Yesterday my daughter said, “Mom, let’s create a list of fun things we can do this summer!”
I told her to grab her brother and sisters and that we would create the list together.
So I bring you a Summer Bucket List by kids, for kids…
1. picnic at the park
2. play in a kiddie pool
3. make s’mores
4. homemade pizza party
5. make pet rocks (rock pet printables also available!)
6. have a cousin sleepover
7. make a lemonade stand
8. go to a summer matinee
9. tie-dye t-shirts
10. write your own story
11. scavenger hunt walk
12. make your own fidget spinners
13. attend story time at the library
14. make ice cream in a baggie
15. visit an IMAX theater
16. fondue night
17. catch fireflies or bugs
18. have a water balloon fight
19. make journals
20. go to a parade
21. make homemade jam
22. hunt for shapes in the clouds
23. go to a water splash pad
24. play Legos
25. go fishing
26. build an indoor fort using blankets
27. go bowling
28. backyard water games
29. go to a baseball game
30. go to the zoo
31. have a fun summer reading program
32. family bike ride
33. go to a park you’ve never been to before
34. learn to swim or go swimming
35. make a time capsule
36. go bird watching
37. make homemade popsicles
38. play catch
39. learn how to play a new board game
40. go see a fireworks show
41. mail a letter to someone special
42. attend a kids workshop at Home Depot or Lowe’s
43. outdoor movie night
44. make 4th of July shirts
45. learn to hula hoop
46. play dress up
47. go to a drive-in movie
48. bake cookies
49. fly a kite
50. go on a road trip
51. do a fun science project
52. go camping
53. make a bird feeder
54. play hopscotch
55. make paper airplanes and race
56. make sail boats and race
57. set up or make a slip n slide
58. play mini golf
59. skip rocks in a river
60. make smoothies
61. go to a children’s museum
62. start a rock collection
63. plant a garden
64. have a family talent show
65. run in the sprinklers
66. make friendship bracelets
67. create sidewalk art using chalk
68. have a yard sale and let the kids help
69. make homemade bubbles
70. go to an amusement park
71. make princess crowns or hero capes
72. make homemade play dough
73. do a jigsaw puzzle
74. have a pillow fight
75. play mini golf
76. camping in the backyard
77. make sand castles at the park or beach
78. make or go get snow cones
79. go the the local fair
80. homemade marshmallow guns
81. make a video
82. catch butterflies with nets
83. make homemade instruments
84. go horseback riding
85. decorate cupcakes or cookies
86. go to an outdoor concert
87. have a treasure hunt
88. play Frisbee
89. make sun catchers
90. visit a nature center
91. go to the beach
92. collect sea shells
93. go a local farmer’s market
94. have a puppet show
95. make root beer floats
96. have an ice cream party with lots of toppings
97. make recycled crayons
98. go to the skate park or a skating rink
99. favorite movies marathon
100. make treats for neighbors
They had so much fun putting this list together and we are so excited for school to get out!
Find the downloadable list HERE.
Do you have any summer activities you’d like to share?
Also make sure to check out these fun summer ideas, too…
DIY Water Blob using plastic sheeting and duct tape!
OOPS! I’ll have to have them think of one more! Thanks for letting me know!
What a fantastic list! Sounds like you and your kids are going to have a terrific summer!
I sure hope so! Some of these are very simple and easy so we might just do them all!
This is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing some great ideas!! Your family is going to have a fantastic summer!!
You are welcome Mimi!
Make homemade chalk. Have a crayola finger paint slinging fight OUTSIDE (Paint wars… also works with crayola sidewalk chalk paint if you can find it.)Make sun catchers.
Great ideas Beth – THANK YOU for sharing!
How fun!
So glad you like these! Thanks so much.
Love that they made the list. And they are doable!
Yes my thoughts exactly! Fun, easy, and the kids’ favorite things to do!
Will definitely use some of these ideas but will have to double up. A few days since we don’t have 100 days of vacation plus we are already a few days into out break. Thank you for the list!
Oh we definitely didn’t get to every one of these last year, but it was so great to have a “go-to” list!
I love this list!!!! We got a HUGE tent for Christmas and are going to try it out in the backyard this summer:)
I love those backyard campouts! So much fun!
What a great list. I think what I love most is that most of them are free or very inexpensive. They involve spending time with family. That says a lot about kids and what they really want from us as parents.
I believe you don’t have to spend money to have a good time. Sure it’s fun to do occasionally but I think you’re right the kids cherish the time with us the most!
Great list ～ they will be kept busy and no more complaints from mine abt not knowing what to do！
Exactly! Such a great “go to” list when you hear those “I’m bored” phrases!
Going to the river as often as we can. Hubby comes home early from work, we load up a cooler with adult and kid friendly beverages, the tubes, change into our suits and less than 10 minutes later we are in the very chilly Guadalupe River.
Canyon Lake is another place we love.
A few blockbuster summer movies (Superman, Wolverine)
Probably put the tent up in the backyard.
Music at Gruene Hall, Ice Cream at the General Store
Fredericksburg Peaches, although I heard on the news there might not be any this year : (
Great ideas, thank you for sharing!
Such a great list! I remember making pet rocks when I was a kid and think my nieces would love to do it too!
Yes, the classic pet rock idea never gets old! So fun!
Great list!
Thank you Lisa!
Fantastic List! I used to love to fill a small swimming pool up (I’d add some hot water so the girls wouldn’t get cold) and we’d spend hours painting with water paint on each other and then washing it off. My girls learned the alphabet quickly and soon begin trying to figure out the words I would paint on them. We had so much fun and both girls excelled in school at a young age!
That sounds like FUN! Thanks for sharing Donna!
Love all these ideas! I’m getting inspiration right now!
This makes my day to hear comments like this! Thanks Melissa!
So many great ideas! One we like todo is paint rocks we find at the beach
Yes, that’s a favorite with my kiddos, too!
Awesome ideas!!! I can’t wait for summer.
Thanks Jen!!
Great list of ideas! I am sure we will be using a lot of them. Thanks!
Thanks Amy! My kids are excited!
I love this list, Kari! Do you have a printable version? I’d love to laminate it and keep it on the frig this summer and for use each year.
Nike I don’t right now, but you’ve inspired me to make one….watch for one soon!
Great list of ideas. I am in the process of creating my list. I will share them with you as well.
I would love to see your list Lyndia!! Thanks!
Inspired me to make my own summer bucket list! SO excited to start checking things off. Check it out if you want some tips/inspiration.
https://freethedog.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/action-25-things-to-do-this-summer/
Tips
https://freethedog.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/direction-summer-bucket-list-2/
BUCKET LIST
1.sit on a roof
2.pull an all nighter with best friends
3.sleep on a trampoline
4.go on a breakfast date
5.build a blanket fort
6.go to a concert
6 1/2. take pics at a photo booth
7.save money
8.have a bonfire
9.spend a whole day filming
10.spend a whole day doing a photo shoot
11.do the color run
12.have a water fight
13.go thrift shopping (viv)
14.go hiking
15.do something your afraid of
16.get fit
17.sleep under the stars
18.play in the rain
19.go on road tripping
20.Do a DIY
21.Kiss?
22.write list of dreams
23.phone free for 24 hours (by choice)
24.do a movie marathon
25.jump of some bridges or rocks
26.do something I should’t
27.Do a lemonade stand
28.Go exploring
29.Cook an entire meal
30.make popsicles
31.fish wth friends
32.go to cabin with friends
33.blow bubbles
34.drink out of a coconut or pineapple
35.make ice cream
36.draw w/ sidewalk chalk
37.have a picnic
38.watch fireworks
39.tie die something
40.ride bikes somewhere cool
41.play frisbee
42.send cards to friends just because
43.feed ducks
44.paint something
45.play a big game of soccer
46.run through sprinklers
47.have breakfast for dinner
48.make cookies for friends
49.make cookies with friends
50.sleep in a tent
51.find new playgrounds
52.grill with friends
53.outdoor movie
54.build something
55.pillow fight
56.learn a new card game
57.sneak out
58.Dress up w/ friends and go out
59.learn a song on the uke/guitar
60.release paper lanterns
61.go on a date
62.make a journal of bad feelings to burn
63.cover my room with fun pics by the end of summer
64.go tubing
learn to wakeboard better
graffiti
get tan
take a day trip
work out at 2 am
make a new friend
say yes to everything for a day
ride in the back of a truck
take cool pics
koolaid dye my hair
take cute pics
go boating
read at least 2 books
catch fireflies
pray everyday
get a new camera
vlog
write in a journal every week at least
get really cute matching clothes with my bestie then insta about it
Sleep in once in a while
make a campfire song
go kayaking/canoeing
Camp pyro
put soap in a pubic fountain
send a letter to a random address and see if they reply
DON’T swear
wear a BEAUTIFUL dress
get a time lapse of sunrise/sunset
go to music festival
make s’mores
tipi someone
get in trouble
make a rooter float
make glow in the dark bubbles
build a fort
relax
make a cake
go to valley/state fair
drive a car
Become besties with constanza
have a day at the lake
spa day
get a henna
take 100 artsy pics
get sencha tea
take some early walks
try 10 new foods
try new restaurants
sleep in a mock
tube down the creek with a bunch of ppl
learn a back handspring/backflip on ground
cook dinner for each other
bike 3-5 miles
have a day just for adventuring
jump in a lake with clothes on
go skinny dipping
do a science experiment
homemade food/make a food invention
go to the beach
do the blob at camp pyro
slide down a long waterslide
carve your name into a tree
Go late night swimming
go pool hopping
play late night games
go to neighborhood ice-cream shoppe
tumblr night
have a nerf war
have a paint war
visit another state
go to cabins
MAKE AN EDIT
eat a snow cone
take cute boomerangs
post more (VSCO & insta)
ride a ferris wheel
Pick an official “summer 2k17” song
eat healthy
100 situps a day
Do a slip n’ slide
have a relay race
watch a thunderstorm
fly a kite
do random acts of kindness
help out a neighbor
babysit
wash a car
put up a new swing at utley
have a pajama day
eat watermelon
climb trees
visit with grandma and grandpa
shaving cream fight
go bowling
sew something
learn more about bikes
pick strawberries
roll down a hill
leave notes for strangers
homemade pizza party
cousin sleepover
lunch with dad/ lunch with mom
fondue night
look for shapes in the clouds
skip rocks
make flower crowns
go golfing
This is quite the list! Thanks for sharing!