Cold, harsh weather of winter is finally gone and Summer is just around the corner. Which means there's no more need to stay cooped up in your home bundled up with thick blankets anymore. You can freely go outside wearing your favorite pair of t-shirt and shorts without a care in the world. You are free to hit the beach wearing your boldest swimsuit. Basically it's the chance for you to go wild doing whatever you refrain yourself from doing in the cold months when weather is not really in your favor. So let's make a summer bucket list compiling all the fun things you would like to do this season. We are here with some cool and interesting summer activities for you to consider. Let's make this summer more memorable!
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Visit a Water Park: Summer is the perfect time to visit a water park and play in the water. Take your family or friends with you and enjoy a fun day sliding down the water slides you always wanted to try. Spending a hot, sweaty day riding all kinds of water slides and relaxing will make for a memorable experience.
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Join a Yoga Class: This summer, do something special for your body. Join a Yoga class and learn something new. Yoga has lots of benefits for health. You can also try to put meditation in your summer to-do list. Meditation brings a great sense of peace and tranquility to a troubled mind.
Read more: Meditation for beginners
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Plan a Movie Night: Gather your friends and cousins, and plan a movie night. Spend a fun summer night with your pals binge watching all kinds of classics while munching on the sweet caramel popcorn and drinking soda.
Read more: 20 Best Indie Movies of all time you should definitely have on your watchlist
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Enjoy a picnic: Choose a nice destination with good scenery, and enjoy a picnic with family away from all the craziness of life. Pack some sandwiches, spring rolls and juice bottles in your favorite picnic basket early in the morning and head out for a day of relaxation. Laying over grass while enjoying the sunny weather is one of the best kinds of healing activity you can do in summer.
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Try Gardening: Try to cultivate a new hobby this summer in the form of gardening. Planting a tree and nurturing it is a very fun and fulfilling activity which gives back a lot of benefits in return. It's not even something which requires a lot of effort or space. So gift yourself with some new companions this season, some cute plant friends.
Read more: 8 Benefits of Having Houseplants
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Go on a road trip: Make your summer bucket list more thrilling by adding this idea to it. Take a weekend off your schedule, pack some basic necessities in your backpack and go for an impromptu road trip. Pick a destination on the map, take your car and go enjoy the time of your life. There's nothing more fun and adventurous than going somewhere far by road without much planning. Driving along the scenic roads not caring about much else makes for a very liberating experience. Don't forget, going with the flow is the key point of enjoying a road trip. So don't stress about specifics, relax and enjoy!
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Enjoy a game night: Just like the movie night, a game night can be another opportunity to gather your friends around and have a good time. You can take advantage of your PlayStation and compete in some intense survival games. Or you can go outside to the backyard of your house and enjoy the cool summer breeze playing badminton, soccer or mini golf.
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Do community service: There's no greater joy than to help someone in need and bring a smile to their face. This summer, make community service one of your must do's in the bucket list. Contact your local community to know what kind of areas could use your help and expertise. If you are fond of animals, you can volunteer in an animal shelter. If you adore kids, then you may like to go to an orphanage and help take care of the kids there for a while. Community services not only bring a great sense of satisfaction but also help to have a lot of unique experiences which may be useful later in life.
Read more: 10 Benefits of Volunteering
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Learn to make a cocktail: Summer is the time of frozen colorful summer drinks. So wow your guests this season with a cocktail you made yourself. There are lots of cocktails which are easy to make, classic and tasty. Try making an iconic glass of classic mojito, Pina colada or margarita. They are all the signature summer drinks bound to impress anyone.
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Throw a BBQ party: Clear your backyard, take out the grill and throw a BBQ party for all your nearest and dearest. Enjoying a summer night outside with good food and good company, what can be more relaxing than this?
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Go on a food adventure: Make your summer bucket list more interesting with a food adventure. Go to restaurants you have never gone before and order foods you have never tried. Have you tried authentic Hawaiian Pizza with pineapple topping? Or the Japanese dish Tuna Eyeballs? Go bold and order all kinds of bizarre food combinations you can find on the menu. Yes, they can be a hit or miss. But the exhilaration of quenching your curiosity will make it an unforgettable experience.
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Go bungee jumping: Challenge your fear of height with attempting bungee jumping. Yes, this is a kind of extreme activity which requires great courage. But once you are done with it, the utter sense of accomplishment will be absolutely rewarding. Your acrophobia will also lessen by a significant amount. And the bragging rights to your friends is of course an added bonus!
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Hike a new trail: If you are someone who loves intense physical activity, then you will love this summer bucket list idea. Hiking a mountain trail is already a very fun pastime. You can up the challenge even more with choosing an unknown trail you never explored before. After all, venturing into unknown terrain is equally nerve-wrecking and exciting. So gather a few daring companions and start your journey of forging a new path for yourself.
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Bake cupcakes: Impress your family and friends this summer by baking them some sweet treats in the form of cupcakes. They are easy to make delicacies which also look absolutely adorable. So let's put baking cupcakes in your ultimate summer bucket list.
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Go skinny-dipping: Refresh yourself on a hot summer day by going skinny-dipping in a pool or lake. Forget all the inhibitions and let your bare skin just embrace the coolness of water.
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Compete in a water-balloon fight: This can be one of the most fun games you can enjoy in summer because this is exactly tailored for this season. Spice up the atmosphere of a friends gathering by playing this game. Fill up small balloons with water and throw them at anyone in your vicinity while protecting yourself from getting hit. To make the water-balloon fight more fun, decide on a fun penalty for the person who gets hit with balloons the most.
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Go stargazing: If you love a relaxing time under the blanket of sky, then this activity is for you. This one can be easily combined with the previous hiking activity. Hike atop a mountain and spend some quality time under the sky stargazing. And if it's difficult for you to go hiking, then you can just go to the backyard or the terrace of the house. Spread a blanket and lie down for a peaceful time in the company of sparkling stars of the sky and cool breeze.
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Try snorkeling or scuba diving: Hitting the beach is pretty inevitable in summer. You can't stay away from the calling of the ocean waves. So why not level up your sea experience by adding something new to the itinerary? In 2022 summer of 2022, try snorkeling or scuba diving. Discovering the underwater world will definitely be one of the highlights of your year.
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Try origami: This season, unleash your creativity in origami. Fold colorful papers in various shapes like animals, birds or planes. This can be an interesting pastime for you and your friends on a summer afternoon.
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Make ice-cream: Beat the summer heat with some cold and delicious ice cream. And it's even better when you are making it yourself. Making ice cream may not be very easy, but the end result is worth the effort.
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DIY a family portrait: Challenge your inner artist's creativity with this summer bucket list activity. Take out a blank canvas, paint and brush and draw a family portrait. You can make it a group activity by involving your siblings and cousins and see who makes the best portrait.
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Travel your city: If you don't have enough time to go on trips somewhere far, then just be a traveler in your own city. Go out on a sunny morning and check out all the significant places of the city. You may just end up discovering some beautiful places you have never visited before. Exploring your place through the eyes of a traveler really is an eye-opening experience. It makes you appreciative of the place you live at even more.
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Play treasure hunt: Make your summer evenings more entertaining with playing treasure hunt. Hide a valuable item from your house and ask others to find it. To spice things up, spread some clues here and there and let them solve them.
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Ride a roller coaster: Another daring activity to add to the summer bucket list is going to the amusement park and riding the scariest roller coaster. It's also a challenge to overcome your fears.
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Go to a park: Take a relaxing walk in nature in the summer evenings. Connecting with nature will always bring you peace of mind. And feed the ducks there if you find any.