Showing posts with label bucket list. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bucket list. Show all posts

Summer Checklist {with free printable}

Last year, the boys and I made a checklist of 50 Fun {Summer} Things we wanted to do.  We checked everything off our list, and ended the summer with an "Ice Cream for Supper" party.  It was so much fun that we decided to do it again this year.  


Here is our {new and improved} list for 2012.  Don't forget to click on the helpful links... and there is a great {more generic} printable version of this list {for you} at the bottom of this post.

1)   Celebrate Canada Day
2)   Read a book outside (Click the link to find out how to make a no-sew reading tent.)
3)   Have a teddy bear picnic (Click the link to find out how to have a teddy bear picnic.)
4)   Go to a splash pad
5)   Swim in a pool
6)   Go to a farmer's market
7)   Go to the library
8)   Make homemade bubbles (Click the link for a great recipe.)
9)   Go fishing
10) Have family movie night – outside (Click the link for some great outdoor movie night tips.)
11) Collect shells at the beach
12) Build a sandcastle
13) Plant something (Click the link to see what we planted last year.  We'll be trying something new this summer.)
14) Visit a wildlife park, farm or zoo.
15) Make homemade sidewalk paint (Click the link for a great eco-friendly recipe)
16) Run through the sprinkler
17) Play baseball
18) Play soccer
19) Ride our bikes
20) Take a boat ride
21) Spend time at a cottage
22) Do a science experiment (Click the link to see a simple experiment we did last year.  We will be trying a new one this summer.) 
23) Watch fireworks
24) Go Geo-caching
25) Make cookies
26) Play mini golf
27) See a play
28) Have a lemonade stand
29) Make play dough (Click the link for a fool proof play dough recipe.) 
30) Play hopscotch
31) Camp in the backyard
32) Have a PJ day
33) Take a bath in the dark (Click the link to see how.)
34) Play Frisbee
35) Make an obstacle course (Click the link to see how simple it is to put one together.)
36) Fly a kite (Click the link for instructions on how to make a simple kite out of a paper lunch bag.)
37) Go on a scavenger hunt (Click the link for a simple and {free} printable list.}
39) Have pancakes for supper
40) Play street hockey
41) Make a marble run
42) Do a good deed 
43) Roast marshmallows and make smores
44) Write and mail a letter or postcard
45) Swim in a lake or ocean
46) Take a trip to Halifax {Blank on printable list}
47) Take a trip to PEI {Blank on printable list}
48) Attend the Antigonish Highland Games {Blank on printable list}
49) Ride on the Harbour Hippo {Blank on printable list}
50) Have ice cream for supper (to celebrate completing the list)

Like last year, we will frame our list using cheap frames from the dollar store.  Every time we do something on the list, the boys will "check" it off by putting a sticker over the number.  {A dry erase marker would work too.}  Fun, right?


Want a copy?  I have designed a {free} printable {pdf} version for you... which you can find hereI have removed a few of the items that are specific to our geographical location and left blanks for you to fill in your own ideas.  

Thanks for playing along.  I think this is going to be a lot of fun!


Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)
 
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