For the last month or so I have been telling my children that they need to write down some things they want to do this summer. We have been SO crazy busy lately that if we don’t make a plan, the summer will be gone and my children will be complaining about how lame our summer was when school starts back up again.
We try to do a bigger family vacation every other year and since last May we went to San Diego, we are going to keep things small this year. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have BIG TIME FUN!!
We have have put our heads together and come up with some fun things that our family wants to accomplish this summer. We want to share our summer bucket list with you. It is based on Utah but can very easily be converted to another corner of the world I’m sure. This lists may also trigger ideas of your own, which I would love for you to share in the comments below.
The first thing on our list is Cupcake Tours. My children love to watch Cupcake Wars on Netflix and we have even tried our hand at making fun cupcakes, so how could we not do something like this. The idea was born when my daughter saw the cupcake shop near the boutique I sell my crafts in (The Quilted Bear in Draper Utah) and wanted to stop by but we didn’t have time. I said, “we could add it to our bucket list…we should find some others to visit too and choose a favorite…LET’S DO CUPCAKE TOURS!!” So to begin our list, I have found cupcake shops from Orem to Ogden that we will visit and can even combine the visit with other things on our list. The fun things about this list (I learned along the way) is that a few are Cupcake Wars WINNERS!! (these are marked with CWW)
- Cupcake Tours- Sweet Toothfairy Draper http://www.thesweettoothfairy.com/ CWW
- Cupcake Tours- Sweet Toothfairy West Valley CWW
- Cupcake Tours- Swirly Girls South Jordan http://www.swirlygirlsgourmetbakery.com/
- Cupcake Tours- The Chocolate West Jordan http://www.thechocolatedc.com/
- Cupcake Tours- So Cupcake Salt Lake City http://www.socupcake.com/
- Cupcake Tours- Mini’s Cupcakes Salt Lake City http://www.mini-cupcakes.com/home CWW
- Cupcake Tours- Neighborhood Bakery at Gardner Village West Jordan http://www.gardnervillage.com/the-naborhood-bakery
- Cupcake Tours- Cupcake Chic Orem- http://www.cupcakechicutah.com/
- Cupcake Tours- Nothing Bundt Cake American Fork –http://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/bakery/ut/lehi
- Cupcake Tours- Ye Olde Cupcake Shoppe Odgen – http://www.yeoldecupcakeshoppe.com/
- Catch Crawdads at Strawberry Reservoir
- Go camping
- Go on a hike http://saltlakecity.about.com/od/sportsrecreation/tp/Family-Hikes-Near-Salt-Lake-City.htm
- Visit Hill Air Force Base Museum
- Go to an Air Show http://theutahairshow.com/
- Go to the Zoo
- Go to a Splash Pad
- Frisbee Golf
- Ride Trax (light rail transportation)
- Gardner Village
- Play at a park
- Picnic in the Mountains
- Lantern Fest http://www.thelanternfest.com/location/salt-lake-city-summer/#237
- Mini Golf
- Trip to St George with Friends
- Drive-in movie
- Flower Pen Craft- Tutorial to come
- Star Wars Birthday Party for Tucker
- Harry Potter Birthday party for Will
- Swimming lessons
- Re-do Emma’s room (re-paint, re-decorate)
- Read a Book together as a family- We chose BFG by Roald Dahl since the movie will be coming to theaters July 1st
- Go to the skate park
- Go shooting
- Have a lemonade stand- Maybe even make one http://thegirlinspired.com/2011/10/fun-vintage-food-stands/
- Geocaching- Don’t know what this is? Check this out https://www.geocaching.com/guide/
- Lagoon
- Water Balloon Games http://www.localfunforkids.com/home/20-of-the-best-water-balloon-games.html
- Go to the library
- Go fishing
- Have a read-a-thon outside
- Clean out the Garage
- Go on a bike ride
- Back yard movie night
- Pool Noodle Games-http://www.parents.com/fun/activities/outdoor/pool-noodle-backyard-games/view-all/
- Make a boat and race it down a rain gutter http://ourfamilyofseven.com/pool-noodle-boats/
- Picnic at the park
- Make Foam Dough- http://earlylearning.momtrusted.com/2013/05/foam-dough-shaving-cream-corn-starch/
- Make a fairy garden
- Wheeler Farm
- Visit our friend’s Cabin
- Make S’mores
- Discovery Gateway
- Lawn Twister http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/996757/how-to-make-outdoor-twister
- Pick Berries on a farm
- Make Cupcakes and share with a friend
- Bowling
- Squirt gun fun-http://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/2014/06/29/squirt-gun-painting/#_a5y_p=4028487 AND http://www.thisgrandmaisfun.com/squirt-gun-races/#_a5y_p=4162779
- Go garage sale shopping
- Stone Art http://www.clipzine.me/u/zine/692088730010533675/Great-Idea-for-Stone-Art
I hope this list helps to inspire you!! Click Here for a printable copy of our Bucket List
As we have put this list together as a family, we have become excited for summer… Now if I can just make it all happen. I am guessing we will need to hold some family councils to plan each week otherwise life will get busy with all the other craziness and we won’t accomplish much.
HAPPY SUMMER!!
SEE THE HAPPY!