Summer is here and the break from school seems longer than ever this year! Which means that no matter how slow our days are we’re still going to struggle to find ideas to do with the kids especially when they seem to spend most of their time wanting to play on their devices or watch TV. So I’ve put my thinking hat on and we’ve come up with so next time the kids utter those words “I’m bored!” I’ll have something to reach out and look for ideas with.
100 Fun Summer Bucket List Ideas
We love summer here in the Rainy Day Mum house yes even if it rains (check out our ideas for rainy summer days to do with the kids) but thinking on my feet whilst one child asks for a snack and the other says repeatedly I’m Bored is tough especially when I’m trying to work as well.
So to solve it this summer we’ve got our summer bucket list of simple ideas 100 to be exact that we can dip into and cross off.
Whether we finish them all or more realistically we’ll pick a few to do when needed and probably repeat our favourites.
Printable Summer Bucket List for Families
So you can do the same we’ve created a FREE printable version available to our subscribers. It’s in our summer subscriber library which has the Bucket List, a reading record for summer books plus a visual recipe for our favourite Kiwi Rainbow Ice Pops.
100 Quick & Easy Ideas for Summer Fun!
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Your Summer 2020 Bucket List for Fun!
So what activities do we have? Here you go check them out! Where there is a blue underlined link you can find a complete step by step guide on how to make or do the activity right here on Rainy Day Mum.
- Build a fort
- Ice Cream party – why not make your own try making ice cream in a bag
- Read 5 books
- Go for a Swim
- See a movie – check out some of our favourite Rainy Day Movie ideas
- Play a board games
- Paint a picture – how about an ocean picture
- Make watergun art
- Have a picnic
- Go for walk – why not have a go at geocaching
- Blow bubbles – never run out of bubble mix again with our classic bubble mix recipe
- Jump rope
- Fly a kite
- Have a pillow fight
- Scavenger hunt – check out our free printable forest scavenger hunt and rock pool versions
- Start a journal
- Treasure hunt
- Play basket ball
- Hula hoop
- Go on a bike ride
- Dance in the rain
- Make popsicles – check out our 100% fruit Rainbow popsicles to make with kids
- Family movie night
- Camp indoors
- Stay up all night
- Play dressup – if you have a princess fan or ballerina why not make a no-sew tutu for dressup
- Waterballoon fight
- Make S’mores
- Take fashion pics
- Play frisbee
- Make a mud pie
- Ride the swings
- Have a pajama day
- Play hide and seek
- Make a pizza – check out our favourite pizza dough recipe
- Have a sleepover
- Watch the stars – learn about the constellations with our shoebox star constellations craft
- Play hopscotch
- Have a luau
- Make braclets
- Eat whipped cream
- Have a relay race – yes even if you have toddlers – check out our toddler Olympics for ideas
- Make a music videao
- Play laser tag
- Race RC cars
- Play volleyball
- Indoor marathon
- Have a bubble bath
- Obstacle course
- Catch fireflies – or make your own like our egg carton firefly craft
- Have a dance party
- Play baseball
- Tell scary stories
- Paint Rocks
- Make a craft
- Colour pages
- Play cards – how about teaching your kids elevens it’s maths and will keep them occupied
- Go on a nature hunt
- Play twister
- Make bath bombs – check out this guide to making them over on Ruffles and Rainboots
- Talent competition
- Make a campfire
- Play flashlight tag
- Have a sack race
- Watch fireworks
- Sleep in a tent
- Make slime – check out these ideas for edible slime and borax free slime over on Red Ted Art
- Do a good deed
- Make Playdough – we have all of our playdough recipes here from edible to watermelon scented
- Eat a snow cone
- Make a tie-dye shirt – see here on how to tie-dye a t-shirt
- Science experiment time – see our best summer science experiments to do with kids
- Draw on the sidewalk – not got any chalk! No worries our favourite easy sidewalk chalk paint recipe will solve that
- Run thru sprinklers
- Make brownie dough
- Watch the sunrise
- Send a postcard
- Build a birdfeeder or even a bird box ready for the nesting birds next spring
- Play i-spy
- Family sleepover
- Waterballoon baseball
- Go roller skaing
- Wash a car
- Play dodgeball
- Bury a time capsule
- Help cook dinner – check out some of our favourite recipes to cook with kids for some inspiration
- Finger paint – make your own taste safe finger paints and even your babies can join in
- Make paper airplanes – set a family challenge and see who can make them go further you can even turn it into a STEM Airplane Investigation to add a bit of learning to the summer
- Plant seeds – check out these easy and quick-growing plants and vegetables that are great to grow with kids
- Have a puppet show – it doesn’t have to be complicated you could make some paper frog puppets or if you feel very creative why not try our Princess and the Pea shadow puppets
- Build a sand castle
- Help make dinner
- Go to the library
- Shaving cream fight
- Ride a scooter
- Build a puzzle
- Have a DIY Spa Day
- Pool noodle fight
- Make a memory jar – check out memory jar idea for summer vacations
- Watch a movie in the garden
Still Need more Ideas! Check out these ones
- Set up a sensory bin with these easy and simple summer sensory bins for kids
- Get creative with these beach themed crafts for kids
Cerys Parker
Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn’t have to be put on hold and you don’t just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.
susankmann says
I love this, definitely going to give these a go, thanks for sharing x