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