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This post is all about having fun checking off all the boxes from our summer bucket list for parents.

Summer Bucket List For Parents

Bucket lists aren’t only reserved for your solo years or a midlife crisis. Who really need some uninterrupted fun times are parents and so they should definitely have a bucket list of their own.

Parenting is a lot of things. It can be very challenging, fun, stressful, beautiful, exhausting, creative and so much more. Today let’s focus on the fun part. 

Being a parent comes with certain restrictions as well as certain advantages, thus I find a bucket list that is specifically customized for parents it’s such a cool idea. 

A lot of the bucket lists for parents that are out there are actually talking about activities mainly aimed at kids, yet this is not a bucket list either for kids or for families but specifically for parents. Therefore it will include activities for the whole family as well as for parents only (as a couple) and as individuals.

Summer Bucket List For Parents

1. Go stargazing.
2. Have a daddy-kids day doing something special while mommy has me-time.
3. Have a mommy-kids day doing something special while daddy-had me-time.
4. Do a family photoshoot.
5. Go to a concert.
6. Cook together.
7. Create a family time capsule.
8. Volunteer at an animal shelter, food bank, or any place of your choice.
9. Go camping.
10. Make a DIY slime Slip N’ Slide.
11. Say yes to everything for a day.
12. Have a pajama day.
13. Go on a family picnic.
14. Play in the rain.
15. Plant something.
16. Have a water balloon fight. 
17. Play dress up for the entire day. 
18. Go to a theme park.
19. Go on a family road trip. 
20. Go fruit picking. 
21. Visit an animal sanctuary. 
22. Celebrate some fun summer family holidays. 
    
23. Plan a surprise for your man/woman.
24. Go skinnydipping.
25. Go stargazing.
26. Go on a picking date.
27. Try an extreme sport.
28. Go wine tasting.
29. Get a couples massage.
30. Go on a weekend getaway just the two of you to reconnect.
31. Go to a concert.
32. Go glamping.
33. Dance in the rain.
    
34. Have a daddy-kids day doing something special while mommy has me-time. / Have a solo self-care day as a mom.
35. Have a mommy-kids day doing something special while daddy has me-time./ Have a solo self-care day as a dad. 
36. Have a girls/boys night out.
37. Sleep in and let your partner serve you coffee/breakfast in bed.

Related post: End Of Summer Bucket List

Let the list above be an inspiration for you to create your very own bucket list that fits your family. What you’d actually like to do and be able to will of course depend on so many factors, your kid’s age being one of them. One way or another, don’t let this summer just pass you guys by! Make sure to make the most out of it and enjoy the weather and both your family as well as yourself to the fullest.