100 Ideas to Inspire Burlington

Looking for a place to start? We’ve compiled a list of 100 ideas that you could try for 100in1Day Burlington. Some are easy and inexpensive, and others may require a bit more planning and sourcing of materials. Click on the links to see photos or more information. We hope this list might also spark some other ideas that you can try for 100in1Day. If you have another idea, let us know in the comments below, or on social media. Be sure to register your activity, installation, or event for 100in1Day this year!

Have a street party
Hold a community picnic
Create a DIY bike lane
Host a bike tour of your favourite parts of the city
Play a concert in the park
Yoga in the park
Set up an art show
Teach a skill
Give out flowers to strangers
Hold a seed or plant swap
Give people compliments
Create a conversation bench and meet a new friend
Set up an obstacle course for local dogs
Set up a puppy kissing booth
Hold a dog parade
Organize a flash mob
Have fun with sidewalk chalk
Plant a tree
Hold a community clean-up
Blow bubbles!
Make a scavenger hunt
Paint a mural
Plant a garden
Make a Little Free Library
Make the longest game of hopscotch
Set up a street patio
Find some stairs to write inspiring messages on
Make a bus shelter more inviting
Hold a brainstorming session asking your neighbours what they want to make Burlington better
Organize an evening “glow ride” for cyclists
Hold a double dutch skipping party
Raise awareness about an issue important to you
Paint a crosswalk
Put on a play
Screen a movie in your front yard
Have a tournament with your favourite board game
Collect donations for the food bank
Upcycle some trash into art
Make sand sculptures
Have a dance party
Set up a community piano
Make a life sized game of Monopoly around your block
Make a life-sized game of Scrabble
Make a life-sized game of Guess Who?
Collect stories about people from your neighbourhood
Give out “positive tickets” to people you see walking, biking or taking transit
Depave paradise (turn pavement into green space)
Paint a yellow fish road to raise awareness about keeping our waterways clean
Have a pool party in the street
Make a public guitar
Put a mobile garden in a spot you think needs more green space
Leave positive messages for others
Add some colour
Open yourself up to new conversations
Give people a place to sit
Help people share their wish through art
Set up a listening booth
Create a welcome sign for your neighbourhood
Make a pop-up playground
Give directions to your favourite places with wayfinding signs
Set up the longest table community dinner
Be a tour guide for your neighbourhood
Set up a skill swap database for people on your street
Make a bench more comfortable
Make some yarn art
Turn a parking spot into a park
Do some guerrilla gardening
Add googly eyes
Get curious and ask questions about our city
Set up a repair cafe
Make a map of public washrooms
Turn a sidewalk into a timeline
Make a movie about your neighbourhood
Turn a fence into art
Transform the sidewalk into a dance floor
Give people a platform to say something nice
Be a forensic friends artist and draw a sketch as they describe a person they love
Take a vote
Conduct a neighbourhood safety audit
Hold a support group
Give out welcome kits to your newest neighbours
Break a Guinness World Record
Put up some window art
Hold a colouring contest
Make a fairy garden
Host a game of trivia
Make an environmental statement
Create your own mini-golf course
Set up an envelope exchange for people to take and leave a compliment
Make an umbrella sky
Add light to a dark path and invite your neighbours to take a walk with you
Collect wishes on a wish tree
Make a high five counter!
Turn the sidewalk in front of your house into a Silly Walk spot
Make a Wheel of Niceness
Create art that is visible from the sky
Go plogging (picking up litter while jogging)
Organize a clothing swap
Hand out name tags and ask people to wear them for the day
Just say hello to everyone you see!