2024 Summer Bucket List for Toddlers and Babies

This is the perfect summer bucket list for toddlers or if your family includes a baby! I was reading someone’s Instagram post the other day and they pointed out that we only get 18 summers with our kids and I don’t know about you but that just doesn’t seem like enough time! Most of these are fun summer activities the whole family will enjoy too, not just the youngest.

My son may have only been five months old when I wrote this but he is two right now and I am very excited to use this list again this summer. I decided to make a baby and toddler summer bucket list so that we can make the most of his first summer! Even if he doesn’t remember it, the memories are just as important for my husband and I. Plus we can always show him pictures when he’s older.

These are an abundance of ideas that I came up with that a toddler or baby would enjoy. Most of them are very easy to do and can be done close to home but a few will definitely take a little planning. Even if you don’t do every single one, your summer will be full of fun!

The free printable summer bucket list PDF file is below. Just download and print to hang on your fridge so you can cross ideas off as you do them all summer long!

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Baby and Toddler Summer Bucket List

Traveling with A Baby or Toddler:

At Home

Run Through the Sprinklers
Paint with Shaving Cream: I would do this outside or in the bathtub for easy clean up! You can add food coloring to the shaving cream for extra fun.
Catch Lightning Bugs
Play in a Kiddie Pool or Water Bucket
Make S’mores
Play with Bubbles
Draw with Sidewalk Chalk
Build a Fort
Paint with Water: fill up squirt bottles or water guns with water and use them to make pictures on the sidewalk!
Eat Popsicles
Make a Summer Themed Sensory Bin
Stargaze
Watch a Sunset
Watch a Sunrise
Make Root Beer Floats
Have a Movie Night
Paint Rocks
Bake a New Treat Together
Make a Summer Themed Craft

Close to Home

Play at a Splash Pad
Join a Summer Reading Program: many libraries run summer reading programs where kids can win books and prizes based on how many books or how much time they read during the summer.
Go to a Library Story Time
Have a Picnic
Go for a Bike Ride
Watch Fireworks
Have a Pool Day
Play at a New Local Park
Go on a Scavenger Hunt
Watch a Baseball Game

Day Trips and Outings

Visit a Local Farmers Market
Get Ice Cream from a Local Shop
Visit the Zoo
Visit the Aquarium
See an Outdoor Movie: drive-in movies are so fun and much cheaper than traditional theatres.
Mini Golf Together
Have a Beach Day: whether it’s a coastal beach or a lake beach everyone has fun at the beach.
Go on a Boat Ride
Pick Fresh Fruit at a Local Farm
Visit a Local Museum
Cool off at the Water Park
Visit the a Nearby Amusement Park

Travel

Family Vacation: You can make one of the ideas below your family vacation or plan a separate one. Even if it is a short getaway, family vacations are a great way to grow closer as a family.
Try a New Hike
Go on a Camping Trip
Explore a New Nearby Town or City
Go on a Road Trip
Visit a New State Park
Visit a National Park

Let Kids be Kids – Keep Summer Fun

I recommend doing your best not to stress about checking every single thing off this list of fun activities. Use this more as a way to come up with different options to do each week and make the most of these short summer months. Plus the long summer days are awesome but also it is a lot of time to entertain little kids. This summer bucket list for toddlers and babies is just a useful way to come up with activities that utilize the warm weather, it is a-ok if you don’t do every single one.

What are you most looking forward to most this summer? Is there anything you would add to your ultimate summer bucket list?

2024 Summer Bucket List for Toddlers and Babies