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Senior Year Summer Bucket List

Ideas for your final summer at home

Sara Metzger
Jun 05, 2017
Chestnut Hill
2016
Senior Year Summer Bucket List

As the commencement speeches wind to a close and the last graduation caps find their way back to the earth, a new stage of life grows ever closer for the high school class of 2017. While classes may have ended, however, an abundance of time remains with which to create long lasting memories. For those who desire to live their final summer at home to its fullest capacity, here are 35 ideas to get you started:

  1. Hike to a new place
  2. Have one last sleepover
  3. Explore your city
  4. Go to a music festival
  5. Get a henna tattoo
  6. Dye your hair a fun color
  7. Get a new piercing
  8. Visit an amusement park
  9. Take a midnight drive
  10. Go on a picnic
  11. Volunteer at a new place
  12. Go camping
  13. Create a sidewalk chalk mural
  14. Try a new recipe
  15. Visit your future college
  16. Create a summer mixtape
  17. Visit the zoo
  18. Take a trip with no destination
  19. Eat at a new restaurant
  20. Have a bonfire
  21. Reunite with old friends
  22. Start a photo collage
  23. Watch the sunrise
  24. Have a movie marathon
  25. Play messy twister
  26. Make a pizza
  27. Go stargazing
  28. Read ten new books
  29. Have a water balloon fight
  30. Visit the pet store
  31. Go to a drive in movie
  32. Try a new sport
  33. Shoot fireworks
  34. Have a food fight
  35. Start an art project
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