The time has come to make our 2025 Summer Bucket List and I am feeling so excited to make some memories this season!
Summer is a bittersweet time with tweens and a teen because they want to be with their friends and there is the start of sports as we inch toward August, but with ideas all of us will enjoy, I’m hopeful for a little time with them! The over-arching theme this year seems to be FOOD, which makes sense given the age of my kiddos {14, 12, 10}.
This summer we are also getting our kitchen remodeled, so we will be sticking to a lot more adventures close to home with very little travel planned…Because $$$$.
Here’s what’s on our family’s 2025 Summer Bucket List this year. I hope this inspires you to make your own list. We love having this hang on the fridge to remind us of ideas when those “We’re bored” days hit.
2025 Summer Bucket List
- Pick strawberries {We love Diederich’s in Webberville but hopeful to try Bentley Lakes Farm this season}
- Pick blueberries {Hazen’s in Howell is our favorite}
- Pick lavender {at one of these spots}
- Organize photos — we are behind and need more albums!
- Family photo shoot {maybe a sunflower photo sesh?}
- Kayak
- Driving range
- Putt-putt golf
- Digital Detox on Sundays {Put our phones down for several hours}
- Make “Dirty” Sodas at home {examples here if you aren’t familiar}
- Make candy sushi
- Go fishing
- Beach day(s)
- Appetizers for dinner
- Watch Happy Gilmore 2 {July 25 on Netflix}
- Garage sale day
- Get slushies from 711
- Have a bake-off with the kids {they go to the store and get ingredients to make something}
- Read 3 chapter books {bare minimum!!!}
- Eat carnival food
- Attend Balloonfest {Howell}
- Visit LegaSea Aquarium + Reptarium in Utica
- Get morning donuts
- Garden together
- Try Nothing Bundt Cakes
- Visit The Ivy Table and pay it forward
- Tube the Argo Cascades in Ann Arbor
- Bake sourdough bread {this is a goal for my middle baby so we’re going to support her journey!}
- Make DIY Tru-Fruit
- Go to a baseball game {team TBD}
- Paint rocks
- Kitchen remodel
- Make Nutella and banana bonfire pies
Two items I forgot to add but we will totally do is raise butterflies from caterpillars and visit a local sunflower field!
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}
- Alpena, Michigan
- German Park {Ann Arbor}
- Cat Cafe
Have an amazing summer, friends!
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