Summer Bucket List 2024

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~ Go on a bike ride

~ Build a fort

~ Do a cartwheel

~ Fly a kite

~ Jump over the waves

~ Build a sandcastle

~ Go to a drive-in movie theater

~ Eat a hot dog straight from the grill

~ Have a water fight

~ Have a watermelon seed spitting contest

~ Have a family board game tournament

~ Go to a carnival

~ Listen to an outdoor concert (there are normally tons of musical festivals during the summer)

~ Go to a water park and try out a new water slide on a hot day

~ Do a cannonball

~ Play in the sprinklers

~ Watch a fireworks show

~ Sit in a hammock

~ Buy something at a garage sale (aka a yard sale)

~ Create your own lemonade stand (guests will love this strawberry lemonade).

~ Eat a snow cone

~ Go to some sort of festival

~ Bake cookies and give them to someone else with these treat tags

~ Make root beer floats

~ Watch a movie on the big screen or if your bank account allows, rent an inflatable movie screen!

~ Go to a local farmer’s market (it’s a great time to try out some fresh fruit)

~ Get a temporary tattoo

~Make homemade popsicles like these ocean blue ones with gummy sharks inside

~ Watch early morning cartoons

~ Snuggle in bed during a summer thunderstorm

~ Have an indoor campout or if the weather cooperates, go camping and play these camping games

~ Get books to read at the local library. You could even do a book club!

~ Play kickball

~ Swim in a lake

~ Make homemade pizza

~ Catch fireflies

~ Watch a sunset

~ Go on a picnic and a picnic scavenger hunt

~ Go on a road trip (and take these roadtrip games with you!)

~ Build a sand castle or an entire city of sand castles

~ Learn something new

~ Go to an amusement park

~ Dance it out

~ Eat a funnel cake

~ Volunteer somewhere like a local charity or do random acts of kindness at home

~ Paint something

~ Make one of these easy summer crafts – there are tons of summer craft projects to choose from!

~ Jump in puddles

~ Make and play a backyard game

~ Eat breakfast for dinner. These egg muffins with a hash brown crust are a family favorite!

~ Go on a staycation

~ Collect seashells

~ Go ice blocking

~ Stay up past midnight

~ Pick berries (then use them for this strawberry poke cake!)

~ Eat ice cream before it melts

~ Make s’mores or s’mores bars if you don’t have access to a fire. Don’t forget the graham crackers!

~ Have a water balloon fight

~ Play beach ball volleyball

~ Plant flowers

~ Eat corn on the cob

~ Travel somewhere you’ve never been

~ Go to a local museum

~ Lay on grass and look at the stars

~ Drink ice cold lemonade

~ Have a family slumber party (this is one of my favorite things)

~ Swing on the swings

~ Go to a baseball game

~ Send a postcard

~ Go to a fair

~ Go to summer camp or go camping (and play these camping games)

~ Hike a mountain, even better if it’s a new trail

~ Run a race

~ Take a picture by a colored wall

~ Make homemade ice cream

~ Relax in a lazy river

~ Ride a roller coaster

~ Order pizza at the pool (or make a summer charcuterie board, still at the pool)

~ Buy a new pair of sandals (these Sanuks are my favorite)

~ Go fishing

~ Play frisbee

~ Drink a tropical drink

~ Go to a splash pad

~ Sleep in

~ Find a sunflower

~ Float in a pool (then play one of these fun pool games)

~ Wave a flag

~ Try 12 flavors of ice cream (this sweet and salty ice cream is one of our favorites)

~ Have a backyard BBQ

~ Find a double rainbow

~ Play until the daylight is gone

~ Play hopscotch outside

~ Celebrate Christmas in July (I recommend these Christmas games!)

~ Make something tie-dye

~ Eat fresh pineapple (or turn it into pineapple bread)

~ Read a book by the pool, even if it’s just an inflatable pool in your backyard

~ Do a service project or random acts of kindness

~ Send letters to friends

~ Go geocaching

~ Blow bubbles

~ Explore the great outdoors

~ Eat something from a food truck (I love food trucks!)

~ Go to a zoo or wildlife sanctuary to see animals you’ve never seen before

~ Pick out new places to try each week (so skip the nearby park and try out a new one instead)

~ Visit a National or State Park

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