One of our family favorite traditions it to make a big summer bucket list. We always have our seasonal favorites, such as berry picking and swimming at our favorite lakes, but we always throw in some new things to do too!
Our list is always a little overly-ambitious, but that’s purposeful so we never have a time where we are scratching our heads trying to think of ideas 😉
Check out some of our plans, and make sure to share with us with what is on your list, too!
Our 2024 Summer Bucket List
INDOOR IDEAS
- Participate in Kids Bowl FREE
- Watch Inside Out 2 at the movie theater
- Go on the Ford Rouge Factory Tour {Dearborn}
- Visit the Holocaust Center {Farmington Hills}
- Visit Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum {Farmington Hills}
- Collect pressed pennies wherever we go
- Head on a thrifting day in Ann Arbor
OUTDOOR IDEAS
- Visit Cranbrook Art Museum‘s artist design putt-putt course {Bloomfiled Hills}
- Pick strawberries {We love Diederich’s in Webberville}
- Pick blueberries {Hazen’s in Howell is our favorite}
- Pick lavender {at one of these spots}
- Attend Balloonfest {Howell}
- Visit a local sunflower field
- Family kayaking day
- Visit Hidden Lake Gardens for the Canopy Walk {Tipton}
- Tap-Ins Driving Range {Howell}
- Fish for trout at Spring Valley Trout Farm {Dexter}
- Go geocaching
- Visit some Little Free Libraries
- Go fishing on a boat in the evening
YUMMY IDEAS
- Have a bake-off with the kids
- Have an appetizer dinner
- Get carnival food
- Try our hand at making Tanghulu {Chinese candied fruit}
AT HOME/OTHER IDEAS
- Raise butterflies from caterpillars
- Enjoy a garage saling day
- Have individual dates with each kid
- Plan a YES day {here’s how we did it in the past}
VACATION FUN
- Go rock hunting along Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
- Visit the U.S.S. Silversides Submarine Museum {Muskegon}
- Go to The Deck for a meal {Muskegon}
- Head on an Alpena Shipwreck Tour
- Visit Dinosaur Gardens {Ossineke}
What fun things are on your bucket list?
I’ll be sharing all kinds of additional fun this summer, so be sure to follow along on my Facebook and Instagram.
See our summer bucket list posts from the past five years here:
A few things we’ve done and loved the past few summers:
- Michigan’s Adventure
- Frankenmuth
- Sloan Museum {Flint}
- Hocking Hills
- Mackinac Island / Mackinaw City
- Dow Gardens
- Tie-Dye Beach Towels
- Reptarium {Utica}
- Sleeping Bear Dunes
- Big Bay, Michigan {Upper Peninsula}
- German Park {Ann Arbor}
- Cat Cafe
Have an amazing summer, friends!
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