So many great options, so little summer time! We’ve got 40 great things to do on your summer bucket list that you shouldn’t miss.
It’s summer and you’re wondering: what can you do? Go swimming, enjoy a relaxed summer reading and arrange to meet for an ice cream – the classics are of course always fun! But maybe you also feel like a change, something new, something that you have planned for many summers but never implemented. Now it is time!
Why a Summer Bucket List?
With a summer bucket list you can collect nice ideas that you would like to make in the warm season. The bucket list is not about having to work through it, but about showing you what you feel like getting an overview and doing things consciously (otherwise you’ll never do it anyway). Keep the list in mind – and soon there will be more and more short-term opportunities to do something! And if you don’t do everything, fine too. Remain spontaneously and switch overwhen something else arises. Such activities are just as fun.
If you feel like it, you can immortalize your summer bucket list in your bullet journal (Bujo). Perhaps you would also like to capture many of your experiences in photos? Then you can make a scrapbook out of it in the dark and cold season at the latest – bet you will get warmer in your heart …?
Inspirations for your summer bucket list
Whether culinary experiences or micro-adventures, below we present 40 ideas and tips for your summer bucket list – whether large or small, everyone will find something suitable here.
Micro-adventure
Night hike
The world looks very different in the dark than in daylight, so you get to know your surroundings differently on a hike at night. If the night is clear, you can also admire the stars – if that’s not a magical summer evening.
Relaxed nature day
Take the hammock and hang it up B. in the forest and enjoy yourself!
Seaside resort
Is there anything better than starting the day with a swim in the lake? The morning is particularly suitable for popular bathing lakes, because it is still calm and peaceful.
Walking barefoot
Once down without: walking barefoot is healthy – so why not go for a barefoot hike? Can it be a little more … uh, a little less? For advanced hikers there are also two nude hiking trails in Germany …
Discovery tour
Grab your bike and just start riding. No route, no sat nav, no destination.
Culinary bucket list
Homemade ice cream
You probably already know the best ice cream parlor in town, but you can also make ice cream yourself and put together your dream variety yourself!
Collect wild herbs
There are more spices than pepper and salt! Grab a ribbon of wild herbs or take part in a guided tour and let yourself be surprised by the local variety.
Reading tip: Here are nine delicious ideas for salt substitutes.
Market visit
Do you usually hunt through the discounter because it conveniently has everything? Understandable, we often don’t have time in everyday life. Take a little break on vacation or at the weekend and stroll through your local market: Try delicacies at the delicatessen stand, buy a bowl of strawberries, drink a cappuccino on the mobile coffee machine and have a really good time.
Pleasure trip around the world
Traveling is not possible at the moment? Instead, how about a trip through culinary dishes: tapas recipes from Spain as a starter, Caribbean flair with a chicken and prawn pan as the main course and, finally, French zebra crepes with strawberry filling.
Catch the summer with canning, fermenting and drying
Summer has many delicious treats in store. If you have your own fruit and vegetable garden, you can not only nibble there all the time, but you probably also have a lot left over. The leftover sweets can be wonderfully preserved by canning, freezing, fermenting or drying herbs. So you have that summer feeling even in winter.
Canning – and catching the summer
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DIY & creativity
DIY wall decoration
With little use of materials, you can create the most beautiful DIY wall decorations, e.g. B. with macrame in boho style. You can also conjure up small works of art for your home with the punch needle.
Make a flower wreath yourself
Flowers are part of summer like snowmen and women are part of winter. A wreath made of the beautiful natural creatures looks wonderful with a summer outfit – and later you can dry it and hang it up in the apartment! This is how you can make a flower wreath yourself:
Build insect hotel yourself
You can create a retreat for bees and the like with a DIY insect hotel. You then set it up in a sunny location and watch the busy bees.
Make a time capsule
You create a greeting to your later self with a time capsule! There you put a few things that mean something to you or that are typical of your everyday life, you can also put a letter in it, in which you describe what you want to do in the next few years or where you then see yourself in life. Now it all comes in a box that you hide well. Think about when you want to get the capsule out again – in two, five or ten years? Either way, you will remember this summer and feel transported back into that time.
Homemade furniture
It doesn’t always have to be new and it doesn’t always have to be bought! Pieces of furniture can often be tinkered with existing materials or gift items. You can find ideas for DIY furniture here.
Summer bucket list with friends
Bike tour to the Hofcafé
A bike tour is a relaxed way to do something with friends and take advantage of the good weather. Pick a nice destination, e.g. B. a courtyard café with homemade cakes or ice cream!
make music
Music inspires! Not everyone has to master an instrument for a jam session. Just play as you please and enjoy making music and singing together.
Summer dinner
Bring the show “The Perfect Dinner” home! Meet up with friends and cook a 3-course menu together, one team takes care of the starter, one the main course and one the dessert – enjoy your meal!
to collect the trash
No, that’s not a joke. If you feel like doing something for the environment, you can go out and collect rubbish, e.g. B. by kayak. Here you can find an experience report on paddling with a mission.
Geocaching
You can do a special kind of treasure hunt with friends. In addition to the fun of the game, you also get to know an exciting place.
Sports in summer
Retro roller skating
Retro roller skates – you know, the four-wheeled ones – are back in fashion right now. So strap your wheels under your feet and skate to funky music as much as you can!
Dance, dance, dance
You don’t need any utensils to dance, just a danceable playlist and a good mood!
Slacklining
Dancing is not your thing, but maybe tight rope dancing? Balancing on the rope trains balance and strengthens the muscles of the feet and legs – oh yes, and puts you in a lot of fun!
water sports
Canoeing, SUP or water skiing: the advantage is that you can cool off in the water after the sporting session!
Badminton
A classic game for the summer, no matter whether you are just two or you play with several people in turns, badminton is good to play in the garden, on the beach or in the park.
Solo activities for your list
Urban gardening
If you feel like company, but unfortunately nobody has time, look around your place of residence for a garden group! Many offer open appointments that anyone can join and participate in. Gardening is of course fun even without people around you. B. start a vertical garden on the balcony or start filling and planting a raised bed.
Enjoy sunrise
Regardless of whether it’s on vacation, on the weekend or before work – we actually never take the time to marvel at a sunrise. This time of day has a very special magic: the sun rises, shines in the most beautiful colors, it is pleasantly warm, the day is still ahead of us and offers a lot of possibilities and beautiful moments. So, the best thing to do is set the alarm clock!
Puzzles
Make yourself comfortable on the balcony with a 1000-piece puzzle and dedicate yourself to this simple but highly concentrated task. You will see how happy and relaxed you feel afterwards.
30 day challenge
No matter what you choose, you can make almost anything a challenge. You will find a lot of inspiration in the social media channels, how about yoga, mucking out, writing a gratitude diary, clean eating or doing a good deed every day?
Listen to the podcast
The cosmos of podcasts is now huge and diversified. Browse through the libraries, you are guaranteed to find a topic that interests you and many other undiscovered worlds.
Ideas for kids
Upcycling with kids
Everyone can create something new out of old objects. You will be amazed how creative children are! This is what projects for upcycling with children could look like.
Make friendship bracelets
A simple activity that children can do alone or together is to make friendship bracelets. They make them for each other or for other friends or family members.
Gardening with children
Children can also be enthusiastic about gardening if they are introduced accordingly. Not only do you have the experience of gardening, but you can watch all summer long as the seeds you have planted become fruit, vegetables and flowers. Here are tips on gardening with children.
Experiments
Children are curious and love to discover. Experiments invite you to satisfy your curiosity and learn a thing or two about the world – and of course they should also be fun. Here are some fun ideas:
The good thing is: You can also do experiments like this on rainy days.
Campfire
If you have a brazier, have a family evening or a small garden party for the children and have a small campfire – with sweets and stories, of course!
Summer bucket list for teenagers
High ropes course
A high ropes course is a sporty and challenging activity, where young people can let off steam and exercise in nature.
Summer tobogganing
It doesn’t take winter to go sledding! Summer tobogganing is also possible and a lot of fun.
Photo project
Think of a nice photo project that a teen might enjoy. You should choose this depending on your age and interests. Themes could be a certain color, smiles (sprayed smileys or clouds that look like a smile, etc.) or reflections, etc.
choreography
Many teenagers love to dance. Regardless of whether it’s break dance or contemporary dance, coming up with your own choreography is sure to conjure up happy faces.
Sustainability project
Sustainability is one of the big issues of this time and of course it also plays a big role for young people. A more sustainable life can often be integrated into normal everyday life, depending on your interests, projects such as making hair soap yourself, sewing cosmetic pads, planting bee-friendly plants or upcycling projects that make teenagers happy.