Summer “Bucket List” – 50 Summer Activities for Kids

I am working on creating a list of activities to do with the girls this summer. Our very own Summer “Bucket List.”

The list has been a work in progress in my brain for a few weeks now, so it’s helping me to get it written down so I won’t forget what I want to do.

And I like having a list because I’m a bit compulsive about checking things off. Speaking of which, since this has been vaguely floating in my head for a few weeks, some of the items are already done. Yay me!

Here’s our Bucket List for this summer:

• Go Fishing – Done (though Lass still wants to catch a whale…)

• Sleep Out in a Tent
• Hunt for Bugs – Done, but we need to do it again when it isn’t raining
• Go to the Beach
• Pick Wildflowers – Done.
• Roast Marshmallows and Eat S’Mores
• Watch Fireworks
• Grow Caterpillars into Butterflies (Got caterpillars. They’re growing. Waiting on the butterflies.)
• Go to the Zoo
• Go On a Treasure Hunt Outside – Done.
• Visit a Horse Farm and Ride a Horse – Done for the visit to a horse farm, but we didn’t get to ride the horses, so we’ll try again.

• Swim in a Lake or Pond
• Go to a Splash Pad
• Run Through a Sprinkler
• Put a Sprinkler Under Our Trampoline and Jump
• Visit a Butterfly Garden
• Play Hopscotch
• Make Popsicles
• Play with Water Balloons
• Catch Tadpoles – Done.
• Go to the “Dirty Weird Zoo” Again (and try to avoid the goat attack this time)
• Picnic Lunch in the Yard
• Build a Sandcastle
• Water Play (and maybe a math lesson?)
• Have a Dance Party in the Yard
• Go For A Bike Ride
• Read Books Outside
• Do an Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
• Make Ice Cream
• Catch Fireflies
• Go For a Boat Ride – Done.
• Get Ice Cream from an Ice Cream Truck
• Go to the Farmer’s Market
• Make Unpoppable Bubbles
• Go to the Park
• Make Art/Pets from Rocks
• Go to an Outdoor Concert
• Visit a Farm
• Have a Cookout and Movie Night with Friends (Super Friend and Her Family)
• Find Outdoor Treasures and Use Them to Make an Art Project
• Make Old-Fashioned Lemonade
• Make Firework Glitter Art
• Bubble Painting
• Plant a Garden – Done.

• Make a Fairy Garden or Maybe a Home for Our Rock Pets
• Pick Strawberries, Blueberries, and/or Raspberries
• Complete Summer Reading Programs (our local library, Scholastic, and Half-Price Books)
• Shop Some Yard Sales
• Make Huge Bubbles (maybe use the unpoppable bubble recipe from above for this?)
• Do Family Date Night at Our Local Old-Fashioned Drive In Restaurant (maybe even with a picnic in the back of my Expedition like we did a few years ago)

I’m going to make a poster with these items so that the girls and I can check them off as we complete each one. Miss says she wants to “make her own list,” so we’ll see what ends up on hers.

What’s on yours?