100 Ultimate Summer Blast Bucket List

Many of you may be wondering when the weather will improve for more than an occasional day or two. We all need a longer stretch of warm weather days to bask in the warmth of the sun and enjoy those warm weather activities we’ve done every Summer. In hopes that those summer days arrive sooner than later, we’ve listed some of our all-time favorite Summer activities to enjoy this year.

 

The best thing about our Summer Blast Bucket List is you don’t need to be by the ocean to take advantage of most of these activities. You can improvise and you certainly don’t need to spend a lot of money to enjoy the fun. How cool is that? Take a look at our 100 Ultimate Summer Blast Bucket List and let us know what you think.    

 

 

Have a snow cone bar with tropical fruit flavors

Have a homemade ice cream bar with fruit toppings

Have a banana split bar with toppings

Have an ice cream sundae bar with toppings   

Have a make your own cotton candy party

Have a watermelon spitting contest

Make smores over a beach bonfire

Roast marshmallows over a campfire or a grill

Make a special tropical drink in a coconut shell

Make a special tropical drink in a pineapple shell

Make fresh lemonade with lemons and limes   

Make fresh ice tea in a large pickle jar in the sun

Bake fresh fruit mini-pies

Make a trail mix for your friends

Chase the ice cream truck for your favorite ice cream snack

Have a clambake with your friends at the beach

Go strawberry picking with your friends and sample the strawberries

Go blueberry picking with your friends then make blueberry pancakes

Have a lobster meal complete with corn on the cob and blueberry pie

Have a Luau party complete with ham and pineapple kabobs and macadamia rice

Cook brunch for your friends and serve refreshing Sangria wine  

Borrow your friend’s pickup truck and host a “Taco Truck Bar” in the truck bed  

 

 

Camp out in your backyard 

Go stargazing at night

Pick wildflowers and make a bouquet for your sister

Grow some sunflowers

Watch the sunset over the beach

Watch a drive-in movie

See a movie on the Green

Attend an outdoor Summer concert on the Green

Make coconut or mango scented candles

Decorate a wreath using seashells or American flags with red, white and blue ribbons  

Make tropical fragrant bars of soap

Learn a new language

 

 

Fly a kit on the beach   

Do the hula hoop with Caribbean music playing

Have a hula hoop competition

Have a jumping rope contest

Play a game of checkers

Play a game of Chinese Checkers

Play pick up sticks

Play a game of Mexican Bingo

Play a card game of Go Fish!

Play a game of Charades

Play a game of Twister outside

Play a game of Bocce (lawn bowling)

Play a game of Jenga using oversized blocks outside

Play a game of Lawn Croquet

Play horseshoes in the yard or on the beach

Play Lawn Dart Toss games

Play Yard Bowling

Play Paddle Ball on the Beach

Set up a nerf archery range outside

Play Badminton

Make a Pinata, fill with fortune cookies, and break it!

Have a water balloon fight

Go candlepin bowling

Go for a jog or walk on the beach at sunrise

Go for a walk on the beach at sunset

Ride your bike to the ice cream store 

Organize a Carnival Night at home

Organize a block party with your neighbors 

Dance on the beach

Feed the seagulls popcorn (intentionally or not!)

Find a place to photograph beautiful flamingos

Write a summer play and act in the play with your neighbors 

Organize a neighborhood talent show for your neighbors

Take your dog on a bike ride

Have a picnic with your dog

Volunteer at the animal shelter

 

 

Swim near a waterfall

Swim in the rain

Swim with the dolphins

Walk behind a waterfall

Go sailing

Go snorkeling  

Go paddle boarding

Go kayaking

Go water tubing

Go river rafting

Go to a waterpark

Go canoeing

Go sand boarding  

Go surfing

Go fishing 

Go clamming

Have a water sliding party 

Watch baby turtles hatch and crawl out to the ocean 

Build a birdhouse for your backyard

Catch fireflies at night in the dark 

Celebrate the Fourth of July with sparklers

Organize a neighborhood Fourth of July parade for pets

Start a shell collection

Have a biggest bubble, longest bubble contest  

Paint one of your bedroom walls a bold color

Rearrange the furniture in your bedroom

Hang a swing on your porch or deck then use it!

Play mini-golf with the neighborhood kids and let them win   

Go hiking in the mountains

Race your friends in go karts at an autobahn speedway   

Send a summer postcard to your grandparents and mail it at the post office 

Make a summer floral bouquet from your garden then give to your neighbors 

 

 

So, what do you think? Do these Summer Blast Bucket List activities look like what’s on your Summer to-do list? Let us know if you try any of these activities and how you make out.  

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us in the comments below. We always like to hear from you and help out.