Summer Fun Passport List 2013

Happy First Day of Summer. Yesterday was Spud's last day of grade 3 and we are up and running for Summer 2013. And here's our second annual Summer Bucket List. As usual we have way more things than we can ever do in one summer. Luckily there is no pressure to do them all — there's always next year!

1. READ + WRITE + DO (because you've got to keep your skills sharp)

• Write Letters to Family (with our letter writing kit)
• Join the Library AND School Summer Reading Clubs
• Write a Book Review
• Sign up for Playful Learning's Stress Management eCourse
• DIY Mini Mail Boxes and Write Notes to Each Other
• Choose a Science Experiment to do with Daddy (from this book)
• Make a Ziplock Bag Explode
• Make a Naked Egg
• Work on Stamp Collection
• Learn 3 Camping Knots (find knot tying books at the library + go here)
• Learn How to Tie your Shoes!
• Learn How to Tie a Tie
• Launch DIY Water Rockets
• Learn some Morse Code
• Sew Your Own Zipper Bag
• Make a Comic Book
• Learn Some New Magic Tricks
• Teach the Puppy a New Trick
• Find Some Fun Math Games

2. GO OUTSIDE (because summer is all about outside)

• Go on a New Hike with Puppy
• Go on a New Hike with Friends
• Have a Water Fight
• Make a Sprinkler Play Area on the Deck
• Watch the Sunset
• Go Geocaching
• Take in an Outdoor Movie at the Park
• Go to a Drive-In Movie
• Go Kayaking
• Take Sailing Lessons
• Go Sailing with Daddy
• Spend a Hot Afternoon at an Outdoor Pool
• Check out at least one of the local Summer Night Markets
• Spend a Day at the Amusement Park
• Go Nature Journaling
• Try Archery, again
• Go Camping with Friends
• Go on a Hike-in Camping Trip
• Go on a Road Trip with Friends
• Host a Beach Potluck with Friends
• Swim in the Ocean
• Make Art, en plein air (with our portable sketchbox)
• Go Berry Picking
• Get a Piggy Back Ride

3. CREATE (because we love to make things!)

• Make a Kite from a Kit
• Do a Soapstone Carving
• Make a Kiwi Crate Project
• Draw a Castle (use our How to Draw A Castle book)
• Make another Heart Map
• Create Cityscape with Block Printing
• Make a Klimt-inspired Art Piece (inspired by our trip to Vienna. See here + here.)
• Make a Paper Weaving
• Make a Bath Mural with Craft Foam
• Decorate Mugs with Porcelain Pens (tutorial here)

4. EAT + DRINK (because it's about learning and having fun at the same time)

• Make Bread/Buns from Scratch
• Try New Popsicle Recipes
• Run a Lemonade Stand
• Make a Solar Powered Lunch (Pizza + Tea)
• Make Rock Candy
• Make a Spring-form Cake
• Make Cookies
• Make Banana Splits
• Take a Cooking Class
• Learn about an Unfamiliar Country and Try its Cuisine (Ethiopian)

And I'm pinning other summer fun ideas here all the time.

Here's last year's list. Want to see all our last year's Passport ticks? Check 'em out here.