107 Must Do Kids Activities for your Summer Bucket List

Right now is the PERFECT time to start planning your summer bucket list. Here are 107 must do summer activities for kids!

The key to having a fun, memory filled summer is to intentionally plan it!

Now I’m not talking about planning every minute or over scheduling kids. What I mean is take a peak at the 107 Must do Kids Activities for your Summer Bucket List, grab the free printable if you like, and start penciling them in on your calendar.

Then you will make sure to actually do the fun things you intend to do and actually create that fun, memory filled summer you and your kids are longing for.

Fun Summer Activities for Kids

Paint with Rocks like Fantastic Fun and Learning
Join a Summer Reading Program
Catch Fireflies in a Far
BIG homemade bubbles like We Are That Family
Visit a Zoo or Farm
Colorful Bubble Snakes by Housing a Forest
Word Scavenger Hunt by Play dough to Plato
Have a Family Pillow Fight
Build a Huge Fort (using sticks, pillows, legos, whatever you have!)
Glow in the Dark Chalk by Growing a Jeweled Rose
Make Family stepping stones like Z Recommends
Have Family Derby Races like TP Craft
Make Ice Cream in a Bag like Food Your Way
Fizzy Sidewalk Chalk by Growing a Jeweled Rose
Make a lemonade stand by Sunscholars
Wash the car by hand
Make a Kid Wash by 123Homeschool4Me
Paint Me! Frozen Paint Sensory Fun by 123Homeschool4Me
Pouring Potions & Color Mixing by The Chocolate Muffin Tree
Regrow Celery by Housing a Forest
Marshmallow Shooters (go 30+ feet!) by 123Homeschool4Me
Go on an Alphabet Treasure Hunt by Playdough to Plato
Go Star Gazing
Watch the Sunrise (bring a picnic breakfast!)
Play at a [new-to-you] park
Zoo Scavenger Hunt with Printable by I Can Teach My Child
Fly a Kite
Have a Picnic like East Coast Mommy
Fly a Bottle Rocket like Science Sparks
Go swimming at a pool
Have a water balloon fight like Love Play and Learn
Play Mini Golf
Paint with flowers by 123Homeschool4Me
Fly Swatter Painting Outdoors like Reading Confetti
Grow a Grass Friend
Paint Rocks by Eighteen25
Plan a Memorable Family Vacation like 123Homeschool4Me
Pick berries or produce from a U-Pick
Father & Son Home Depot Clinic on making Bird House (free!)
Set up a backyard Slip & Slide like 123Homeschool4Me
Make homemade ice cream like 123homeschool4me
Go to Farmers Market
Go Fishing
Take a Boat Ride
Watch Fire Works
Go to Disney World like 123Homeschool4Me
Play Sight Word Hopscotch like Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Make an Outdoor Marble Run like 123Homeschool4Me (coming soon)
Make Sand Art like Busy Kids Happy Mom
Spend a day at a Children’s Museum (great for rainy days or for low crowds go on a sunny day!)
1. San Francisco by Bug and Buddy
2. Little House on the Prairie by Living Montessori Now
Have Popcorn Movie Day on a rainy day
Go Bowling (or join a bowling league)
Practice spelling in the pool like Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
Go to Chuck E. Cheese (don’t forget to get an online coupon first!)
Play in the Rain like Kids Activities Blog
Volunteer with your kids like 52 Brand New
Host a themed Playdate
Put out the Fire (with water hose) by Toddler Approved
Make a Portable Water Wall like Fun-a-Day
Make & Sail Ice Boats like Reading Confetti
Painting with your Feet like Here Come the Girls
Paint with Water and Ice like Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Attend a local church’s Vacation Bible School program
Have a Backyard movie night like Housing a Forest
Sensory Fun with Ice like Plain Vanilla Mom
Backyard Frozen Fun by Counting Coconuts
Marshmallow Sensory Play by Fantastic Fun & Learning-
Summer Sensory Play with Shaving Cream by Growing a Jeweled Rose
Make a Hot Air Balloon like DIY Projects for Kids
Make a Mud Kitchen like The Imagination Tree
Make a Pinecone Bird Feeder like Tinkerlab
Make a Melted beads Stain Glass Sun Catcher like 123Homeschool4Me (coming soon)
Glowing Outdoor Science Lab by Growing a Jeweled Rose
Lawn Tic-Tac-Toe like Learn Create Love
DIY Spray Paint for Preschool and Toddler Art by Sun Hats and Wellie Boots
Alphabet Water gun targets by Creative Capital B
Make a Solar Oven for some Summer Science by Kitchen Pantry Scientists
Make Your Own Lava Lamp by Come Together Kids
Make a Pinwheel like My Homespun Threads
Rock Candy like Moms Crafty Space
Grow Giant Sunflowers like The Golden Gleam
Make Bubble Prints like Vivid Layers

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Sand Paper Print T-shirrs like Alpha Mom
Make Root beer Floats
Make a Craft Stick Bracelets like 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Play tennis with Balloons
Disappearing Letters by Reading Confetti
Make Sponge Bombs like Inner Child Fun
Play Capture the Flag
Do a Water Table Makeover like Growing a Jeweled Rose’s Princess Water Table
Build with Ice Cubes like Train Up a Child
Read a New Book Aloud Together (recommendations from 123Homeschool4Me)
Make homemade popsicles like these colorful ones from Babble
Visit a State Park
Make Salsa from your Garden you grew
Make a Driveway Obstacle Course like Creative Family Fun
Pool Noodle Backyard Obstacle Course by Train up a Child
Make an Outdoor Band (bang on garbage lid, wind chime, water in cups, etc)
Take a Nature Walk (wherever you are: neighborhood, beach, rain, state park, etc.) like Crystals Tiny Treasures Marine Walk
Go Go Camping outside or indoor camping (
Take a day trip to a Beach
Make Sponge sculptures like The Chocolate Muffin Tree
Glow in the Dark – Firefly Nightlights by 123Homeschool4Me
Get moving in the back yard like Growing a Jeweled Rose did with Get up & Move Backyard Dice
Play Backyard Twister like Eucharisteo
Practice your Alphabet with an Ice Letter Hunt like Reading Confetti
Watering an Alphabet Garden like Toddler Approved
Summer Bucket List with Free Printable by Motherhood on a Dime
Sensory Roller Painting by Mummy Musings and Mayhem
Find more great ideas from Little Wonder’s Days Bucket List
Bowling – KIDS BOWL FREE
Ice Cream in a Bag – Growing a Jeweled Rose