Well July is almost over which means we are smack dab in the middle of summer. I don’t know about you but our family has already managed to make some pretty great summer memories. But we aren’t done! When you live in Saskatchewan you take every opportunity you can to get up, get outside and savor every last drop of summer.
One of the best ways to take advantage of summer is to have a summer bucket list. It can be a challenge to keep kids active and entertained all summer long but having a list to check off is a great way to keep them busy. Saskatchewan in motion has created this awesome Summer Bucket List that is free to download!
Inside the Summer Bucket List you will find some awesome ideas to help fight summer boredom and get the whole family outside and active. It is full of activities and links to get you in motion. Here’s just a few of the items on the list that caught my eye:
- Hold a giant neighborhood game of Twister (instructions included)
- Go on a nature hunt with a walking bingo card
- Plan your own summer day camp
- Camp in your own backyard
- Get hooked on birding
There are a ton of other great ideas in the book so there are sure to be some ideas that fit your family! At the end of the book there is even a handy page for you to write down your list, whether it consists of ideas from the book, your own, or a combination – write them down and get out and start checking them off!
Being an active family we have our own list and have been very busy this summer checking them off. Here are a few items on our own bucket list:
Treasure Hunting (check)
Scavenger Hunt (check)
Exploring local wild life (check)
Kite flying (check)
Ziplining (check)
Actually this was an unexpected adventure that I got to check off the list for me. I was travelling in northern Saskatchewan for work and had the opportunity to try ziplining. My family wasn’t with me so this is something we still need to check off their list (that’s me on the left by the way).
As you can see we’ve put quite a dent in our summer bucket list but we still have a few items to check off. One of those items is geocaching. We love treasure hunting, exploring and technology is geocaching is a natural fit for my family. With the help of this awesome Garmin GPS we can’t wait to get started and see where it takes us!
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I am really excited to bring your this cool giveaway from Saskatchewan in motion to help you cross some items of your bucket list – including geocaching! This fun summer prize package includes some summer essentials like a water bottle, some fun summer toys and a Garmin GPS unit.
Good luck to everyone that enters and I hope you are all having a blast filling up your summer bucket list!
Giveaway open to Canadian residents (excluding Quebec) age 18 and over. Enter using the Rafflecopter form below.
going on a fishing trip
We really want to visit Newfoundland and Niagara but it won't happen this year. Instead, we'll be ziplining and caving at the Scenic Caves in Blue Mountain and hopefully htting some Amusement Parks as we all love rollercoasters.
Our GPS unit is broken so this would be a great prize to win. Thanks for hosting.
Besos, Sarah
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We really want to go Whale Watching this summer!
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Visiting Niagara Falls is on our bucket list for this year.
We're hoping to get the kids to the War Museum in Ottawa.
Traveling to PEI too see the red mud and visit the Anne Of Green Gables Museum 🙂
Going to the CNE when it opens.
We would love to go to ON! That is #1 on our summer bucket list. Kids have never been there before so Canadas wonderland would be so wonderful. We would drive there also from Newfoundland!! 😀
We are planning on visiting some of Nova Scotia's beautiful beaches this summer
A camping trip is on our bucket list.
On our bucket list this summer is visiting the Britannia Mine Museum in Squamish, BC!
My girls have been asking me to take them to the water slides but we still haven't gone! Hopefully in August. I'd love to try geocaching this summer so thanks for the chance to win!
Just want to get as many hiking trails in as possible.
We are planning to visit our son and grandson in Calgary.
To go hiking at Pinery Provincial Park.
We want to try water skiing this summer
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On my bucket list is at least one road trip.
Swim in as many lakes as possible.
Taking the grandchildren on a road trip for a few days in Alberta
To go to the beaches up in Northern Ontario
I have a few things on my summer bucket list. To get fishing with the husband, to get to the cabin with my sisters.
Heading out to Lake of the Woods
I plan on touring my own province of NS this summer
We just want to get camping!! 🙂
we have a few new campgrounds in ontario to explore this summer
We have already crossed one big thing off the summer 2015 bucket list,a trip to California to see my sister and her new house with a pool <3
Would love to get out and go camping with the boys for the first time
We want to go down Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls
A Trip to the water slides is on our Bucket List.
We are hoping to do a whale watching tour.
River tubing is on our bucket list
go to the ontario science centre
Going to the fair.
We are going to the Maritimes!
More geocaching to find new areas we haven't seen, more swimming in the evenings and more family bbq's.
Camping in a provincial park and visiting a farm to pick our own fruit are on our summer bucket list.
We want to go to Toronto to visit family.
This summer I would love to take my daughter to the ocean to explore, swim, play and experience great adventures!
A trip to Hawaii
We want to go camping!
My family's summer bucket list is to visit Vancouver this August.
Disneyland! One day we simply HAVE to go there & experience the wonder of the happiest place on earth!
Visiting the CN tower is on our family bucket list! It would be so much fun!
We want to go kayaking the whiteshell prov park in MB
Just to get out of the house and travel somewhere
Go out to PNE (seasonal amusement park)
Camping and hiking mainly. Getting back to nature with the kids!
headlamps so we can find our stuff at night while camping
definitely need some new water bottles!
Hopefully going to Vancouver Island!
We just got an RV so our bucket list includes as much camping as possible this summer!
Visiting Science World is on our family's summer bucket list.
My husband wants to do the edge walk at the CN tour.
Niagara Falls is on my list
A road trip is on our bucket list
TO CLIMB THE GROUSE GRINE
We are going to go to Niagara and hoping to do the helicopter ride over the falls and the magic show 😀
Our bucket list include visiting all the beaches in our area this summer.
To go camping in Northern Ontario.
On our list is a Stoney Lake boat Cruise, in order to get there we will picnic our ay through the back roads of Ontario
we are planning a day hike to Algonquin Park, High Falls from the cottage on the labor day weekend!
To go to Disneyland
kayaaking or canoeing is on our list this summer! we unfortunately missed out on our one chance last year, and we dont own one, so that is a good one (we have many things we want to do 😉 )
Trip to China
MORE CAMPING. Seriously, more camping.
My husband and I want to visit Hawaii, thats on my bucket list!
Our summer bucket list is full of fun stuff, the zoo, camping, cottage, beach, splash pads & lots of geocaching! The kids dont know yet, but were surprising them with a trip to Disney too!
see the Air Show!
Taking our daughter to as many of her "first' summer places as we can.
I need to head out to Centre Island this year but life keeps happening. Hopefully on Monday we can go exploring
One item on my family's summer bucket list is to find 50 geocaches by the end of the summer.
Checking out Toronto and visiting the CNE!
Niagara Falls
Camping in Yellowstone National Park… in a few weeks!
We want to go camping!
Out to the cottage:)
take our little one on his first hike
I would really like to get to the beach this year. Never had a chance last year, and time is running out for this year….
Want to go to water rafting
No real plans this summer, just visiting some of the local attractions here in Calgary 🙂
Camping long weekend
Going to Medieval Times and visiting Niagara Falls.
Niagara on the lake . THANKS
our bucket list just is to see eachother over the summer as much as possible. our lifetime bucketlist is to do a family trip with all 8 of us one day
Camping is on our bucket list this summer!
We are looking to rent a cottage for Labour Day weekend…last minute…ya I know….but my fingers are crossed.
We are making plans to have a picnic on the island next weekend & to go camping in September.
We wanted to go to a water park and camping! We have done both!
Last weekend before school we are going to Niagara Falls!
To go to the beach! (Suzi)
We managed to fit a quick family visit in & roadtrip to GTA in so far, but I still would like to go to a water park with the kids and a getaway weekend with my hubby that is long overdue.
Just to spend a weekend away anywhere with the family, hoping to still get away down to the falls, o even Windsor.