Come Together Kids: Summer Fun Checklist

June 16, 2011

Summer Fun Checklist

A couple weeks ago, I posted these Five Fun Ideas for Summer Planning from our Summer Fun party. I finally had a few minutes this week to sit down and make up my own Summer Fun checklist for our family. (and just in time, the kids' last day of school is tomorrow!) I just wrote our list on some patterned scrapbook paper and decorated with a few summer-themed stickers.

Inspired by this great idea at eighteen25, I framed my checklist (by spray painting a frame I scored at Goodwill for $3!) We'll use a dry erase marker to check off the activities as we complete them. The kids LOVE it and are so excited to start their summer vacation and jump into all these activities.

Easy to check off with a dry erase marker

On our list:

Go to the ZOO
Swim in the POOL
Hike to a WATERFALL
Make GAK (recipe here)
Do a SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
Play in the SPRINKLER (see it here)
Go FISHING
Have a SPONGEBALL FIGHT (directions here)
Go BOWLING
Bake COOKIES (easy recipe here)
Go to the BUTTERFLY GARDEN
Jump off the DIVING BOARD
Mail a LETTER
Go to HERSHEY PARK
Play with SIDEWALK PAINT (recipe here)
Pick FRUIT (here)
Go to the LIBRARY
Make PLAY DOUGH (recipes here and here)
Paddle a KAYAK
Go to IKEA
Make a CLUBHOUSE
Go CAMPING
Go to a SANDY BEACH
Go on a HIKE
Go to WASHINGTON, DC
Try a NEW FOOD
Go to THE COW (awesome local italian ice stand)
Catch LIGHTNING BUGS
Play with BUBBLES ( see here, here and here)
Go to the PLAYGROUND ( here or here)
Do a 1,000 PIECE PUZZLE
Have a SLEEPOVER
Make ICE CREAM
Go to CHUCK E. CHEESE
Go to a BASEBALL GAME
Play a BOARD GAME
Go to a MOVIE THEATRE
Have a LEMONADE STAND
Go to DELAWARE
Have a PICNIC
Go NIGHT SWIMMING
Go to PITTSBURGH
Have a PLAYDATE
Go see FIREWORKS
Do a CRAFT PROJECT
Make POPSICLES
Eat BREAKFAST for DINNER
Make S'MORES

Many of them we'll do more than once, so we decided we can erase the initial checkmark and write the number of times we've done that activity. I'm also sure we'll do lots of things not on the list, but since I knew the kids would hold me accountable for every item listed, I wanted to keep the checklist a manageable size and include only the things I was confident we'd be able to do.