It’s nearly here! Summer holidays 2019 will be upon us very shortly. It is often filled with great excitement, a smidge of relief for a break in routine AND just a tincy bit of dread….how are we going to keep them occupied for weeks...
Why not get your kids to put together a Summer Bucket List for the family? A list of things they want to experience, enjoy and achieve by the end of the holidays. A bucket list helps to narrow in on the things they want to do and it acts as a good reference at the end of the holidays when they can check back and see all the fun things they’ve done.
We have put together 70 really simple ideas for you to ponder and customise for your family.
Here we go:
- Go to the beach
- Play backyard cricket
- Have a night swim
- Work on a magic trick
- Freeze a popper juice and eat it with a spoon
- Perfect a bomb dive into the pool
- Collect shells on the beach and store them in a glass jar at home
- Watch a sunset at the beach
- Take a picnic blanket to some Carols in the park
- Slide down a slip-n-slide
- Sew some scrunchies
- Learn to fish
- Go down a water-slide
- Play mini golf
- Do Random Acts of Kindness for family & friends
- Make the ultimate Summer Playlist that the whole family contributes to
- Spend an entire day barefoot
- Eat too much ice-cream!
- Have a movie marathon
- Bake some biscuits
- Have a picnic lunch
- Get into a new book series
- Blow bubbles in a public place for everyone to enjoy
- Get intrigued about a new topic (tides, photography, lifecycle of a silkworm etc.)
- Paint your toenails
- Have a dance party
- Climb a mountain
- Invent a family mocktail
- Go on a bike ride
- Go camping
- Learn some knock knock jokes
- Build a cubby indoors under the dining room table
- Stargaze
- Plant something and enjoy watching it grow
- Float in the pool
- Have a sausage sizzle at the local park for dinner
- Create something (paint a pet rock, make a Christmas tree decoration)
- Roll down a hill
- Bury your toes in the sand
- Have a family board game tournament
- Laze in a hammock
- Watch fireworks
- Try a new food
- Build a sandcastle
- Play an instrument
- Put on a concert for the parents or grandparents
- Make your own pizza and give it a name (eg. The Smith’s Supremo Spectacular)
- Eat watermelon
- Create an obstacle course in your backyard, Ninja Warrior style
- Get a fake tattoo
- Write your name in the air with a sparkler
- Send a postcard to a friend
- Keep a Summer journal
- Go Ten Pin Bowling
- Write and illustrate your own book
- Visit the Games Arcade or Escape Room
- Make a simple origami animal (check out origami-instructions.com)
- Have Pancakes for dinner
- Make your own slime
- Visit the library
- Kick a ball at the park
- Go on a photo scavenger hunt (where you have to take photos of a list of things)
- Play hide n seek with the whole family
- Make the family photos for the year into a mini movie (1 song long)
- Learn a new skill (snorkeling, surfing, tree climbing, putting up a tent)
- Host a paper plane competition
- Enjoy a snow cone
- Give your parents a make-over….
- Do an over-sized colouring in (click here for printables)
- Complete a challenging jigsaw
Check out our free Summer Bucket List Template here.
I love Summer. I love the beach and the long days with sunlight that seems to stretch out til bed time. What I am becoming increasingly aware of, is my little ones growing up… When they were little it seemed liked we would be holidaying together for an eternity but with one mid high school now …..we’re getting to the pointy end.
What would you add for your family?
Enjoy!