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Ultimate Summer Bucket List
A bucket list is a list of activities and experiences you want to complete within a set amount of time. People often make a travel bucket list with places they want to visit or a holiday bucket list with fun activities leading up to Christmas. While some bucket lists are intended to happen over a lifetime, a summer bucket list is a great way to enjoy as many activities as you can before the kids go back to school. If you’ve never made a bucket list before, get ready for some creative fun!
Today we’re giving you a whole library of fun ways to enjoy your summer break! So before you get tired of hearing “Mom, I’m bored”, gather the kids together and make your own family summer bucket list. Grab our free printables and take a look at the following ideas to get you started!
Summer Bucket List Ideas
(Our free bucket list printables are available at the end of this list… so keep reading!)
Take a look at our summer bucket list ideas and start filling out your list with all the things your family wants to do together!
Places to Go
- amusement park
- aquarium
- baseball game
- beach (+ make a beach bucket adventure kit)
- berry picking
- bike ride
- bowling
- camping
- carnival or fair
- children’s museum
- Chuck E Cheese
- concert
- drive in movie
- farmer’s market / U-pick farm
- fishing
- garage sale (or host your own!)
- hiking
- ice blocking
- library
- mini golfing
- National monument
- nature walk
- neighborhood park or pick a new one you’ve never been to
- river tubing/kayaking
- splash pad
- trampoline park / indoor playground
- visit mom or dad at Work
- water park
- zoo
Things to Do
- blanket fort
- blow bubble snakes
- build a sand castle (don’t live near sand? Grab some Kinetic Sand and play with it at home!)
- bury a time capsule
- color with sidewalk chalk
- climb a tree
- dance in the rain
- do a service (20 family-friendly service ideas)
- drive-in movie at home
- family movie night
- family reading night
- fly a kite
- ice painting
- journal
- jump in puddles/play in the rain
- jump on a trampoline
- learn origami
- lemonade stand
- Mary Poppins movie night + activity
- plant flowers or a vegetable garden
- play with cornstarch and water
- puppet show
- read 10 books
- rock hunt + paint a few rocks of your choice
- run through sprinklers
- science experiment
- send a postcard
- slip and slide
- slumber party
- tic tac toe
- wash the car
- watch a sunrise or sunset
- watch a thunderstorm
- watch fireworks
- water balloon fight
- water gun fight
- water hockey
- water party with friends
- write and illustrate a story
Crafts to Make
- bathtub crayons
- book of seasons
- bubble painting
- bubble wrap painting
- bug catcher
- build a monster
- cascarones
- cereal box totes
- color pasta and make jewelry
- dry erase activity book
- fairy wands
- fabric bookmarks
- marshmallow shooters
- mini pinatas
- Monarch butterflies
- paint with Kool-Aid
- paper bag kite
- paper dolls
- paper pinwheels
- play dough
- popsicle stick airplanes
- popsicle stick flower pot
- popsicle stick frames
- puffy paint
- rain stick
- recycled crayons
- ribbon wands
- scrunchies
- shrink dinks
- slime
- squirt gun painting
- swim
- tie dye t-shirts
- tissue paper pom poms
- wacky sacks
- washi tape butterflies
Food to Eat
- bake cookies
- BBQ
- breakfast for dinner
- fresh lemonade
- frozen yogurt from a shop
- funnel cake
- have a bonfire
- have a picnic
- help cook dinner
- homemade ice cream
- homemade pizza
- ice cream from the ice cream truck
- ice cream party
- magic wand fruit kabobs
- mocktail
- popsicles
- root beer floats
- Slurpees
- s’mores buffet
- snow cones
- watermelon
Games to Play
- Bingo
- Capture the Flag
- Dodgeball
- Flashlight Tag
- Hide And Seek
- Kickball
- paint chip scavenger hunt
- Pillow fight
- Tag
- Twister (try it with water or messy foods!)
- Watermelon seed spitting contest
Bucket List Free Printable
Summer is the perfect time to make long-lasting family memories. Make this summer one to remember by filling your days with activities and adventures!
Get our free printable delivered straight to your inbox as a gift for subscribing to our newsletter. We have 2 sheets for you to use – a list and a bingo card. Pick your favorite and get ready for some fun! Is there anything you would add to the ultimate summer bucket list? Leave us a comment below and let us know!
