With the glorious summer weather and the kids home from school, summer vacation is great for spending quality time together as a family. However, without a specific plan in mind, it’s easy to let the days slip by as you busy yourself with your daily chores and your kids while away their time in front of the television. This summer, you can ensure a productive, fun–filled time with your kids by gathering them together and creating a summer bucket list. Take plenty of ideas from each child and suggest a few of your own so everyone is equally excited about tackling the items on the list.
Here are 50 fun summer bucket list ideas to get you started.
1. Go on a picnic
2. Create carnival games at home
3. Make tie dye T shirts
4. Write letters to family living far away
5. Make ice chalk (mix equal parts water and flour, add washable paint and freeze in an ice cube tray) and create sidewalk art
6. Play fun summer-themed learning games
7. Make a lemonade stand
8. Catch fireflies
9. Play in a creek
10. Go to a drive-in movie
11. Have a family talent show
12. Redecorate the kids’ bedroom with DIY décor
13. Go to the beach and build a sand castle together
14. Visit a farmer’s market
15. Have a water balloon fight
16. Create a slip ‘n slide in the backyard
17. Go to a county fair and participate in one of the competitions
18. Have a treasure hunt around the house
19. Have a puppet show
20. Visit an animal shelter
21. Donate gently used toys and clothes
22. Make sun catchers
23. Play in the mud
24. Go on a nature trek
25. Make a birdbath
26. Watch a sunrise or sunset in a scenic location
27. Make homemade ice cream
28. Grow vegetables in the garden
29. Camp out in the backyard
30. Fly a kite
31. Do fun science activities
32. Make your own bouncy balls
33. Play with glow sticks in the bathtub at night
34. Lie down in the grass and watch the clouds go by
35. Write and illustrate a story together
36. Create hand shadows
37. Bake cupcakes together and decorate them
38. Act out a favorite story
39. Visit a nature center
40. Bake mini pizzas and let the kids put the toppings on their own ones
41. Make an earthworm observation jar
42. Make a cool overhead sprinkler for your backyard (poke holes into a two liter soda bottle, attach your hose to the mouth, toss it over a tree branch and turn the water on)
43. Collect sea shells at the beach
44. Teach your kids outdoor games that you used to play as a kid, like hopscotch
45. Give your kids a few dollars each and take them to the dollar store
46. Have a family photo shoot
47. Play your kids’ favorite online games with them
48. Blow bubbles
49. Make a marshmallow shooter
50. Create a ‘random acts of kindness’ list to do during the summer
Getting ideas already? With a fun summer bucket list that everyone agrees on, you can be sure to have a summer that you will remember for years to come!
1. Go on a picnic
2. Create carnival games at home
3. Make tie dye T shirts
4. Write letters to family living far away
5. Make ice chalk (mix equal parts water and flour, add washable paint and freeze in an ice cube tray) and create sidewalk art
6. Play fun summer-themed learning games
7. Make a lemonade stand
8. Catch fireflies
9. Play in a creek
10. Go to a drive-in movie
11. Have a family talent show
12. Redecorate the kids’ bedroom with DIY décor
13. Go to the beach and build a sand castle together
14. Visit a farmer’s market
15. Have a water balloon fight
16. Create a slip ‘n slide in the backyard
17. Go to a county fair and participate in one of the competitions
18. Have a treasure hunt around the house
19. Have a puppet show
20. Visit an animal shelter
21. Donate gently used toys and clothes
22. Make sun catchers
23. Play in the mud
24. Go on a nature trek
25. Make a birdbath
26. Watch a sunrise or sunset in a scenic location
27. Make homemade ice cream
28. Grow vegetables in the garden
29. Camp out in the backyard
30. Fly a kite
31. Do fun science activities
32. Make your own bouncy balls
33. Play with glow sticks in the bathtub at night
34. Lie down in the grass and watch the clouds go by
35. Write and illustrate a story together
36. Create hand shadows
37. Bake cupcakes together and decorate them
38. Act out a favorite story
39. Visit a nature center
40. Bake mini pizzas and let the kids put the toppings on their own ones
41. Make an earthworm observation jar
42. Make a cool overhead sprinkler for your backyard (poke holes into a two liter soda bottle, attach your hose to the mouth, toss it over a tree branch and turn the water on)
43. Collect sea shells at the beach
44. Teach your kids outdoor games that you used to play as a kid, like hopscotch
45. Give your kids a few dollars each and take them to the dollar store
46. Have a family photo shoot
47. Play your kids’ favorite online games with them
48. Blow bubbles
49. Make a marshmallow shooter
50. Create a ‘random acts of kindness’ list to do during the summer
Getting ideas already? With a fun summer bucket list that everyone agrees on, you can be sure to have a summer that you will remember for years to come!