Summer is coming! Do you have plans for all the fun your family will have? Wide open schedules can make summer feel like you’ve got all the time in the world to have fun as a family. But, if you aren’t careful, those long summer days will slip away and you’ll realize that you haven’t done nearly as much as you wanted to do! Creating a list of family summer bucket list ideas can help you prioritize fun with your people this summer.
The first thing that my family does each summer when school is over is to make a Summer Bucket List. It’s our favorite way to put the focus on fun and being together. Not everything on our lists gets marked off, and not every activity goes as planned (I’m looking at you 5 gallon cooler of homemade root beer my kids dumped in our kitchen a couple of years ago). But, we love the bucket list. Try it! I think your family will love it too.
100+ ideas for your family summer bucket list:
1. Make s’mores
2. Plant a garden
3. Go for a bike ride
4. Sleep outside
5. Go to the beach or lake
6. Go fishing
7. Go on a picnic
8. Play at the pool
9. Run through the sprinklers
10. Watch fireworks
11. Tie dye t-shirts
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12. Make homemade popsicles
13. Have a BBQ
14. Eat snow cones
15. Wear a temporary tattoo
16. Dance party
17. Build a fort
18. Make Lemonade
19. Go to a fair or theme park
20. Go to the farmer’s market
21. Take a hike
22. Have a sleepover
23. Game night
24. Water balloon fight
25. Outdoor movie night
26. Temporary hair color
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27. Attend a sporting event
28. Go to the zoo
29. Play mini golf
30. Ride on a jet ski
31. Ride a boat or kayak
32. Ride a horse
33. Make homemade ice cream
34. Pick berries at a farm
35. Set up a scavenger hunt for your kids and their friends
36. Volunteer at a food bank
37. Make friendship bracelets
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38. Light sparklers or fireworks
39. Fly a kite
40. Collect sea shells
41. Eat watermelon
42. Eat ice cream from an ice cream truck
43. Bake cookies for friends
44. Have a no-screen day
45. Catch fireflies, butterflies, or grasshoppers
46. Visit a state park or nature preserve
47. Have a pajama day
48. Go geocaching
49. Go to a splash pad
50. Help a neighbor weed or mow their lawn
51. Play freeze tag
52. Have an outdoor movie night
53. Go to the local library
54. Build a sandcastle
55. Play with sidewalk chalk
56. Watch a shooting star
57. Play a family board game
58. Make a fruit smoothie
59. Blow bubbles
60. Skip stones at a lake
61. Look for shapes in the clouds
62. Build a fort
63. Write a comic book
64. Play soccer
65. Watch a parade
66. Make playdough
Need a playdough recipe? Read: Easy Homemade Playdough
67. Visit grandparents
68. Host a play date
69. Build your own pizza night
70. Make homemade root beer (or root beer floats)
71. Make homemade popsicles
72. Build a bird feeder
73. Make a suncatcher
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74. Hold a paper airplane contest
75. Build an obstacle course
76. Plant flowers
77. Make your own bath bombs
78. Paint rocks
79. Wash the car
80. Play hopscotch
81. Go to a flea market
82. Play paintball
83. Try a new food
84. Go tubing
85. Feed ducks
86. Build a fairy garden
87. Pick wildflowers
88. Go on a nature walk
Read: Create a Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt
89. Play night games
90. Hula hoop
91. Go roller skating
92. Make your own candy
93. Do a fun run
94. Look at old family photos
95. Make messy art outdoors
96. Watch the sunset
97. Go camping
Read: Camping with Kids
98. Go bowling
99. Visit an animal shelter
100. Get food from a food truck
101. Do a science experiment
102. Bury a time capsule
103. Make a water table
104. Play with water beads. I’m getting these large water beads for my kids this summer!
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105. Make slime
What are you going to do with your family this summer? Let us know in the comments below!
Need more summer ideas? Read: How to Create the Ultimate Summer Schedule for Kids
