Printable Summer Bucket List for Kids

What are we going to do throughout the summer break? Have a complete fun with this printable summer bucket list for kids. Try these 31 fun family activities to keep kids busy and make memories.

See more of our tips and ideas Family Summer Activity File and the Summer Bucket List for Kids archives.

Summer Bucket List Ideas for Kids

Summer vacation can be a parent’s joy (no more homework!)

For our family, we like to have a balance of total free time (for kids to play outside, play with friends, and do their own thing) and unhealthy family activities.

Doing something new or different about 1-2 days per week can make the summer feel longer because we have more distinct activity memories, without too much trying to do a something fun every. ulitawo. day.

So, we’ve put together a printable summer bucket list of 24 activities to check out your adventure list this summer.

Think of it as a quality checklist in time so you have a lot to talk about when people ask “what are you doing this summer?”

35+ Activity Ideas: Summer Bucket List for Kids

🍉 Eat Watermelon

Remember: To choose a well-ripe watermelon, choose one that is dark green and heavy, with a yellowish spot (not white) on the bottom.

🌊 Water Games

A good trendy water game is the best way to pass a summer afternoon. Invite some friends to make it a party through play it 8 Easy Back Water Game. Set up slip and slide, add some quick to fill water balloons for the water balloon fight, and don’t forget the bubbles!

🌱 Planting and Gardening

Gardening is always in time for the kids!

If planting later in the season, try planting fast-growing carrots, beans, or lettuce, or flowers like sweet peas, marigolds, or sunflowers.

🍋 Host a Lemonade Stand

My kids love to host a lemonade stand in our neighborhood. It’s great to see new entrepreneurs learning how to work-even if they’re drinking a lot of their own inventory! Here are 7 tips to make it successful.

Mix it and add soda floats or this fruity cream drink on your lemonade stand menu, too.

🥫 Playing Kick The Can

Do your kids know how to play can kick and the classic games you played growing up, before there was “screen time”?

Play these 8 classic games together and try these other classic activities for free on screen:

• put on a puppet show
• fly paper planes
• play catch with frisbee or baseball
• play night games like flashlight tag
• drawing and playing hopscotch

🍪 Create Cookies

The last thing I want to do in the summer is light the oven and heat the house for a batch of cupcakes-so we DON’T bake cookies!

🔨 Build a Wall

It’s a passing ritual to build an epic wall during the summer! Build a wall with a blanket over the shoe, or try these wall ideasmade from a variety of materials, from cardboard and bed sheets to 2x4s and shingles.

🎲 Make a Game Night

Playing together can strengthen family bonds and provide many years of good memories! behold 15 of our Favorite Family Games to Play Play on your wall or on the patio for more summer fun.

🍃 Nature Walk

Choose a cool morning to take a nature walk around the neighborhood or the park. Gather some sticks, rocks, plants, or flowers to make these easy crafts in nature.

👨‍🍳 Children Cook Lunch/ Dinner

Take the sun and cook the kids dinner (or lunch) today! They just need your management make these 7 lunch or dinner food ideas.

🧊 Game and Ice

When it’s hot outside, ice can make an inexpensive refreshing toy! Channel your Ice Queen content these cool ice activities. (It takes about 24 hours or more to freeze, so plan ahead.)

🍓 Choosing and Eating Strawberries

Strawberry season is one of my favorite parts of the summer! Get some strawberries (find a patch near you or cradle to the grocery store, no judgment here!) and eat the best harvest of the summer.

🔥 Make S’mores

Make a campfire or start the grill and fry those marshmallows (or try these other campfire desserts). I can almost feel the excruciating sweet taste on my lips…

No campfire? Try these fire -free s’more or 25 more s’mores desserts.

✂️ Host a Craft Day

Unleash their creativity! Gather some craft items and see what they can do cereal boxes and button and tin and duct tape and … whatever else you can find. Try it 25 Wall Art Ideas That Kids Can Make or make friendship braceletspaper flowersand so on.

🚲 Family Bike Riding

Cycling around the neighborhood is a great way to burn energy, exercise as a familyand help children understand geography as well.

🥾 Hiking

Hiking as a family is a great activity to experience nature and build confidence and curiosity in children. Grab a picnic lunch, water bottles, and snacks, and don’t forget pencils and paper to find trash!

We love using AllTrails.com to find great kid-friendly trails near us.

🎨 Painting Stones

Painting stones is a simple craft activity that seems to be loved by all children. Check your area for local hunting and rock hiding groups, too. Read our stone painting tips.

There are a lot of landscaping stones that you don’t want to be permanently painted? Decorate with chalk on the sidewalk and wash it off the next rain storm or sun with a sprinkler.

🍿 Make an Outdoor Movie Night

This is the only screen time activity on our list because we WANT to watch a movie together and what could be better than watching a movie under the stars!

read 3 Easy Tips for Holding a Movie Night Outside the Family.

🍧 Make Popsicles

What’s better than a popsicle? A homemade popsicle you make yourself!

Most of these 8 simple meals are made with kids should freeze for a few hours, so make it in the morning to enjoy the afternoon or for a night full of fireworks.

🏕️ Back Camp

We love camping, but sometimes it’s also nice to be close to home! With backyard camping, you can spend time camping even on a busy schedule: watch the sunset, catch fireflies, and cook breakfast in your own kitchen instead of over the fire.

read 10 Easy Tips for An Amazing Backyard Campout.

🌳 Playing Outdoor Games

Lots of outdoor games like yardzee and dominoes in the yard fun to play in the backyard or while camping – and you can do it yourself, too! You can though create your own indoor-outdoor bowling alley!

Use sidewalk chalk, hula hoop, and other yard items to create an obstacle course for a fun day of the summer Olympic games.

💦 Sprinklers game

Running sprinklers is a fond childhood memory. Make your own memories * and * sprinklers with 5 DIY Sprinklers for Kids to Play.

🍳 Eat Breakfast for Dinner

Breakfast for dinner (aka “brinner”) is a standby in our house and mom’s favorite! Whether you eat a brinner once a month or once a week, it’s a definite family tradition to watch!

Try a Monte Cristo Sandwich or make the perfect waffle with these 5 tips + our recipe.

⭐ Go to Stargazing

There is something magical about staring at the sky. Find constellations and see for shooting stars is a great way to celebrate schoolless nights.

🍕 Make Homemade Pizza

Homemade pizza is a year-round meal at our house, but we really love making it during the summer!

Learn how to cook pizza more 6 creative pizza combinations.

🧪 Conduct a Science Experiment

it Hand Science Research Activities for Young People and for older children a great way to have fun while learning this summer.

🏊‍♀️ Swim

Go to the pool and play these fun but educational pool games.

🎁 Make a Handmade Gift

Summer is a great time to talk about giving, or plan ahead for Grandpa’s Day, the first day of school, or even Christmas. Make an easy gift for grandparents, teachers, or friends.

📚 Read

Pahuway ka! Relax and read with our favorite book selections on a wall, hammock, or any entertainment while watching the sunset.

🍦 Let the Root Beer Flow

Get vanilla ice cream (or make homemade ice cream) and some root beer and have the kids make their own root beer float! Add orange soda to the shopping list for a creamsicle float, too, or make a colored soda float.

📜 Do some Family History Activities

Add some extra family togetherness by making a time capsule or doing it family history activities and games for children.

🥤 Make a Smoothie

Get some fruit, yogurt, and other smoothie ingredients to make it 12 Smoothie Recipes for Breakfast or Dessert. Fun for the start of the sunrise!

🌞 More Activities on the Bucket Summer List Around the City

Our summer bucket list of activities above is usually centered indoors or outdoors – try these other activities around town as well!

• Go bowling or mini golfing.
• Go to the park and fly a kite.
• Visit the aquarium or zoo.
• Play at the local water park or splash pad.
• Go to the cinema.
• Visit the children’s museum.
• Get a treat from the ice cream truck.
• Go to a concert.
• Ride all the rides at the local carnival or amusement park.