1. Line the streets and dress up your area to celebrate the Olympic Torch Relay.
2. Garden for the Games: Run window boxes down your street in red, white and blue. Plant golden marigolds or get the neighbours talking and plant the Olympic Rings.
3. Hold a sports quiz with your friends and family to find the brains of the Games. You can download everything you need to get started, including quizzes and answer sheets, when you sign up as a Local Leader.
4. Gather friends and family to watch the Olympic Opening Ceremony on 27 July. Sign up to be a Local Leader for everything you need to get you started – including party invites and Opening Night In party games. london2012.com/opennightin
5. Host a Super Saturday party on 4 August, when 25 gold medals will be won. A perfect day to host a BBQ and celebrate the Olympic Games. Sign up to be a Local Leader for everything you need to get you started including invites and party games. london2012.com/supersaturday
6. Visit the Bridges Festival, taking place in Newcastle and Gateshead throughout the Football competition period. www.newcastlegateshead.com
7. Come along to Stockton International Riverside festival and see the new commissions available through the Cultural Olympiad. www.stockton.gov.uk
8. Visit ~Flow, an interactive sound sculpture on the River Tyne as part of the London 2012 Artists Taking the Lead project. www.flowmill.org
9. Visit one of the North East’s Great Boxing Booth Revivals, a contemporary version of the old fairground boxing booth touring agricultural shows across the region this summer. www.artsandheritage.org.uk
10. Get creative and create a UK landmark... out of cake! As part of the London 2012 Festival and EAT! NewcastleGateshead, teams of amateur bakers will create a 100sq metre map of the country made entirely out of delicious cake. It’s definitely the tastiest event of the summer!
11. Enjoy Connecting Light – a major new art installation for local, national and international audiences, which will span the length of Hadrian’s Wall in the summer.
12. Take part in One Big Event – a collaboration between all 12 local authorities of the North East, counting down to the 2012 Games with a series of sporting and cultural activities in their local communities on 27 June.
13. Make sure your local school celebrates the athletes and cultures of the world on London 2012 World Sport Day on 25 June.
14. Encourage your local school to learn the official London 2012 mascot dance
15. Make Flame hats and shakers in your school or at home to celebrate the Olympic Torch Relay london2012.com/linethestreets
16. Get your school to enter the ‘Get Set for Team GB and ParalympicsGB’ schools competition, pledging their support to our greatest team as they prepare for the Games london2012.com/getset
17. Attend one of the Paralympic Games ‘Light a Lantern’ events london2012.com/join-in
18. Plan Paralympic Games activities for the start of the new school year in September. london2012.com/getset
19. Download the final mascot film from the Get Set website and host a special school assembly to see how their journey ends. london2012.com/getset
20. Bake a Mount Olympus Pudding for your Olympic celebrations, a dessert of Olympic ambitions created by Local Leaders the Baker Brothers. Download the recipe at london2012.com/localleaders
21. Watch all the sport and enjoy other entertainment at Live Sites with giant screens in Middlesbrough and Sunderland. london2012.com/livesites
22. Get your photo taken beside the giant Olympic Rings on the Tyne Bridge.
23. Try a new Olympic sport. Learn all about the sports on the London 2012 programme at london2012.com/sports.
24. Thinking of coming to London to watch a free Olympic sport event? Sign up to receive free advice about attending one of the nine free road sport events, including the Marathon and Cycling Road Race. london2012.com/signup
25. Find out about athletes born in your area hoping to compete at London 2012. Find out about their sport and get ready to follow their journey.
26. Learn more about the nations and cultures of the athletes who will be based at a Pre-Games Training Camp near you.
27. Find out how to train to become a referee, official or coach in a sport that interests you http://www.sportengland.org/
28. Take part in the London 2012 Festival – over 10 million free opportunities for a huge range of arts and culture events.
29. Enjoy The Big Concert – Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, on 21 June, broadcast live from Stirling on BBC Four and at 22 London 2012 Live Sites across the UK.
30. Join the 100,000 people on Hackney Marshes by listening to the BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend on BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and on BBC Three.
31. Grab a bell and ring it on the morning of the opening day of the London 2012 Olympic Games for 'Work No.1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes' by Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed. The UK is invited to ring thousands of bells at the same time, whether schools bells, church bells, town hall bells, bicycle bells or door bells.
32. Tune into the world famous BBC Proms – a London 2012 Festival highlight. From Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to specially-filmed new Wallace and Gromit animations and the ‘Last Night of the Proms’ celebrations. If you can’t make it to the Royal Albert Hall you can enjoy the performances for free on BBC Radio 3, and many will also be screened on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four.
33. Visit some of the Olympic Host Cities and towns given their moment to shine during the Torch Relay. Get 20.12% discount off top attractions along with other fantastic offers. www.great2012offers.com
34. Make your own mascot and play games with Wenlock and Mandeville at london2012.com/mascots
35. Buy a mascot from the London 2012 Online Shop. shop.london2012.com
36. Buy your flags and banners to line the streets for Olympic Torch Relay, from £5 at shop.london2012.com and in the official London 2012 Shop at John Lewis.
37. Buy your Team GB replica kit to cheer on our greatest team. shop.london2012.com
38. Buy your Team GB scarf to support our greatest team ourgreatestteam.com
39. Tune into BBC coverage of the Olympic Games.
40. Follow @London2012 on Twitter and Like the London 2012 Facebook page for all the latest info, photos, competitions and more.
41. Join Our Greatest Team – send a message of support to Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes. ourgreatestteam.com
42. Download the Official London 2012 Join In App – a mobile guide to help you plan, enjoy and share your Games experience. london2012.com/mobileapps
43. Download the official results app to keep up with the action, coming soon at london2012.com/mobileapps
44. Watch new videos uploaded daily at www.youtube.com/london2012
45. Buy tickets to see Mexico, Spain and Brazil in the Olympic Football Tournament at St. James' Park. Prices are from £20 for adults, with special ‘pay your age’ prices for young people aged 16 and under and £16 tickets for seniors. www.tickets.london2012.com
46. Join in the free Big Dance – across the North East. Events will take place in all sorts of locations and in all dance styles, open to absolutely anyone. london2012.com/festival
47. Buy Paralympic Games tickets and witness sport like never before. Tickets from £10 for adults, £5 for young people and seniors. www.tickets.london2012.com
48. Sign up to ‘Join in’ emails giving you news, videos and exclusive competitions from now right through the Games. london2012.com/signup
49. Be part of the UK-wide art project 'Peace Camp': glowing encampments at some of the most beautiful and remote coastal locations, from County Antrim to the tip of Cornwall. Explore the artwork live and contribute online. http://www.peacecamp2012.com
50. Join A Hansel of Film – Shetland to Southampton and back: a celebration of films made by the public and shown on big screens, curated by film critics Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams.
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