Have you made a summer bucket list with your family? It’s a great way to list all the things you want to do over the summer and it also holds you accountable. It’s also nice to reflect on the all the fun activities you did at the end of the season. Need some fun ideas to get you started? We did the hard work so you don’t have to! Here are over 100 Summer Bucket List Activities for Central NJ Families.
100+ Summer Bucket List Activities for Central NJ Families
- Have dinner on the beach
- Hunt for sea shells
- Go on an ice cream road trip
- Play with frisbees
- Make a splash at a splash park
- Go to a luau or host your own
- Go on a road trip
- Make popsicles
- Have paper airplane races
- Go camping
- Make giant bubbles
- Go on a hot air balloon ride
- Go on a picnic
- Take a hike
- Make a fruit salad
- Write a story and illustrate it
- Visit a pond
- Go on a bike ride
- Try a new food
- Go to a drive-in movie
- Run barefoot on the grass
- Slide down a water slide
- Play tic tac toe on the sidewalk
- Sign up for summer camp
- Play hide & seek
- Go to an outdoor concert
- Make your own slip & slide
- Make suncatchers
- Go on a local boat ride, water tour or cruise
- Pick homemade fruit jam
- Make sand art
- Visit a garden
- Make ice cream sundaes
- Make homemade lemonade
- Go on a treetop adventure obstacle course
- Visit a lavender farm
- Have a lemonade stand
- Have a family board game night
- Go to the zoo
- Go on a nature walk
- Go for a walk on the beach
- Make pool noodle hurdles
- Watch fireworks
- Make homemade play dough
- Make homemade ice cream
- Go to an outdoor movie under the stars
- Go bird watching
- Do watercolor painting outdoors
- Decorate flower pots
- Go to an outdoor theater or play in the park
- Cook over a camp fire
- Try a new ice cream flavor
- Run a race
- Make ice cream in a bag
- Make a mud pie
- Go to story time at the library
- Hunt for bugs
- Catch fireflies
- Go to waterpark
- Make smoothies
- Take a nap outdoors
- Chalk the walk
- Workout outdoors
- Go swimming in a community pool
- Go to an amusement park
- Build a sand castle
- Bake a pie
- Participate in a summer reading program
- Make bird feeders
- Go on a canoe, kayak or rowboat adventure
- Learn to hula hoop
- Go to a splash park
- Grill pizza
- Make fresh salsa
- Sign up for an extracurricular class
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go to a local summer festival, fair or carnival
- Fly a kite
- Climb a tree
- Pick your own blueberries
- Pick your own cherries
- Pick your peaches
- Build a fort
- Read books outside
- Go on a weekend getaway
- Play with a messy sensory box
- Make dirt cake
- Watch a fireworks show
- Make homemade butter
- Go to a museum
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Make s’mores
- Go zip lining
- Have a root beer float
- Make a terrarium
- Go to a pick-your-own farm
- Jump in puddles
- Go to a parade
- Watch a budget-friendly summer movie
- Go stargazing
- Go to a farmer’s market
- Eat watermelon
- Bake cookies and deliver them to a friend
- Go to a sporting event
- Play tag
- Paint a self-portrait
- Go to the movies
- Make finger paints
- Go to a “new to you” park
- Be a nature photographer
- Eat ice cream from an ice cream truck
- Plant a garden
- Go paddle boarding
- Make friendship bracelets
- Host a BBQ
- Go fishing
- Celebrate a quirky holiday
- Go on a day trip
- Watch the sunrise
- Watch the sunset
- Make a scrapbook of all your summer fun!
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