Our Summer Bucket List

I haven't posted in quite some time, but I want to share with you our plans for the summer. My eldest daughter and I came up with our summer bucket list. This is a list of 50 items that we are going to accomplish this summer. Hopefully, I will be able to share some, if not all of our completed activities.

We live in Arizona and it is HOT during the summer. I want to make sure that we don't fall into the trap of watching TV just to stay out of the heat. Hopefully on the days the day that we are bored and feeling uninspired, we can go to our list and find a few activities.

Summer Bucket List

1. Vacation in the mountains
2. Picnic at the park
3. Family game night
4. At home movie theater night
5. Build a sand castle
6. Have a water fight
7. Run through the sprinklers
8. Go to the zoo
9. Make ice cream
10. Visit the Children's Museum
11. Go to the farmer's market
12. Go to the orchard and pick peaches
13. Make Popsicles
14. Build a campfire
15. Make s'mores
16. Go fishing
17. Create art
18. Wash the dogs
19. Dress up and have a tea party
20. Paint our toe nails
21. Write a letter and mail it
22. Finger paint
23. Make cookies and deliver them to a friend
24. Sponge paint
25. Make heart sugar cookies and decorate
26. Make play dough with glitter
27. Build a fort
28. Have a pretend birthday party
29. Plant flowers
30. Draw hopscotch and play
31. Make an obstacle course
32. Create a chore chart
33. Have a pancake party
34. Play with sidewalk chalk
35. Make pipe cleaner bubble wands
36. Go swimming
37. Wash the car
38. Bike wash
39. Go to the splash pad
40. Make a picture with outdoor things
41. Make a sock puppet
42. Play dress-up
43. Go camping in the backyard
44. Make bouncing bubbles
45. Make/float paper boats
46. Make footprints
47. Make puffy paint
48. Make sidewalk paint
49. Do a new puzzle
50. Make bath paint

I have also created a FREE Summer Bucket List printable, so that you can make your own bucket list.

 

Free Summer Bucket List Printable

 

 



What is on your bucket list for this summer? Feel free to share the link to your bucket list in the comment section.

Paper Plate Crowns

Happy Valentine's Day! I thought I would plan some special crafts and activities for my girls to celebrate today. The girls got some new stamps and markers in their Valentine's basket, so they wanted to use them for a craft.

First up today, we made paper plate crowns. These are very simple to make.

Materials:

• Paper Plates
• Scissors
• Craft Materials: Markers, Crayons, Stamps, Stickers, Poms, etc

Instructions:

1. Fold paper plate in half.
2. Cut three diagonal cuts to make 4 equal triangles.
3. Open plate and cut along fold to finish triangles.
4. Have you child decorate. Fold triangles up to complete crown.

If you want to paint the crown, you can paint and let dry before you make your cuts. We used poms that I found at Dollar Tree on the tips of the triangles for "jewels".

What special activity are you doing for Valentine's Day?

Handprint Crab Craft {ab Word Family Week}

For our "ab" Word Family Week, we have a couple cute crab themed crafts that we are doing. Learn Create Love shared this fun Handprint Crab Craft.

Materials Needed:

• White card stock (or white paper)
• Fingerpaint (I use the Crayola brand)
• Googly eyes (purchased at Dollar Tree)

Instructions:

1. Using one hand at a time, cover in red paint. I had my daughter place her hand in fingerpaint and then I used a paintbrush to make sure paint was even.
2. Place hand sideways on paper with thumb up.
3. Repeat with other hand and place hand so that it slightly overlaps with other handprint.
4. Let dry.
5. Attach googly eyes and draw mouth.
6. Color bottom of picture with peach crayon for sand. You could also add some blue crayon on top for water.

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A is for Alligator Craft

I found this cute idea for a letter A alligator on Richelle's Creative Corner. It was simple to make and turned out great.

Materials Needed:

• Yellow card stock (or construction paper)
• Green card stock (or construction paper)
• White paper
• Eyes

Instructions:

1. Cut out A shape on green card stock
2. Cut out two half circles on green card stock for eyes
3. Glue A and eyes onto yellow card stock
4. Cut out small triangles for teeth and glue onto inside of A as shown in picture
5. Glue on googly eyes  

This fits in perfectly for our letter A preschool week!