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The Ultimate Summer 2016 Bucket List

100 fun and rewarding ways to spend your summer.

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The Ultimate Summer 2016 Bucket List
Alex D'Ginto

Every summer students all over are excited for the potential that summer holds, but all too quickly find themselves in the same summer routine they've always done. To help break that vicious cycle I've composed an ultimate summer bucket list of one hundred relatively easy and attainable items. It's time to take summer back!

1. Go exploring

2. Have a water balloon fight

3. Try yoga

4. Write a letter to someone and send it via snail mail

5. Eat something you’ve never tried before

6. Craft a ton

7. Try a new sport

8. Have a silly string fight

9. Get a manicure

10. Run a 5k

11. Play in the rain

12. Try something new with your hair

13. Read a classic novel

14. Learn how to do something random

15. Catch fireflies

16. Have breakfast for dinner

17. Have ice cream for dinner

18. Go to the zoo

19. Go bowling

20. Do something good for your community

21. Try a new restaurant

22. Binge an entire series on Netflix

23. Play with sidewalk chalk

24. Save your coins all summer

25. Give your parents a day off from housework

26. Overcome a fear

27. Go on a bike ride

28. Play in a kiddie pool

29. Learn a new word every day

30. Go on a scavenger hunt

31. Feed ducks

32. Go to the movies

33. Meet a new person

34. Help a neighbor

35. Blow bubbles

36. Have a paint fight

37. Leave a note on a stranger’s car

38. Go swimming at night

39. Adventure in Philly

40. Do something spontaneous

41. Read all the Nicholas Sparks novels and watch all the movies

42. Make a fun summer drink

43. Have a game night (board and card games)

44. Rearrange your room

45. Go camping-even if it’s just in your backyard

46. Have a campfire and make smokes’

47. Compliment others as often as possible

48. Reach out to an old friend

49. Personally thank someone who has served our country

50. Watch a sunrise

51. Watch a sunset

52. Take a road trip with your best friends

53. Do something daring

54. Go to a water park

55. Start and FINISH a game of monopoly

56. Visit/reach out to your favorite teacher from high school

57. Wash a car

58. Go to a farmers’ market

59. Offer to babysit for free

60. Tie dye

61. Make a wish at 11:11

62. Do something that scares you

63. Make an appreciation basket for the local police/firefighters

64. Take silly pictures in a photo booth

65. Learn how to play an instrument

66. Go to a baseball game

67. Have a dance party

68. Forgive someone and get closure

69. Learn how to use chopsticks

70. Tell someone how much they inspire you

71. Spend an entire day relaxing by the pool

72. Have a Harry Potter movie marathon

73. Call a distant relative

74. See your favorite band in concert

75. Watch a meteor shower

76. Try every ice cream flavor

77. Create a memory box to open years from now

78. Take underwater pictures

79. Pay for a stranger’s coffee, gas, or meal

80. Get a henna tattoo

81. Learn a new language

82. Buy a lotto ticket with the numbers from a fortune cookie

83. Go to a midnight movie premiere

84. Have fun with sparklers

85. Visit a toy store

86. Go to a fair

87. Read books often, keep your mind sharp

88. Do something silly with your best friends

89. Find a positive in every negative

90. Make something you pinned on Pinterest

91. Work really hard, save your money, and go on a shopping spree

92. Avoid fast food for a month

93. Spend an entire day watching chick flicks

94. Find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop

95. Learn how to skip rocks

96. Plant a garden

97. Get chocolate wasted

98. Photograph everything

99. Keep a journal-write down all your adventures and a positive from everyday

100. Unplug for a whole day (no tablet, TV, computer, or cell phone)

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