Last year, Pinterest was exploding with “Bucket Lists” and of course I just HAD to try it for our family. It was a huge success. So this year we are doing it again. I have changed up many of the “academic” activities but kept the traditional summer ones. Here is what we want to try this summer:
- Stay up and catch Lightning Bugs
- Go to a Pro baseball game
- Go to a Carnival/Festival
- Go strawberry picking
- Go blueberry picking
- Watch Fireworks
- Make a sandcastle on the beach
- Make campfire food: hotdogs and s’mores
- Go on a Nature Scavenger Hunt
- Go to an amusement park
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go to the Zoo
- DIY Wind chimes
- Go camping
- Participate in the Library Summer Reading Program
- Get ice cream from the ice cream truck
- Go fishing
- Make Straw Rockets
- Make Garden stepping stones
- Have a kids in charge day. Let them plan the entire day from start to finish. They cook, plan outings and have our full attention all day.
- Write a letter and MAIL it. Penpal NO EMAIL
! - Make ice cream in a bag
- Make a Rainbow in a Jar
- Make a Colored Glue Suncatchers
- Make Sponge balls (and have a sponge ball fight)
- Make Flubber
- Make Fireworks in a glass
- Explore Density with “Seven Layer Density”
- Make a Terrarium
- Explore water transport in plants







