Ultimate Summer Bucket List (2024)

Printable Summer Bucket List:125 Activities To Do In Summer

Make this summer one to remember with our Summer Bucket List! Get inspired and have so much fun in all your summer activities, crafts, games, and more!

My kids will all confirm that I am at my best as a mom during the summer. I mentally am much happier and in a better place when the sun is shining. No socks are needed for summer activities – which means less laundry too! Win win!

Keep kids entertained in their end of school year free time by giving them a list of fun ideas and activities to try before summer ends. It is a great way to make sure you get to enjoy every drop of summer. There are so many fun activities to do with the entire family.

Today I am sharing fun summer bucket list ideas with you. There are two pages to my free printable, one is full of suggestions of fun things to do that you can hang up and check off over the summer. The other is left blank for you to add your own ideas of specific local parks and new places close by you want to check out. Both versions are included for you to use and you could even use them both together! If anyone ever claims to be bored you can have them glance at this list for ideas of things to do!

These bucket list ideas are great for getting your kids off their screens and outdoors more. Here are some of our families favorite things to do over the summer (all activities with a star beside them have a separate page with a free printable or more information for you to check out).

At-home activities:

• Back yard camping or sleeping bag on the tramp.
• Have a campfire
• Make s’mores – add your own unique ingredients to your graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate!
• Plan a scavenger hunt
• Run through sprinklers
• Water balloon fight
• Pajama day lazy day
• Card games ****
• Read a book
• Reading challenge ***
• Make a time capsule
• Sidewalk Chalk
• Make your own comic ***
• Try hula hoop games
• Play a board game *** (here are the best board games for 5-6 year olds)
• Play a trivia game
• Watch a movie from the 90s or 80s
• Play Tangram puzzles ***

Outdoor Activities:

• Float down the river
• Go to the beach
• Swim in a lake
• Go paddle boarding
• Make sand castles
• Go on a hike
• Play jump rope
• Watch fireworks
• See a parade
• Make an obstacle course
• Go on a treasure hunt
• Play night games
• Play kickball
• Nature scavenger hunt ***
• Neighborhood scavenger hunt ***
• Fly a kite
• Go to a farmers’ market
• Go rollerskating or rollerblading

Experiences:

• Go on a road trip
• Find or make a drive-in movie
• Go on a hike
• Visit hot springs
• Go to a baseball game
• Watch a fireworks show
• Visit a water park
• Visit an amusem*nt park
• Ride roller coasters
• ride a Ferris wheel
• Go to a music festival
• Bike ride
• Participate in your local library reading challenge
• Visit a local farmer’s market
• Play mini golf
• Camping trip
• White water rafting
• Go to an outdoor concert
• Play frisbee

Crafts

• Paint rocks
• Hot Rocks ***
• Tie-Dye Shirts
• Make friendship bracelets
• Sidewalk chalk art
• Coloring pages – this may seem simple but we love to listen to audio books and color!

Food

• Eat corn on the cob
• Pick berries
• Get a snow cone
• Visit an ice cream shop
• Make homemade ice cream in a bag
• Make root beer floats
• Make homemade popsicles
• Try a new recipe

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