Every year my boys and I put together a summer checklist. We include 50 of our favourite summer activities, and we spend our vacation checking items off the list. This year, our list has been adjusted to conform with Covid social distancing and travel restrictions, but there are still tons of easy and inexpensive adventures in our future. Below, you will find a FREE printable version of our 2020 summer checklist, as well as some really helpful links.
To download our list: click on the picture above, right-click, save it to your computer, and print it like a regular 8x10 photo.
Then, check out the links below for more helpful hints, tutorials, recipes, and ideas.
1) Celebrate Canada Day
2) Watch fireworks or play with sparklers
3) Have an outdoor picnic or BBQ
4) Go to a splash pad, swim in a pool or run through a sprinkler
5) Buy a meal from a food truck or local restaurant
6) Paint a rock and leave it for someone to find
7) Read a book outside
8) Have a water fight or NERF gun battle
9) Have a movie night outside or go to a drive in
10) Do an “at home” escape room
11) Eat donuts from a string (with no hands)
12) Have a parent/child “one on one” date (kid’s choice… under $20 and 2 hours)
13) Plant something and watch it grow
14) Make a craft
15) Build a fort (inside the house or outside)
16) Get ice cream in PJs (drive throughs are OK)
17) Play catch, basketball or street hockey
18) Make homemade ice cream or make milkshakes
19) Go for a bike ride
20) Decorate a cake or bake cookies
21) Spend time at a cottage, beach or park
22) Do a science experiment
23) Play a board game outside
24) Go geo-caching
25) Have a "kids pick the meals" day
26) Play chocolate bar BINGO (like regular BINGO, but with chocolate bar prizes)
27) Play golf or mini golf
28) Learn a “trick shot” or magic trick
29) Try a new food or a new recipe
30) Have a theme day (e.g. spy training day, "parents say yes" day or "spend our gift cards" day)
31) Camp at a campground, in the backyard or in the living room
32) Have a PJ day
33) Build a large puzzle
34) Make a video
35) Fly a kite
36) Have a dance party or sing karaoke
37) Go on a scavenger hunt
38) Organize a drawer, closet or room
39) Play with water balloons
40) Do a good deed or raise money for charity
41) Go on a road trip to another city or town
42) Make an obstacle course in the yard or go for a walk in the rain
43) Roast marshmallows, make s'mores or cook a different campfire treat
44) Write and mail a letter or postcard
45) Visit at least 5 different ice cream stands
46) Go stargazing
47) Pick your own
48) Pick your own
49) Pick your own
50) HAVE ICE CREAM FOR SUPPER!
Creating and completing a summer checklist really is one of my favourite family traditions. We've had to "tweak" it a bit this year due to Covid, but we still have lots of wonderful activities planned.
Does your family have a summer checklist? Are you planning to print mine? If you don't want to include all the items on the list, you can just choose your favourites. Have fun!
♥
Gina (aka East Coast Mommy)
