We created a summer bucket list of all the things big and small we would like to do every day to keep the excitement and fun happening.
Because of the recent covid social distancing, you can skip the visit activities or modify them virtual ones.
These summer fun ideas for kids are not very fancy, you can do them easily with your kids and each one of them can be accomplished within one day.
We came up with this list with mutual consent, every one put in their idea of fun and since putting it on our living room wall, we plan to do one activity per day.
Here’s the list:
- Mail your cousins this printable and challenge to complete it (+ check the last idea before sending the template to be on the safe side)
- Paint pots into smileys
- Wash all toys outside
- Record a funny family documentary with a video camera
- Play pillow fight blindfolded
- Surprise your grandparents with something
- Watermelon eating contest
- Learn and use at least 10 words from a new language
- Recycle an old dress (shorts from jeans, vest from a short, etc)
- Fabric paint a shirt with your name
- Draw a board game on a sidewalk using chalk
- Make an origami bouquet
- Passing the pillows
- Finish a whole watermelon in one day
- Run a race with the whole family
- Jump on trampoline
- Do something you’re scared of doing
- Visit a fire station
- Make friendship bands
- Have a costume party
- Sleeping on the roof at night
- Arrange your favorite pet/ toy’s mock birthday party
- Make a muddy puddle and play like Peppa
- Arrange a singing competition
- Go roller skating
- Visit the tallest building in the city
- Take pictures at the biggest fountain in the city
- Visit a gym
- Visit the best ice cream parlor in your city
- Make stone art
- Surprise someone
- Play frisbee
- Make a garden house for a snail/fairy
- Play treasure hunt
- Build a tree house
- Make a DIY bird feeder
- Make breakfast for everyone
- Build a paper cup stack/tower
- Make and send lemonade to your neighbors
- Have a bonfire
- Go camping
- Go hiking
- Visit the zoo
- Feed the ducks
- Picking fruits
- Picking flowers
- Piggy ride through the whole house
- Make a DIY slingshot
- Boating
- Fishing
- Museum
- Wash the car/ bike
- Make a blanket fort and have a tea party inside
- Find and make a no-bake cookie recipe
- Face painting
- Science experiment
- Make popsicles
- Go to a library
- Visit an antique shop
- Nature scavenger hunt
- Explore your city
- Try a new restaurant
- Do a very large puzzle
- Get a HENA smiley tattoo
- Get a new hairstyle
- Go swimming
- Make a pizza
- Visit a pet shop
- Visit a flower shop/ flower garden
- Shop at the dollar store for your family
- Local train ride
- Play a board game
- Fly a kite
- Visit an aviary
- Go horse riding / visit a horse ranch
- Make a hand puppet with hand sock
- Have a barbecue
- Have a picnic
- Sow vegetable seeds in a pot
- Go out for a bike ride
- Go window shopping
- Play outdoor color scavenger hunt for all 12 colors
- Climb a tree and ask someone to take pictures of your there
- Make a picture story out of old pictures or a magazine
- Make popcorns at home
- Ask a group playing in the ground to let you in too
- Count as many bird nests as you can find in your area
- Paint/draw a live sunrise
- Paint/draw a live sunset (change the spot from morning)
- Explore a new area in your city
- Eat a new food/fruit
- Try a new hobby
- Create a decoration piece out of dried plants
- Complete 10 circles of hula hoops in one go
- Play bare feet outside (in grass or sand)
- Make jam
- Build a hammock or a swing on a tree
- Order a drink or ice cream for the car behind you in the driveway
- Play a card game
- Mail the cousins your completed bucket list printable at the end of summer
I hope you have a great summer and make lots of beautiful memories for your kids to remember when they grow up just like we remember our childhood summer days.
What fun ideas!
Glad you liked them!