80 ideas for things to do this summer: Our summer bucket list
80 ideas for things to do this summer: Our summer bucket list
School holidays are almost upon us and this year we decided to create a bucket list to encourage us to do more together this summer. We’ve included small activities as well as big ones so we can squeeze most of our activities into evenings and weekends when Dad is home from work.
Our bucket list has been created with a budget in mind, the great thing is that aside from a few big days out many of these activities are free or cheap, this means we can have loads of fun as a family without blowing the bank, which is so easily done during summer!
Here’s the full list
- Build a blanket fort
- Have a water fight
- Bake a Cake
- Have a BBQ
- Plant some flowers
- Nature painting
- Make fresh fruit skewers
- Visit family
- Build a garden den
- Make a bird feeder
- Go on a trip to the zoo
- Make a bug house
- Go Strawberry picking
- Try Geocaching
- Camp in the Garden
- Draw a storyboard
- Go fishing
- Visit a farm
- Draw on the patio with chalks
- Play hopscotch
- Ride on a train
- Make puppets and a puppet theatre
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Make Clay Fossils
- Go to the Museum
- Have a movie night
- Make sensory bottles for baby
- Go to the Aquarium
- Make Leaf rubbings
- Donate old toys
- Make a fairground inspired coconut shy
- Make ice lollies
- Go to a Car boot sale
- Make a summer Scrapbook
- Go on a Picnic
- Go swimming
- Go on play dates with Preschool friends
- play with a water sprinkler
- Fly a kite
- Make a slip n slide
- Splash in the paddling pool
- Go to the arcades and play on the penny machines
- Put on a puppet show
- Play Frisbee
- Join a Club (sport, swimming, music etc)
- Ride a bike or scooter on a family walk
- Make fruit smoothies
- Go on a make believe Safari
- Make a play Restaurant
- Go to the Library
- Hunt for insects
- Tidy/rearrange and style the kids bedrooms
- Paint rocks
(many towns have rock painting Facebook pages, the basic idea is to find hidden rocks, post them on the page then either keep them or re-hide them and paint more to hide, we’ve stumbled across a few lovely rocks whilst out and about) - Read a new book
- Make our own Pizza
- Start a science project, probably an exploding paper Mache volcano!
- Do some handprint art to hand and give to Family
- Go stargazing
- Go to the Beach
- Have a family board game night
- Was the car
- Do some junk modelling
- Play rounders
- Spend time with Cousins
- Use our membership and visit a national trust site
- Feed the ducks at the nearby lake
- Visit all the local parks
- Blow bubbles – finally use all the bubble mixture we’ve collected!
- Play tag in the garden
- Play Cricket with the whole family
- Build a sandcastle
- Play hide and seek
- Make somebody a gift
- Make paper Airplanes
- Do 5 jigsaw puzzles
- Learn to skip rocks on the lake
- Make homemade lemonade
- Make Biscuits
- Build a giant Lego castle
- Play snap
We don’t expect to achieve every single item on the list but we will keep you updated on our progress by highlighting in red which ones we manage to do!
What have you got on your family bucket list? are you ready for the summer holidays? I know we aren’t!
