2015 Summer Bucket List

1. Toddler
   • Make play dough and play together.
   • Play dress up.
   • Play in a toddler pool or water table.
   • Run around at a park.
   • Play in a sprinkler or with a hose.
   • Wash the car!
   • Eat popsicles or ice cream from the Ice Cream Man that drives around selling ice cream.
   • Make giant bubbles (there are recipes online).
   • Visit a petting zoo.
   • Have story time every day.
   • Watch all your Disney movies.
2. Child
   • Make a giant chocolate chip cookie (or their favorite treat).
   • Catch fireflies.
   • Have a sleep over.
   • Let the child “camp out” in the living room – sleeping bag, flash light, tell stories, have a special treat.
   • Play catch.
   • Go to a pool.
   • Fly a kite.
   • Play hopscotch.
   • Go to a children’s museum.
   • Decorate cookies.
   • Have a treasure hunt.
3. Teen
   • Interview an older relative.
   • Have a scavenger hunt.
   • Collect family history.
   • Write a short story.
   • Publish your own stories in a book – there is a site called Lulu.com that can be used for self-publishing.
   • Eat five things you’ve never eaten before.
   • Keep a journal.
   • Go to the beach.
   • Go to a water park or an amusement park.
   • Make friendship bracelets.
   • Go to a fair.
   • Get a summer job.
   • Set some goals, then achieve them!
4. Adult
   • Take a craft class.
   • Go to summer school for something that fascinates you.
   • Make beer or wine.
   • Bake a pie from scratch.
   • Learn to bake bread.
   • Go to a concert.
   • Go to the symphony.
   • Be a tourist for a day.
   • Plant a garden.
   • Raise herbs in planters.
   • Have a yard sale.
5. Outdoors
   • Build sandcastles.
   • Go to the zoo.
   • Go to a baseball game – or a game of your favorite summer sport.
   • Play basket ball or another team sport with friends.
   • Go stargazing.
   • Watch a sunrise.
   • Watch a sunset.
   • Play Frisbee.
   • Play golf.
   • Play tennis.
6. Indoors – Hot/Rainy Day
   • Have a movie marathon.
   • Make treats for neighbors.
   • Go indoor rock climbing.
   • Learn a foreign language.
   • Watch some documentaries.
   • Read a biography or an autobiography.
   • Write and publish your own book.
   • Make a video tutorial and post to YouTube.
7. On a Budget
   • Go bike riding.
   • Blow bubbles outside.
   • Drink your morning coffee on the patio or porch.
   • Read a book a week.
   • Tie-dye tee shirts.
   • Make jam.
   • Go play mini-golf.
   • Take a picnic to the park.
   • Collect seashells on a nearby beach.
   • Make a root beer or Coke float.
8. Family
   • Have a weekly family game night.
   • Make pizza.
   • Cook a meal together.
   • Have movie night.
   • Go to a concert – some locals have free concerts or concert series over the summer.
   • Have a movie marathon.
   • Go tubing.
   • Take a day trip.
   • Put on a magic show.
   • Have story time.
   • Have water gun fights.
9. Couples
   • Get a couple’s massage.
   • Learn a romance language together.
   • Build a blanket fort.
   • Take a dance class together.
   • Go stargazing together.
   • Kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel.
   • Share a soda or milkshake.
   • Work at a soup kitchen together.
   • Take a spontaneous weekend trip.
   • Take up a hobby together.
10. Miscellaneous
    • TaMake homemade ice cream.
    • Take a picture every day.
    • Go a week without electronics.
    • Make s’mores or some other summertime treat.
    • Do random acts of kindness.
    • Cook out.
    • Write down something that makes you happy every day.
    • Learn to play an instrument.
    • Learn to scuba dive.