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Summer Family Bucket List
A summer family bucket list is one way that I try to be intentional about making memories with our children.
Each season has its own unique things that we always try to do. Making a bucket list of them is a great way to keep your goals visible.
The pandemic has made the last few years harder, and we have had to get more creative in some ways, but spending quantity time is important because you never know when those quality time moments will happen.
Making Memories
This summer we will be adjusting to life with a new little one, so , while I am aiming high as always, I do not know how much of this we will get done, but we will be making memories with our new little one either way. I know that I do want to be intentional about making memories with the children.
Our Summer Family Bucket List
Many of these are cheap or free, some take intentional scheduling, others are great spur of the moment things.
- Make Popsicles
- Make Gelatin
- Make S’mores
- Build a Camp Fire
- Camp in the Backyard
- Water gun fight
- Play with water balloons
- Go to the beach
- Build a sand castle
- Have a pillow fight
- Make pizzas
- Watch the stars
- Make cupcakes
- Find shapes in the clouds
- Teach the children to climb trees
- Eat watermelon and have a seed spitting contest
- Rock painting/hunting
- Slip and slide
- Glow stick pool
- Farm stand visit
- Do science experiments
- Do some craft projects
- Hide and seek
- Play in the sprinkler
- Read 100 books
- Have an Independence Day Scavenger Hunt
- Go to dollar movies
- Lowes or Home Depo Kids Workshop
- Water balloon base-ball
- Tin can stilts
- Shadow puppet/ animal play
- Write letters/cards
- Bowling
- Learn about sea shells/animals
- Visit the aquarium
- Make ice cream
- Roll down a hill
- Eat corn on the cob
- Mini golf
- Fly a Kite
- Enjoy our veggies from the garden
- Paint with water guns
- Do an act of service
- See Fireworks
- Play with Glow sticks outside after dark
- Catch lightning bugs
The Printable
I have made a printable to help keep up with our list, if you would like to download it to help you be intentional about making memories this summer, you can click here. I have made a Pinterest Board with a load of Summer Bucket List ideas to pull from as well.
I have also made Spring and Autumn Family Bucket Lists with Printables, and I am working on Winter and Christmas ones as well.
I will be sending my kids over to your house and they will have the watermelon! Seriously, these are some fun ideas.