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101 BEST Summer Bucket List Ideas For Families

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As soon as I finished writing this list, I immediately wanted to print, laminate, and put it on the fridge to start chipping away at these ideas.

Some are simple... (“Make homemade slushies and eat on the front porch.”)

Some are wild… (“Blindfold a kid, spin him around, and wherever he points on a map is your vacation spot.”)

Some are random... (Did you know July 14 is Shark Awareness Day? You can celebrate with fun crafts…or watching Shark Week on TV 😉

There is truly something for everyone on this list. Don’t feel like you have to do it all, of course, but I hope this list gets you motivated to make lots of wonderful memories with your family. Summer is the best time for memory-making! Print it out, and when you feel the summer doldrums kicking in, pick a number between 1-101! 🙂

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101 summer bucket list ideas

Best Summer Bucket List Ideas For Families

  1. Create a Sidewalk Chalk Mural.
  2. Have a family water balloon fight.
  3. Star-gaze at night on blankets.
  4. Play miniature golf for a family contest.
  5. Sneak up on the kids while they’re playing and attack them with water guns.
  6. Greet Dad at the front door with Nerf guns.
  7. Go night-swimming.
  8. Drink smoothies out of a pineapple.
  9. Find a geo-cache.
  10. Create your own slip-n-slide.
  11. Have a low-country boil and eat outdoors.
  12. Have a neighborhood game of flashlight tag.
  13. Spray-paint rocks gold, hide in dirt pile and kids dig for gold.
  14. On a really hot afternoon, let the kids slide down the stairs in sleeping bags.
  15. Dance in the Rain (you too, Mom).
  16. Enjoy a new audio book together on the way to vacation.
  17. Do a puzzle during your vacation.
  18. Sit on the porch during a thunderstorm.
  19. Paint the sidewalk with water.
  20. August 10: Celebrate S’mores Day
  21. August 12: Middle Child Day – middle is the boss today 🙂
  22. August 31: National Eat Outside Day
  23. Go to a concert-on-the-green.
  24. Freeze toys in a big ice chunk and kids hammer them out.
  25. Paint rocks with smiley faces or verses and leave around town.

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