike? Rollercoaster? Camel?
Walk on stilts? Tightrope?
Find a geocache?
Master something that you can't cook yet (eg I just can't manage gooey brownies )?
Make a corn dolly?
Learn to juggle/ eat fire?!
Busk for an hour/ living statue for an hour?

Let us have your list once it's complete, mind, some of us may be inspired to do something similar

kingfisherblue

Volunteer an hour of your time for 50 weeks

Bounce on a trampoline for 50 minutes

Try 50 types of biscuit/cake/sweets/something else that is tasty

Decorate a room

Paint pottery

Learn bushcraft - make your own shelter (no tarps or twine) and make your own fire

Cook a fish and baked potato on above fire!

Learn archery

Watch fifty films that you have never seen before

Make a nature collage

What's your favourite animal? Make it from a crafty you haven't tried before

Play the chopsticks game (two players or teams required. using Smarties, Maltesers or dried peas, transfer them from one container to another with chopsticks. If two teams, sit in a row and pass along. If two players, move from one side of room to another. Have set time - how many can you successfully move?)

Hold an Ann Summers party

Learn a language

Try 50 different foods that you haven't tried before

Walk for 50 minutes a week - somewhere different each time

vikki_louise

Dress up as a costume character (like you get at Disney), hop down the street on a space hopper (like on friends!), break a world record (if you think of something very original then you get to set it!), do a fun run, spend Christmas day working at a homeless shelter, keep an eye on hot ukdeals or bargain sites for one of the mega cheap flights/hotels and be spontaneous, do 50 random acts of kindness, wish on a star, have a custard pie fight or get gunged, go to a rave pretending your a 90's teenager, swim the distance of the channel in your local swimming pool, hire a bouncy castle just for yourself and your adult friends

DundeeDoll

I knewthismwasnthe place to ask i will of course let you know the final list

DundeeDoll

building_with_lego wrote: »

What a brilliant idea! I'm not sure of your life experiences so far

good point i was pleasentlynsurprised. Eg i have beento wimbledon, last night of the proms and lords, punted at cambridge, flown in a balloon, been on concorde (though it was grounded at the time :rotfl:

DundeeDoll

building_with_lego wrote: »

Ride a horse/ Shetland pony? Motorbike? Rollercoaster? Camel?
Walk on stilts? Tightrope?
Find a geocache?

wow done all those except tightrope. Camel was the smelliest!

building_with_lego wrote: »

Master something that you can't cook yet (eg I just can't manage gooey brownies )?

thinking of making a harvest loaf, icecream and sushi

building_with_lego wrote: »

Make a corn dolly?
Learn to juggle/ eat fire?!
Busk for an hour/ living statue for an hour?)

love all these and they are all under consideration (fire throwing rather than juggling)

DundeeDoll

Kingfisher i like your 50 theme. In answer to each
Volunteer an hour of your time for 50 weeks there will certainly be a voluntary something
Bounce on a trampoline for 50 minutes done
Try 50 types of biscuit/cake/sweets/something else that is tasty that sounds nomy. I think either biscuits or soups
Decorate a room done
Paint pottery on list for consideration
Learn bushcraft - make your own shelter (no tarps or twine) and make your own fire have added wild camping to list
Cook a fish and baked potato on above fire!
Learn archery done
Watch fifty films that you have never seen before under consideration ditto 50 foods
i've made a nature collage and played the chopsticks game (I was a very keen guide) Ann summers? I'd probs die of embarrassment. Languages are not my forte but perhaps learning 50 words (or hello in 50 languages) there will be a walking challenge in there somewhere.

DundeeDoll

vikki_louise wrote: »

Dress up as a costume character (like you get at Disney), hop down the street on a space hopper (like on friends!), break a world record (if you think of something very original then you get to set it!), do a fun run, spend Christmas day working at a homeless shelter, keep an eye on hot ukdeals or bargain sites for one of the mega cheap flights/hotels and be spontaneous, do 50 random acts of kindness, wish on a star, have a custard pie fight or get gunged, go to a rave pretending your a 90's teenager, swim the distance of the channel in your local swimming pool, hire a bouncy castle just for yourself and your adult friends

again all brilliant. I misread ukdeal as ukelele which is an instrument i have never played. I'll probs have to leave WR to the. Brilliant team GB though sometimes the uni tries them so will keep my eyes peeled.
Omg a custard pie fight, defo on my list!

Chris25

DundeeDoll wrote: »

Ideas so far include playing marbles at Elgin, getting a tattoo, making sushi, shaking a bucket for charity, ...

can't shake a bucket now, but you can hold it & smile sweetly http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/guidance/about-fundraising/charitable-collections/

skinny dipping?.......... ok, I know it's not great weather

vikki_louise

What about sending 50 pieces of post to very poorly children to make them smile https://www.postpals.co.uk
Have a go at busking, maybe show off the new skill you learnt
Sleep in the garden under the stars (with no tent)
Do one of the zoo experiences when you get to feed an elephant or other animals