Summer Bucket List

Bucket lists are having a moment and I understand why; who doesn't love a good checklist? Here is mine for this summer:

• Salt Painting

• Bouncing Bubbles

• Rock Painting

• Bracelet Making

• Tie Dye

• Fly Swatter Painting

• Water Painting

• Watercolor Sea Shells

• Tissue Paper Stain Glass

• Sidewalk Chalk Stain Glass

• Water Squirter Target Practice

• Water Balloon Fight

• Run through a sprinkler

• Watch fireworks

• Watch a baseball game

• Get a snow cone

• Silly string fight

• Make homemade ice cream

• Melted crayon drip art

• Make jumbo crayons using silicone molds

• Draw and do a hopscotch course

• Sidewalk chalk self portraits

• Make homemade playdough

• Face Paint

• Watch the Sandlot

• Watch A League of Their Own

• Apply temporary tattoos

• Make a flower crown

• Pick and dry wild flowers

• Make homemade lemonade - have a lemonade stand

• Have a watermelon rind throwing contest

• Make BIG Bubbles

• Make pink lemonade pie

• Make S'mores

• Watch a movie outside

• Listen to live music outside

• Go berry picking

• Have a picnic

• Grill a meal outside

• Find (and try to catch) fireflies

• Go swimming

• Go on a boat ride

• Make a patriotic dessert

• Make homemade popsicles

• Ice Cube painting

• Go fishing

• Go bowling

• Grow something

• Go to a movie

• Watch a thunderstorm

• Jump in puddles

• Go to a museum

• Watch the Parent Trap

• Watch the Goonies

• Shadow drawing

• Hula hoop

• Jump rope

• Play croquet

• Make homemade pizza

• Go to a farmer's market

There are 60 activities or ~1 per day for June and July. The activities are written on strips of paper and placed in a jar. My girls will take turns pulling a strip from the jar each morning starting June 1st. Sometimes we will have to put a strip back and draw again if our schedule or the weather (i.e. watch a thunderstorm) doesn't cooperate but most of the activities are simple enough to happen any day!