Every summer my friends and I always talk about making a summer bucket list but never manage to actually write it all down and complete it. So here is my list of ideas of things to do with your summer. Some are easier and cheaper than others:
1. Go canoeing/kayaking
2. Go to a drive in movie
3. Have a cook out with your friends
4. Stargaze
5. Go for a hike
6. Find a festival (for example I went to a Strawberry Festival in Troy, Ohio) and go to it
7. Go to a concert (preferably outdoors)
8. Spend a rainy day watching a movie series (ex: Star Wars, Harry Potter)
9. Go to a baseball game
10. Go to the aquarium
11. Go to the zoo
12. Go mini golfing
13. Make your own or buy a slip-n-slide
14. Go on a road trip with a friend or friends
15. Camp
16. Spend a day at the lake
17. Go to a museum
18. Go for a night swim
19. Go fishing
20. Eat lunch at a food truck
21. Do yoga in a park (some parks offer free yoga or you could do it yourself)
22. Ride your bike somewhere (like an ice cream place)
23. Read a good book
24. Have a game night with your friends
25. Fly a kite
26. Make s'mores
27. Go to an amusement park
28. Go-karting
29. Go to a farmer's market
30. Watch the sunrise
31. Watch the sunset
32. Try 5 new recipes
33. Bowling
34. Horseback Riding
35. Make homemade ice-cream
36. Play fugitive
37. Paint a canvas
38. Spend a whole day with no phone and no social media
39. Run through a sprinkler
40. Train and run a 5k (or longer if you want)
41. Draw with chalk
42. Have a picnic
43. Watch fireworks
44. Spend a day doing service
45. Play on a playground
46. Reconnect with an old friend
47. Go to a driving range
48. Catch fireflies
49. Listen to an album all the way through in one sitting
50. Keep a journal
51. Play with puppies at a pet store or shelter
52. Visit a place you went a lot as a child
53. Spend a day or afternoon with just one parent or sibling doing something together
54. Go thrift shopping
55. Watch a thunderstorm
56. Play frisbee
57. Treat yourself to a spa day or shopping day
58. Go to a waterpark
59. Feed ducks
60. Reorganize your room or rearrange it
61. Have a paint fight
62. Learn a new skill (ex: an instrument, knitting, yo-yoing..)
63. Make your own pizza
64. Have breakfast for dinner
65. Go paddle boarding
66. Go paint balling
67. Do a puzzle (at least 500 pieces)
68. Zip lining
69. Play beach volleyball
70. Play in the rain
71. Go to the beach
72. Go to a shooting range
73. Throw a party (any type of party)
74. Play with sparklers
75. Tell someone something you have always wanted them to know
76. Spend the day at the pool
77. Build a sandcastle
78. Try a new sport
79. Organize a Mario Kart tournament
80. If you can, go snorkeling
81. Ride a jetski
82. Swing on a rope swing
83. Learn the lyrics to a rap song
84. Tie dye a shirt
85. Stay up all night
86. Jump in a bouncy house
87. Buy a sketchbook and fill it up (if totally unartistic, get an adult coloring book)
88. Cook dinner on a fire
89. Get rid of old clothes or possessions to charity
90. Climb a tree
91. Celebrate a random holiday
92. Roll the windows down, turn up the music and go for a drive
93. Go to a big fair
94. Pick strawberries
95. Grow a plant
96. Go to a play
97. Try origami
98. Go on a date
99. Visit grandparents
100. Don't waste a single day
Hopefully this will give you ideas when you can't decide what to do on a summer day!
