Summer Bucket List for Families
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As we approach school dismissal, families are looking two months of freedom squarely in the eye. But what can you do with the days and weekends ahead? We suggest making a family bucket list of goals and activities for this summer. Sit everyone down to discuss options, and to formulate a custom list of fun stuff you want to accomplish before you start shopping for school supplies. I promise this will be a good time because the process won’t be difficult, in fact you’re going to love it! Here are a few super cool suggestions to get the party started:
- Hike a new trail
- Have a scavenger hunt
- Visit a local nature center
- Host a water fight
- Buy a kiddie pool and make it a backyard bubble bath
- Make a lemonade stand
- Catch fireflies
- Pitch a tent and camp in the backyard
- Make homemade popsicles with fresh fruit and juice
- Host a backyard neighborhood movie night by projecting the show on a sheet
- Create a concession stand for the movie night
- Pay Frisbee golf or tag
- Hold a lip sync or karaoke contest
- Sculpt with flour, salt and water dough
- Make up some slime
- Go to the zoo
- Visit your local Humane Society
- Go tubing together on a shallow and lazy river—don’t forget life jackets!
- Make birdhouses from craft kits
- Buy some paint by number sets and get to work
- Hold a neighborhood backyard talent show
- Offer to volunteer to read to nursing home or retirement home residents
- Go disco or moonlight bowling
- Play flashlight tag
- Go roller-skating
- Make tissue paper flowers
- Create a fairy garden
- Run and play in the sprinklers
- Go to a drive-in movie
- Play miniature golf
- Make and decorate sugar cookies on a rainy day
- Roast marshmallows and make s’mores
- Make homemade ice cream
- Host a sundae bar with all the toppings for the ice cream you just made
- Roast sweet corn
- Make butter by shaking heavy cream in a chilled plastic jar—use it on the roasted sweet corn
- Attend an outdoor family-friendly concert
- Paint rocks and stash them in places for people to find
- Have a tug-of-war
- Build a fort out of free wood pallets and scraps—wear gloves and watch out for splinters!
- Host a neighborhood tea party
- Have pool noodle relays
- Attend a baseball or softball game (Any level will do!)
- Have a vintage movie night with classic favorites like Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast
- Host a series of “Minute to Win It” challenges—award dollar store prizes
- Make homemade dough and have everyone make their own pizzas with assorted toppings
- Plan a “Kids in the Kitchen Night,” where the children plan and cook dinner for the family
- Host a “Cupcake Wars” play date—kids can compete for the title of Cupcake Champion
- Visit Kids Quest and enjoy an adult night out!
Eating real ice cream is on my bucket list!