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    Home » Entertaining » 50 Summer Bucket List Ideas (FREE Printables Included!)

    50 Summer Bucket List Ideas (FREE Printables Included!)

    Modified: Aug 27, 2021 · Published: May 13, 2021 by Chandice · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

    Summer bucket list filled out

    We are sharing our annual summer bucket list printable with you to help give you ideas for those longer sunny days. We even made TWO versions for you. One already filled out and ready to go, and one blank one for you to fill out!Printable summer bucket list filled out

    Summer Bucket List

    I am SO excited to share my FREE summer bucket list printable (I even have TWO versions) with all of you! As a busy mom with three little ones, I have been actively working on making each day count with my kids. I want them to know as they smile and close their little eyes in the car after a fun day at the splash pad, that they (and their daddy) are my #1 priority.

    Whether it be a 10 minute activity like face painting, which allows you to look each other in the eyes and chat or have a staring contest (they almost always choose the latter) or one that requires a bit more planning like themed day camp, a lemonade stand to benefit the local children’s hospital or even building a neighborhood little lending library; these activities sure make summer fun!

    And if you also need some mom and son date night ideas, we’e got some great ones. So mix up one of our summer mocktails and get started on your list. 

    Why do you need one?

    We have so many great memories from our summers together and we now look forward to making a new summer checklist bucket list each May. There are always some things on there that I know I would never do and that’s ok. You don’t have to do all of them!

    In fact, I think it’s good for kids to understand that things come up and not everything they want to do happens. It is just a great starting off point for things you can do together this summer.

    Since everyones preferences are different, I decided it would be best to give you our ideas in a filled out printable but then also provide you with your own cute, blank bucket list to get your summer fun started. So grab your FREE printable below and let the fun begin!

    What should be on it?

    Remember, you don’t have to plan something fun every single day. Kids NEED to learn how to play on their own and use their imaginations.

    Your checklist just makes it easy to come up with ideas and say things like, “Oh hey, I have a few minutes to do some cloud watching if you guys want too…” I should note that it’s always best to take a quick glance at the sky before making this suggestion. I didn’t remember this and we all went and laid down on the trampoline to cloud watch, we then all busted up laughing as there was literally not one cloud in the sky. Blue as blue could be! Hey, even your summer checklist fails can turn out to be a pretty fun memory if you let it. 🙂

    50 Summer Bucket List Ideas

      1. Spread the Smile Day 
      2. Have a campout in the backyard
      3. Go on a picnic (here are our BEST charcuterie board ideas)
      4. Feed the ducks
      5. Make lavender lemonade or blackberry lemonade and host a lemonade stand and bake sale for a local charity

      6. Play water balloon baseball and the pass-the-water game
      7. Do a backwards dinner starting with dessert (like our gluten-free donuts) and ending with appetizers (gluten-free fried ravioli is great) and mocktails
      8. Have a shaving cream fight
      9. Go on a treasure hunt
      10. Go camping and enjoy some gluten-free monster cookies
      11. Visit a local museumKids using binoculars at a museum 12. Make homemade snow cones
      13. Visit a national park or monument
      14. Go on a hikeHomemade snow cones with blackberry syrup15. Go to a rodeo or demolition derby
      16. Go to a garage sale or have your own garage sale
      17. Make an little lending libraryKids getting books from a little lending library

      18. Attend a library story time
      19. Have a spa partyKids with cucumbers on their eyes

      20. Make homemade ice cream
      21. Pick fresh berries
      22. Visit your local farmers’ marketPeaches in little containers23. Make Strawberry shortcake
      24. Dance in the rain
      25. Go on a grocery store tour
      26. Have an ice cream tasting night
      27. Go on a family bike ride
      28. Make mud pies
      29. Learn what it means to be a florist, visit your local flower shopField trip to the florist, flowers and kids30. Make a homemade gluten-free pretzels and have a themed party
      31. Read one chapter book as a family and establish and fun reading routine for kids
      32. Bake a fresh razzleberry pie or gluten-free cherry cobbler

      33. Get a behind-the-scenes tour of your local movie theater Kid putting popcorn in a bucket

      34. Go to the nearest beach or lake and swim
      35. Tour your local post office
      36. Visit a planetarium
      37. Make an ice block treasureIceblock Treasure with three kids38. Play glow stick ring toss 
      39. Make gluten-free ice cream cake popsGluten-free ice cream cake pops 40. Have a tea party
      41. Play night games with your neighbors
      42. Make sock puppets and do a puppet show
      43. Start a new tradition with our Christmas in July IdeasKids making sugar cookies with dough and rolling pin44. Visit your local bakery & get a behind the scenes tour

      45. Build models using toothpicks and gumdrops
      46.
      Decorate a cardboard box to make it a hide out
      47.
      Make a table cloth playhouse (I love this one from Centsational Girl)
      48.
      Do face painting

      49.
      Take your favorite book and make a themed party around it (We did the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie book series & made BEST gluten-free chocolate chip cookies to go along with the books)
      50.
      Have a book dinner (Using books like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to make instant pot spaghetti or Dragons Love Tacos, etc.)

       Get your FREE filled out summer bucket list

      Get your FREE blank summer bucket list

      These awesome printables were designed by Brittney Long of thegritandgracepodcast.com.

      *I originally wrote this post as a contributor for SheKnows.com. You can see the full article with more photos HERE. I originally posted this here June 16, 2016 but have since updated it with new photos and links.

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      1. Danielle Halbert says

        May 04, 2023 at 12:52 am

        What a fun summer list! Forget the kids, I want to do all these fun things!!! (Ok, the kids can come too. 😆) love it! Thanks!

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      2. Brittney Long says

        July 02, 2016 at 7:19 pm

        Not gonna lie, a month into summer break and I was out of ideas already. I was in dyer need of some inspiration/ideas to keep my littles busy this summer and these were unique and PERFECT! Printing out the printable now to start our Summer Fun Checklist!

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        • Chandice says

          July 08, 2016 at 1:32 pm

          Yay, I love hearing that it helps people! The key is keeping most activities simple then throwing in a field trip or bigger one once in a while 😉 Can’t wait to see how yours turns out!

          Reply

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