90 Summer Bucket List Ideas

When most people think about a bucket list, images of faraway places generally come to mind. A summer bucket list is simply a way to enjoy each day to the fullest. Creating a list with your family or friends is a wonderful way to inspire a fun-filled summer.

90 Bucket List Ideas for Summer

1. Plant flowers
2. Keep a summer journal or scrapbook
3. Attend summer activities including VBS, Science Camp, Library Events, or Art Classes
4. Learn tennis or other summer outdoor sporting activities
5. Play in the rain
6. Visit a state or national park
7. Go berry picking
8. Make tye-dyed shirts
9. Listen to a free, outdoor community concert
10. Play a game of catch or Frisbee
11. Take silly selfies with your family or friends
12. Go to the library
13. Ride a Ferris wheel
14. Watch fireflies
15. Read a book under a tree or on the beach
16. Try kayaking or paddle boarding
17. Go camping
18. Roast marshmallows or make S’mores
19. Attend a festival or fair
20. Go to an amusement park for the day
21. Go on a canoe or boat ride
22. Play hide-n-seek
23. Walk your dog or volunteer to walk dogs at the local shelter/rescue
24. Try rollerblading or skateboarding
25. Nap in a hammock or lawn chair
26. Visit a waterfall
27. Throw pennies into a wish fountain
28. Create a summer playlist of your favorite songs
29. Take a tour
30. Go to the park for the day
31. Watch a parade
32. Visit a splash park or splash pad
33. Try a Pinterest craft
34. Go to the zoo
35. Volunteer
36. Make Root beer floats
37. Go to the lake
38. Go for a bike ride
39. Have a water balloon fight
40. Visit an aquarium
41. host a scavenger hunt
42. Go swimming
43. Make sandcastles
44. paint rocks
45. Host a movie night
46. Make homemade popsicles
47. Go on a day trip
48. Make homemade lemonade
49. Host a photo shoot in your backyard
50. Go Geocaching
51. Do sidewalk chalk art
52. Eat banana splits
53. Watch a sunrise
54. Make homemade playdough or salt dough
55. Watch fireworks
56. Use sparklers
57. Visit a historical site
58. Go to a drive-in or outdoor movie night
59. Eat watermelon
60. Go to a farmer’s market
61. Avoid social media for a day or week
62. Play in the sprinklers or on a slip-n-slide
63. Go bowling
64. Make homemade ice cream
65. Play laser tag
66. Fly a kite
67. Host a BBQ
68. Host a rainy day craft day
69. Go on a picnic
70. Watch a sunset
71. Go horseback riding
72. Go miniature golfing
73. Go tubing, float down a river
74. Lay out a blanket and star gaze
75. Go on a nature walk
76. Make a YouTube video
77. Host a family board game night
78. Join a summer reading group
79. Paint picture of something in nature
80. Make and host a paper airplane flying contest
81. Make sun catchers out of Pony beads
82. Go hiking
83. Go to your local botanical garden
84. Try a snow cone
85. Eat a funnel cake or elephant ear
86. Collect and send postcards
87. Blow bubbles
88. Go on a train ride
89. Spend an afternoon visiting family members
90. Sit outdoors and just listen to the sounds of summer

School’s out. The weather is warmer. Have fun and enjoy the upcoming summer days.

Author: Rebecca C.

I am just a person who loves to photograph and write about the world around me. View all posts by Rebecca C.