100+ Awesome Summer Bucket List Ideas for 2020

Make this the best summer ever with these fun summer bucket list ideas . Or use these bucket list ideas like having a watermelon seed spitting contest, doing a cartwheel, and having an outdoor movie night to create your very own summer bucket list !

What Is A Bucket List?

If you’ve never made a bucket list before, they’re the best.

A lot of people have bucket lists full of items they want to do sometime in their life. Maybe a travel bucket list of places they want to travel or a seasonal bucket list of things they want to do this summer. It’s basically a list of things you want to accomplish within a set amount of time.

While some people like to put together say a lifetime bucket list, I prefer to make bucket lists for short periods of time such as the summer.

With summer being such a short time, it’s a great way to really dive in and try to enjoy as many of these summer bucket list ideas as possible!

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100 Summer Bucket List Ideas

Everyone’s bucket list can be a little different, but these summer bucket list ideas should hopefully be enough to get you started with creating your own!

While most of the ideas on the original bucket list below are totally okay for 2020, some of them may not be possible for your family with everything going on right now so I created a second bucket list.

The second list includes all ideas that are okay for 2020 no matter what state you live in!

I tried to make them generic enough that they were things everyone can do, not just people who live in Kansas City like we do. If you want to use this one, you can get a free printable summer bucket list at the bottom of this post!

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Go on a bike ride
Build a fort
Do a cartwheel
Roll down a hill
Bury your toes in the sand (preferably somewhere like Daytona Beach )
Fly a kite
Jump over the waves
Build a sandcastle
Go to a drive-in movie theater
Eat a hot dog straight from the grill
Have a water fight
Play one of these outdoor water games
Have a watermelon seed spitting contest
Have a family board game tournament
Go to a carnival
Listen to an outdoor concert
Go to a waterpark
Do a cannonball
Play in the sprinklers
Watch fireworks
Sit in a hammock
Buy something at a garage sale
Create your own lemonade stand (guests will love this strawberry lemonade )
Eat a snow cone
Go to some sort of festival
Bake cookies and give them to someone else with these treat tags
Make root beer floats
Watch a movie on the big screen
Go to a farmer’s market
Get a temporary tattoo
Make popsicles like these ocean blue ones with gummy sharks inside
Watch early morning cartoons
Snuggle in bed during a summer thunderstorm
Have an indoor campout or if the weather cooperates, go camping and play these camping games
Get books to read at the library
Play kickball
Swim in a lake
Make homemade pizza
Catch fireflies
Watch a sunset
Go on a picnic and a picnic scavenger hunt
Go on a roadtrip (and take these roadtrip games with you!)
Build a sand castle
Learn something new
Make something explode
Go to an amusement park
Dance it out
Eat a funnel cake
Volunteer somewhere
Paint something
Make one of these easy summer crafts
Jump in puddles
Make and play a backyard game
Eat breakfast for dinner. These egg muffins with a hash brown crust are a family favorite!
Go on a staycation
Collect seashells
Go ice blocking
Stay up past midnight
Pick berries (then use them for this strawberry poke cake !)
Eat ice cream before it melts
Make s’mores or s’mores bars if you don’t have access to a fire
Have a water balloon fight
Play beach ball volleyball
Plant flowers
Get a mosquito bite
Eat corn on the cob
Travel somewhere you’ve never been
Go to a museum
Find a dinosaur (maybe on this dinosaur hunt )
Spend a day barefoot
Lay on grass and look at the stars
Drink ice cold lemonade
Have a family slumber party
Swing on the swings
Go to a baseball game
Send a postcard
Go to a fair
Go to camp or camping (and play these camping games )
Hike a mountain
Run a race
Take a picture by a colored wall
Make homemade ice cream
Relax in a lazy river
Ride a roller coaster
Order pizza at the pool
Buy a new pair of sandals (these Sanuks are my favorite)
Go fishing
Play frisbee
Drink a tropical drink
Go to a splash pad
Sleep in
Find a sunflower
Float in a pool
Wave a flag
Try 12 flavors of ice cream (this sweet and salty ice cream is one of our favorites)
Have a backyard BBQ (this summer bingo would be a fun addition)
Go see a show (any of these Disney movies coming out this summer would be perfect)
Find a double rainbow
Play until the daylight is gone
Play hopscotch outside.

Summer Bucket List Ideas for 2020

Since I know things are a bit crazy right now and you may not be doing things like riding roller coasters and going to festivals, I put together a 2020 version of this summer bucket list as well! It replaces many of the actual activities in the list above with things you can do outdoors or from home.

For instance, making something tie-dye instead of riding a roller coaster. You can see the full 2020 summer bucket list below!

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How to Make Your Own Summer Bucket List

The best part about a bucket list is that it should be all your own. I’ve given you 100+ ideas of things to do this summer. Feel free to pick and choose from this list of summer bucket list ideas and create one that’s perfect for your own family!

And unlike my list, feel free to get specific. If there’s a place you want to eat, add that specific restaurant to your list.

There’s a blank printable included in the PDF below that you can use to create your own summer bucket list!

Get the Free Printable

Enter your first name and email address below to get the free printable. You’ll receive a copy to your email shortly after that includes a 4-page PDF – the regular summer bucket list, the 2020 approved summer bucket list, and two blank summer bucket lists.

If you can’t see the form below, click here to get to the form to enter your info.