This list has 75 different ideas of things you can do as a UofSC student in Columbia, SC specially, as well as fun ideas for college students to do on the weekends in general. This list has several budget friendly options as well as road trips, and restaurant suggestions.
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This is the kind of post that I wish someone had written for me. I searched Pinterest for hours looking for suggestions to do on the weekends (on a budget) besides partying. That’s when my good friend Laken and I decided to make a list of things to do and cut it up and place it in a jar to draw from.
- Bike ride
- Get a tarot card reading or palm reading
- Go stargazing
- Magic Mountain (if nearby)
- Goat yoga
- Breakfast for dinner
- Thrift store jeans makeover
- Make a blanket fort
- Picnic on the horseshoe
- Trampoline park
- Game night
- Movie marathon
- Spa night
- Go to model home open houses
- Pottery place
- Host a bake off
- Laser tag
- Watch sunset from a rooftop
- Aerial yoga
- Thrift shop for outfits and go out in them that night
- Duck Donuts
- Edventure Kids Museum
- Try sweet cream company
- Go to Blue Flour Bakery
- Catch a Columbia Fireflies Game
- Watch a film at the nickelodeon theater
- Drive in movie
- Go to the mall
- Operation city quest scavenger hunt
- Go to Cayce Historical Museum
- Eat burgers from Pawley’s Front Porch
- Hike in Harbison Forest
- Hike the Palmetto trail
- Drink a massive milkshake at Grill Marks
- Go on a mural hunt throughout the city
- Try the Spotted Salamander
- Try the Happy Cafe
- Eat brunch at Publico
- Try Cupcake Down South
- Learn the Carolina Shag
- Go swing dancing
- Do a crafting project
- Home cook a meal
- Go volunteer (animal shelter, habitat for humanity, etc.)
- Drive around and find your favorite houses
- Pull an all nighter
- Soda City
- Do a photoshoot
- Go to Charleston
- Have a beach day
- Go on a hike
- Paint canvases
- Create a mood board/collage
- Watch a University sporting event
- Try a new workout class
- Karaoke
- Bowling
- Zoo
- Axe Throwing
- Go to Greenville
- Top Golf
- Get nails done
- Drive to Asheville
- Drive to Savannah
- Hike Congaree National Park
- River Walk
- Do the SC barbecue trail
- Go see a movie
- Foothills Trail hike
- Ghost tour in Charleston
- South Carolina state museum
- Splurge on a nice dinner (anything but fast food counts as nice haha)
- Go to lake Murray
- Go to the Museum of Art in Columbia.
- Tie dye something!
These ideas will keep me busy without a doubt! I hope that you enjoy them too 🙂
Sincerely,
Meghan Ann
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