The Bucket List

So here it is... Our 2012 Not Bummer Summer" Bucket List
  Out of control!  Isn't it?  When sitting down with the kids to make this, they had one big goal in mind.  To do 100 items for their Bucket list. And this list is extensive.  Keep in mind, we've actually been working on this for quite some time. Please feel free to use as many as you like.

1.  splatter paint fight
2. watch the sunrise and sunset on the same day
3. tie dye shirts
4. movie marathon- Back to the Future Movies!
5. slip n slide
6. play in the rain
7. build a awesome fort
8. host a cupcake decorating party
9. draw on sidewalk and driveway with chalk
10. Sand Castles at our wannabe beach (Cherry Creek Reservoir) 
11. Sleep in a Tipi
12. Read all 7 of Jules Vernes novels as a family
13. Water Balloon Fights
14. Gorge on Popsicles (fruit ones)- submitted by Mr. J
15. spend all day playing board games
16. Hike Roxborough State Park
17. Hike Castlewood Canyon
18. Play in the River at the Lair O' the Bear
19. Suck Helium out of balloons and record the kids talking
20. Star Gaze
21. Go camping... again, again, and again
22. Put funny sticky notes with messages on random cars
23. Do a Random Act of Kindness
24. Visit a Museum
25. Make S'mores in a cone
26. Decorate the minivan with washable window markers!
27. PJ Day!
28. Family Bike Ride (we need a bike for Daddy!)
29. Make a new family flag
30. Find a theme song for our "Not Bummer Summer!"
31. Silly String Fight  Check!
32. Silly String Fight Part II
33. Have a picnic Check!  But we will be doing it again and again.
34. Go to a concert
35. Stay up for 24 hours-
36. Our annual trip to the Colorado Renaissance Festival
37. Make a puppet show.
38. go geocaching
39. Go to a CO Rockies Game
40. Free Day at the Denver Zoo
41. Go to IKEA- 
42. Make homemade lemonade
43. Family Lego building Night
44. Family Photo Shoot- Lots of ideas on my Photo pose Pinterest Board
45. Throw a paper airplane off a high place
46. Throw a Boomerang
47. Make everyone hammocks- and then sleep in them.
48. Play Light Tag at night
49. Photograph random art found throughout the Denver Metro Area
50. See a waterfall- Maybe Boulder Falls?
51. Buy a ton of glow sticks\bracelets/necklaces and light it up!
52. Take Pictures with an underwater camera and get them developed!
53. Visit a Planetarium
54. Fill the backyard with Prayer Flags
55. Pick Berries at the Berry Patch Farms
56.   Make foil dinners
57. Pillow fight 
58. Go Fishing
59. Make Mud Pies and a Mud Kitchen
60. Make homemade Ice Cream
61. At the end of the summer, print up lots of pictures and let the kids make their own scrapbook of our "Not Bummer Summer 2012"
62. Make Wildflower/Leaf Crowns
63. Do Fireworks in a Jar
64. Go to a professional Fire Works display for the Fourth of July
65. Make Homemade Marshmallows
66. Make Homemade Taffy
67. Make a homemade goKart/Cubmobile
68. Our annual trip to Mt. Evans
69. Visit Barr Lake State Park for the first time Check!
70. Visit Red Rocks Amphitheater... again (its a family favorite)
71. Go to the new Colorado History Museum
72. Do the Hammond's Candy Factory Tour
73. Start Muffin Tin Monday's again.  We haven't done that in a long time!
74. Visit the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Wildlife Refuge
75. Do a five mile hike
76. Campout at Rocky Mountain National Park
77. Go to the Urban Street Farmer's Market in Denver
78. Make a Summer Book Basket with the kids
79. Make Some Memory Jars
80. Make Waldorf Window Stars
81. Keep a log of our Summer Reading Books
82.  Make Baked Goods in a orange Skin on a campfire. Orange Rolls ? Campfire Muffins? Camping Cakes?
83. More Random Acts of Kindness
84. Re-set up our Nature Table
85. Paint the Chicken Coop
86. Fly a kite
87. Make BLTs with Tomatoes from our garden
88. Running in the sprinklers
89. Candlelight dinner
90. Make a movie
91. Eat Sushi
92. Make Cookies and deliver to friends and neighbors
93. Learn the Star Spangled Banner
94. Try Wet on Wet Water Colors
95. Go Skating Check!
96. Release wishes in helium balloons (biodegradable balloons).
97.  Make homemade yogurt or kefir
98. Make and use stilts
99. Make Galaxy Playdough
100. Make homemade kid boats to sail on a stream or river.

So there it is folks.  The plan for The 2012 Not Bummer Summer!  What are your plans!  

I beginning to worry that after this summer they won't be willing to start home schooling again!  (Not that we won't be doing some math work and reading over the summer.)

Need some ideas for your bucket list? Try some of these:

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Our Pinterest Board for our 2012 "Not Bummer Summer"