Summer is definitely not cancelled!

Summer is definitely not cancelled! 

Thanks to COVID-19 it might look, smell and taste different but with a bit of creative thinking you can certainly make it one to remember.

A few years ago while juggling life I came across the concept of a Summer Bucket List. Traditionally Bucket Lists were created as a way of achieving what you wanted to before you, let’s put it politely, kicked the bucket!

The Summer Adventure List is a twist on this. It is sitting down as a family, involving your tween(s) or teen(s) and having a discussion, a brain storm (or am I meant to call it a thought shower now?) about what can be done to fill the Summer months. As the Summer progresses, you can then start ticking things off your list as you plan for them or have a free day and decide to seize the moment. It can also be used if your children complain of boredom, just send them to pick something off the list, perhaps you need to create an, ‘if you are bored’ section.

I have compiled a list of ideas that you may wish to consider putting on your families summer adventure list or think of your own, the sky is the limit.

1. Go on a picnic or a carpet picnic, in case the weather is not kind, just bring the picnic indoors
2. Do a virtual dive or space trip: Watch 3D underwater videosor space exploration on YouTube for a bit of escapism
3. Have a dance party
4. Go to the beach
5. Learn a new skill- sew on a button, change a lightblub
6. Bake something
7. Teach your teen to cook a meal
8. Paddle in a stream
9. Learn some new DIY skills
10. Go camping and sleep under the stars
11. Do one thing you are afraid of
12. Find a new fitness/dance/activity online. With so many more places turning to zoom/FB Live it is easier to try new things
13. Climb a mountain, or perhaps just a hill
14. Play board games
15. Arrange a Family Date Night for each week of the holidays and take it in turns to choose what you will do
16. Grow a plant
17. Have a virtual film night with friends: Netflix Party allows you to watch a film with friends – and the upside is that this time no one else can hog the popcorn
18. Do a random act of kindness or three
19. Write a letter or a postcard to a friend
20. Teach your teen to sew
21. Go on a bike ride
22. Make ice lollies
23. Run through sprinklers
24. Have a water fight
25. Have a pj day
26. Visit a museum online
27. Go to an art gallery
28. Create some art - Pinterest have some great ideas
29. Blow bubbles
30. Go fruit picking
31. Make a treat for a neighbour or friend
32. Attempt a plastic free day
33. Make a bird feeder
34. Create a family blog
35. Try geocaching
36. Do a scavenger hunt
37. Star gaze
38. Have a home Spa day (Lela Loves has lots of lovely products for all the family)
39. Camp out in the back garden or lounge room
40. Have a nerf gun war
41. Visit somewhere new in your local area
42. Read a book together
43. Create a summer of gratitude journal
44. Sunset walk
45. Have breakfast for dinner
46. Make a photo journal
47. Learn to touch type
48. Lay on the ground and look at the clouds, what shapes can you see?
49. Spend a day by a pool / lake / pond (or the paddling variety!)
50. Start a gratitude jar or positivity wall in your house, where you catch the wonderful things that have happened this summer and write them down to share or simply to bring back memories

Here is your own Summer Adventure, brain storming sheet. I would love to hear about the ideas you have had to add to your list. 

By Anisa Lewis

www.anisalewis.com