50 Summer Bucket List Ideas For The Whole Family

I don’t know about you, but I can hardly believe May is over! Cue the music…School’s Out for Summer!

Summer break means fun and excitement, while simultaneously causing dread and anxiety to mothers everywhere! Ahem…you know it does, who are you kidding? 😉

Well, have no fear because I have just the thing to cure what ails you! The Summer Bucket List.

This Summer our family decided to put together a list of all of the things that we would like to see, create, and do over the Summer break.

We gathered our family around, and everyone got to contribute. Even our youngest had suggestions…who may have been a little hard to understand, but I think I got all of her suggestions written down. 🙂

This is such a fun thing to do, because the kiddos answers may surprise you. Our oldest suggested things that weren’t even on my mommy radar.

The Summer Bucket List is great for planning out your day, and also for those times when boredom hits…you can proudly exclaim ‘Let’s look at our Bucket List!’

We like to put our Summer Bucket List on display in the kitchen so everyone passes by it daily. The kiddos also LOVE getting to mark things off of the list too.

Since you may be asking yourself ‘Sounds great, but where do I start?’. I thought I would share some examples of what is on our list to get you started.

1. Get first library card
2. Go bowling – Check out Kids Bowl Free
3. Make Snowcones
4. Have an outdoor movie night
5. Take a mini weekend road trip
6. Pick strawberries
7. Visit a museum
8. Tour your own city – This is really fun! Act like a tourist in your own town.
9. Complete a jigsaw puzzle
10. At least 3 Playdates with friends
11. Paint a picture
12. Go to an arcade
13. Play putt putt golf
14. Visit a park
15. Make tie dye t-shirts
16. Make our own Minute to Win It game complete with prizes
17. Go to a drive in movie
18. Visit the zoo
19. Service project of your choice
20. Dance in the rain on a rainy day
21. Go to a baseball game
22. Go roller skating
23. Fly a kite
24. Have a pajama party – let the kids stay up a little late, have popcorn, and play games
25. Dance party – everyone gets a chance to show off their favorite moves
26. Have a picnic
27. Make some treats and share with neighbors
28. Visit a farmer’s market
29. Make homemade ice cream
30. Plant an herb garden
31. Slip and slide races
32. Have a backyard campfire complete with S’mores
33. Make a sidewalk chalk masterpiece
34. Watch fireworks
35. Gaze at the stars
36. Make giant bubbles – recipe for giant bubbles here
37. Build a sandcastle
38. Go swimming
39. Catch fireflies
40. Get ice cream from an ice cream truck
41. Water balloon fight
42. Go camping
43. Scavenger Hunt
44. Put on your own play
45. Make popsicles
46. Write a story
47. Summer Reading Program
48. Paint Pet Rocks
49. Yes Day – this is a day where you have to YES to everything (within reason of course!)
50. High Five Mom because she is AWESOME!

I hope you fall in love with this new tradition as much as our family has. It is such a great way to stay connected as a family, and a wonderful way for us moms to keep it together over the break.

I’m linking up with Erin at Perfectly Port Family where fellow mommy bloggers are sharing their bucket list ideas.

Because I love my ladies, I have included a Summer Bucket List printable to help you get started. Happy Summer Bucket Listing! XO

 

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