Your family would love a bucket list for summer! Get the most out of the warm weather by creating a list of the best ideas and activities your kids will love all summer long.
Have you ever created a bucket list with your kids before?
It’s a really fun way to plan your summer around fun activities your kids will love. The perfect bucket list for kids has a mix of everything – new foods to try, activities to do, places to go, and more!
This post has over 100 bucket list ideas for summer. This list of ideas is perfect for any age kid – from toddlers and preschoolers to teenagers! Just pick and choose which ideas you want to add to your list and make it your goal to cross them off.
You can also grab a free download Summer Bucket List template at the bottom of this post. If you want a summer bucket list already created for you, click here.
Bucket List Ideas For Summer
- Go out for ice cream
- Eat a popsicle
- Have a clam bake
- Swim in a lake/ocean/bay
- Go for a hike
- Play “Would You Rather“
- Go camping
- Have a sleepover
- Make s’mores
- Have a campfire
- Cook dinner over a fire
- Have a cookout
- Eat something barbeque
- Have a picnic
- Play with bubbles
- Look for shapes in the clouds
- Play in the sprinkler
- Make homemade ice cream
- Plant flowers
- Pick a wildflower bouquet
- Play with chalk
- Play hopscotch
- Go fruit picking
- Make strawberry shortcake
- Lay on blanket outside at nighttime. Look for a shooting star!
- Go roller blading
- Go for a bike ride
- Play on a splash pad
- Have a water gun fight
- Have a water balloon fight
- Do a slip n’ slide
- Visit an amusement park
- Ride a rollercoaster
- Go to a water park
- Go to a fair or festival
- Watch a parade
- See fireworks
- Go on a boat
- Go on a kayak or canoe
- Fly a kite
- Climb a tree
- Go for a walk
- Go to a playground
- Roll down a grassy hill
- Laugh until your cheeks hurt
- Visit the farmer’s market
- Collect rocks and paint them. Leave them on trails for neighbors to find
- Watch the sunset
- Watch the sunrise
- Play with a hula hoop
- Skip rocks on a river or lake
- Shop at a garage sale
- Sleep outside
- Read a book outside
- Make your own lemonade
- Lay in a hammock
- Visit a waterfall
- Have a cannonball contest in a pool or lake
- Go bowling
- Ride a skateboard
- Go to an outdoor concert
- Play tag
- Play hide and seek
- Do yoga outside
- Play mini-golf
- Make your own popsicles
- Ride a ferris wheel
- Try a new recipe
- Eat from a food truck
- Play with a jump rope
- Go on a scavenger hunt (there are several free ones in the Kids Activity Vault)
- Feed the ducks
- Watch a thunderstorm
- Go fishing
- Go out to eat somewhere you can eat outdoors
- Tie dye something
- Play Frisbee
- Go to a baseball game
- Catch a butterfly
- Watch fireflies
- Go to a drive in movie
- Make an obstacle course
- Go to a diner for breakfast
- Make a summer playlist
- Go for a nature walk
- Dig for worms
- Build a fort
- Make paper airplanes
- Make homemade jam or jelly
- Go to the zoo
- Splash in the puddles after the rain
- Look for a rainbow
- Make a bird feeder
- Paint a bird house. Hang it outside
- Make homemade pizza
- Have a lemonade stand
- Find sea shells at the beach
- Have a marathon movie day
- Make a sundae bar
- Go bird watching
- Find a pen pal and write them a letter
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I hope you have so much fun with your bucket list for summer! Now that everything is opening back up again, I’m sure your family is ready and excited to be active and outdoors all summer long.
These bucket list ideas are sure to help your kids make memories and have the best summer possible. Take plenty of photos and make a fun scrapbook!
