Summer Bucket List

So I wanted to share our Summer Bucket List.  I’m hoping to accomplish most, if not all, of the things on this list by the end of the Summer.  Hopefully this will give others some fun ideas of things to do with their children too.  We have already done several of these (since it’s already July!) and are looking forward to having lots more fun in the coming months.

Summer Bucket List

On the go:

• Beach
• Pool
• Library
• Museum
• Pet Store
• Park
• Farmer's Market
• Go get ice cream
• Pick Strawberries
• Go on a train ride
• Feed ducks
• Go out for snow cones
• Go on a nature walk
• Visit a garden
• Watch fireworks
• Visit out-of-town family

Rainy day:

• Bake cookies
• Play instruments
• Make an obstacle course
• Have a dance party
• Make ice cream
• Build a sheet fort
• Play dress-up
• Build a book tower
• Race cars
• Make a paper boat to float in the bathtub
• Play hide-and-seek
• Make lemonade
• Practice sewing with lacing cards
• Play with play dough
• Make Popsicles
• Balloon ping-pong

Outside:

• Have a picnic
• Draw with sidewalk chalk
• Play in the baby pool
• Have a water balloon fight
• Play in the sprinklers
• Go for a walk in the wagon
• Play soccer
• Bean bag toss
• Fly a kite
• Race around the yard
• Plant flowers
• Catch lightening bugs
• Play horseshoes
• Go for a bike ride
• Watch birds
• Make S'mores

Crafts:

• Watercolor
• Flower bottle stamping
• Write a short story with illustrations
• Paint a butterfly
• Finger paint
• Keep a journal
• Make a summer tree
• Create a summer mosaic with scrap paper
• Make a craft using things found in nature
• Fireworks painting
• Sticker books
• Color with markers
• Flower pressing
• Tin can wind chimes
• Fish sun catcher
• Citrus stamping

          Here a  few pictures of our adventures so far this Summer.

Madelyn enjoying our sprinkler pool

Brooklyn running through the sprinklers

Enjoying a breezy day at the beach

Playing in the sand

Reading books together

Having so much fun on the boat ride at the park

Climbing at the playground

Watching fireworks with a friend

Happy 4th of July

Sunset at the beach

Family picture - look at those two cute little faces peeking out :)

Enjoying a beautiful summer night outside