As the school year ends, parents across the country are looking for activities to keep their teenagers busy and out of trouble this summer. While some kids might want to lounge around all summer, most teenagers crave a bit more stimulation and challenge in their lives.

Right now, there seems to be a lot going on in the world. Stressors are at an all-time high as we find ourselves in the wake of the pandemic and on the global shift of change. To top it all off, summer is here, and with it comes the heat. While summer is known to be a fun, exciting time overall, the truth is that when you’re not in the best of moods already, your summer can quickly turn sour. With the excess heat and the increased amount of people outside, you can find yourself even more stressed than you were before summer started. Lucky for you, since summer is the time of enjoyment, it’s also the best time to have some fun, quickly and easily melting your stress away. Here are our favorite fun ways to melt away your stress this summer.