Summer Bucket List Ideas

The Summer holidays are officially here and as parents we know all too well how hard it is to come up with fresh and fun ideas to keep the kids entertained. It can be incredibly expensive to plan lots of big family days out so we have put together a list of 50 fun and cheap summer bucket list ideas. Ranging from camping, joining in with a beach clean to tie-dying t-shirts, there is something for every age!

1. Make S’mores
2. Take photos with @littlepaperswans ‘The Big Summer Photo Hunt’ 
3. Watch a movie outdoors
4. Random acts of kindness
5. Walk barefoot on the grass
6. Go camping – the garden counts!
7. Try geo-caching
8. Make fruit smoothie ice pops
9. Paint rocks then hide for someone else to find
10. Join a beach clean
11. Make daisy chains
12. Have a water fight
13. Visit your local library
14. Make wildflower crowns
15. Go rock pooling
16. Climb a tree
17. Grow your own mushrooms 
18. Minibeast hunt 
19. Visit the zoo
20. Visit an outdoor sculpture park
21. Bake a new dish as a family
22. Plant a herb garden
23. Visit a pick it yourself farm…
24. … and then make jam!
25. Family board game night
26. Fly a kite
27. Write postcards to friends and family
28. Play Pooh sticks
29. Make ice cream floats
30. Have a breakfast picnic
31. Learn how to skim rocks on a lake/river
32. Collect sea shells
33. Make Sun Tea
34. Find a local car boot sale and trawl for treasure!
35. Go for ice cream
36. Stargaze
37. Make Tree rubbings
38. Journal or paint outdoors
39. Take a family photo
40. Get takeout coffee (for the grownups) and cake (for the little ones!)
41. Raise butterflies and release them
42. Blow giant bubbles
43. Go for a bike ride
44. Tie-dye some old t-shirts
45. Fly paper aeroplanes
46. Make plant pots out of your recycling and grow some seeds
47. Stay up late and watch a sunset
48. Press flowers 
49. Make bunting and decorate your tent (or living room!) with it
50. Join in with TMC kids play prompt of the month!

Please let us know if you do any of these ideas and make sure to tag us on Instagram @thatmamaclub