I've loved Homeschool Share for over 10 years now...wow..that's hard to believe! Here's a fantastic summer bucket list from quite a few years ago that we still use. And they have a printable if you want...or don't :) I've updated the links since some were dead.
1. Make homemade ice cream and eat it for dinner!
2. Have a water balloon fight!
3. Pick wildflowers and give the bouquet away to a neighbor, grandparent, or someone else who needs some cheer!
4. Run through the sprinkler.
5. Go berry picking and make homemade jam.
6. Make sun prints.
7. Hang a birdfeeder.
8. Construct picture props like mustaches, hats, etc. and take silly photos.
9. Plant a sunflower house and Read Eve Bunting’s Sunflower House.
10. Bake cookies in a solar oven.
11. Find some smooth rocks and paint them as insects or people or create a pet rock.
12. Go roller skating.
13. Play at the park.
14. Go camping in your driveway or back yard.
15. Catch lightning bugs in a jar and read Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe
16. Ride a carousel or a merry-go-round.
17. Freeze some chocolate-dipped bananas.
18. Plan a movie night!
19. Have a teddy bear picnic! Invite friends and read The Teddy Bears’ Picnic.
20. Ride a horse, even if it’s just a homemade stick horse.
21. Make some summer funny faces.
22. Catch a caterpillar and keep it until it turns into a butterfly.
23. Set up a lemonade stand; donate profits to a charity.
24. Catch a raindrop in your mouth.
25. Go bowling.
26. Stay up late and go star gazing. Look for shooting stars!
27. Serve strawberry shortcake for breakfast!
28. Have a family game night.
29. Invite another family to your house and host a water gun fight!
30. Visit a local creek and catch crawdads. Read Crawdad Creek together.
31. After a good rain, go mud-puddle splashing!
32. Go swimming!
33. Paint with ice cubes.
34. Have a picnic in your backyard.
35. Concoct some homemade popsicles!
36. Make giant wands and blow bubbles
37. Create a scavenger hunt for your kids, or let them create one for you!
38. Roast hotdogs and S’mores over a fire.
39. Have a Family Talent Show night!
40. Make a piñata.
42. Make frozen treasures and let your kids excavate them!
43. Craft some wind chimes.
44. Go bird watching.
45. Make homemade sidewalk chalk.
46. Go to a small airport and watch the planes take off and land.
47. Make sun tea punch.
48. Play miniature golf.
49. Build a balloon powered car.
50. Lie on your back and watch the clouds go by, looking for animal shapes.
51. Roll down a hill!
52. Bake a fruit pizza, and eat it for dinner!
53. Go to the zoo.
54. Tie-dye T-shirts (outside!)
55. Craft a outdoor painting.
56. Go on a hike and look for animal tracks.
57. Build a worm farm.
58. Jump rope!
59. Make paper beads for stringing bracelets and necklaces.
60. Construct an obstacle course in the backyard.
61. Make mud pies.
62. Plan a special day away to state park or museum.
63. Have a wet sponge fight!
64. Make a rain gauge to measure the rainfall.
65. Build a fort!
66. Drink root beer floats.
67. Try a Kids Who Think challenge.
68. Write a letter to a friend or grandparent.
69. Visit a new festival.
70. Have a build your own banana split night!
71. Offer to plant flowers at a nursing home or church.
72. Make fireworks in a jar.
73. Blow up some fizzy explosion bags!
74. Play Frisbee together.
75. Wash the car or the dog (or both!).
76. Take a family bike ride.
77. Play games with Glow Sticks!
78. Plan a one day road trip!
79. Make Snow Cones.
80. Create ice sculptures with balloons.
81. Press some wildflowers. - Fun ideas
82. Have a puppet show with homemade puppets.
83. Make a boat and sail it in your tub, in a swimming pool, in a creek, or at a pond.
84. Go fishing!
85. Dance in the rain!
86. Go to an outdoor play or concert.
87. Craft some friendship bracelets.
88. On a rainy day, construct a marble maze.
89. Make homemade Lemon Shake Ups.
90. Craft a sun catcher.
91. Go to the movies!
92. Build a birdhouse.
93. Spend a day at the fair.
95. Try to read 100 books (every reader in the house can contribute!).
96. Make ice boats.
97. Visit a local Farmer’s Market and try something new.
98. Watch a parade.
99. Construct a tin foil river!
100. Go out for a frozen treat! Read Ice Cream: The Full Scoop.
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