Summer Bucket List

I love making a list of fun things I hope to do with the kids each summer.  It reminds us to try new things and do some of our favorite summer activities.  The kids like to check things off as we do them too.

I borrowed some of the ideas from other blogs, asked C and R for input, came up with a few ideas of my own, and some of them are repeats from the last few years.

• fireworks in a jar
• homemade lava lamp
• tie dye
• sun prints
• write letters to Auntie Karen and to teachers
• paint rocks
• ooblek
• make stepping stones
• paper bag wind socks
• visit the zoo on a Monday when the Toe Jam Puppet Band is there
• Children's Museum
• Mystic Aquarium 
• mini golf
• cloud watching
• make a volcano
• do something nice for a neighbor
• origami
• make a summer scrapbook
• hiking
• picnics
• geocaching (maybe?)
• make bubble wands 
• make lemonade
• water balloon fights
• use our ice cream balls
• bowling
• beach
• pool
• strawberry picking
• blueberry picking
• make s'mores in a solar oven (Thank you for this idea, Susana!)
• participate in reading programs (library and Barnes and Noble)

I can't wait to get started!