Summer camps are already filling up, and we’re on the downhill roll to the end of the school year now. There will be 67 glorious summer vacations days to be filled, and with a little advanced planning, you can have a fun, frugal family summer vacation!
Here’s the perfect summer bucket list to start planning now, so you never have to hear, “I’m bored” all summer long. You can even DOWNLOAD the printable for your fridge and check each thing off when you’ve done it.
- Visit your local library
- Have a lemonade sale
- Go to the beach
- Build a fort outside
- Read 8 books
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go camping
- Take a road trip
- Grow some vegetables
- Have a family board game night
- Watch a movie outside
- Write 1 line of a story each day, end it on the last day of summer break
- Plant a bee-friendly garden
- Stargaze and find a shooting star
- Go for a picnic
- Visit a waterfall
- Roast marshmallows
- Have a sleepover
- Make a bird feeder
- Have a paper airplane competition
- Go on a bike ride
- Find a new park to play in
- Make a fairy garden
- Visit a pick-your-own farm
- Visit an art gallery
- Swim in a lake
- Eat dessert for dinner
- Have a yard sale
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Take one photo every day to document your summer
- Mail cards to friends
- Make tie-dyed t-shirts
- Play nature bingo
- Bake cookies for a neighbour
- Visit a new city or town
- Invite friends over for a potluck
- Play in the rain
- Go geocaching
- Clean up litter in your neighbourhood
- Play mini golf
- Fly a kite
- Collect food for local food bank
- Walk through a forest
- Stay in pajamas for the whole day
- Have a dance party
- Watch the sun rise
- Watch the sun set
- Play outside for the whole day
- Learn to double-dutch
- Make homemade slurpees
- Shop at a farmers’ market
- Watch fireworks
- Try rock climbing
- Go bowling
- Go horseback riding
- Play in the sprinkler
- Make your own bubbles to blow
- Meet a new friend
- Press flowers
- Volunteer your time
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