Fall and WInter
BUCKET LIST FOR KIDS IN SANTA MONICA & WEST LA
What is a Bucket List? Usually it's a FUN list of experiences that are things you want to achieve in your lifetime. In this case, here are some things to do this fall and winter that would be something different than what you normally do. In the colder months when we're stuck inside more, sometimes a list will motivate your kids to come up with a plan. It also helps them to overcome the teen or kid boredom that happens on vacations or weekends. It can empower your kids to be creative and come up with their own fun, instead of always relying on mom and dad to entertain them!
Of course, we always love a bucket list that gets kids outdoors and if it's warm enough where you are in the winter months, definitely go outside. Even if it's cold though, what a great excuse to put on your new winter parka and some snow or rain boots for some fun out in nature.
See how many you can get done each month this fall and winter. Have a blast completing your bucket list. If you think of some more things that are not on the list, be sure to email us a photo of you doing them and we will add your photo and suggestion to the list. You can email your suggestion to chaninv@macaronikid.com :)
1. Make Homemade Ice Cream
2. Create an obstacle course
3. Go on a nature hike
4. Make a movie (iMovie)
5. Get a library card and check out books
6. Bike, Scooter, Skate (Your neighborhood, beach, or park)
7. Water balloon toss or snowball fight
8. Learn how to play a musical instrument
9. Outdoor Movie Drive-In
10. Join friends on a Zoom video call
11. Stay in PJ’s all day long!
12. Build a fort with boxes, sheets, furniture
13. Take a virtual class
14. Make a Tie-Dye T-shirt
15. Create a Treasure Hunt
16. Bake a cake or cookies
17. Have a sleepover in the backyard or living room
18. Fly a kite
19. Write a letter to a friend or family member
20. Road trip with the family
21. Learn a new language
22. Play in the sprinklers
23. Visit a virtual aquarium
24. Play tennis at a local court
25. Create Slime and learn about the goo
26. Collect shells at the beach
27. Surprise your family by making dinner
28. Wash the car or bikes or dog
29. Make paper airplanes or origami art
30. Buy a hammock and lay in it to watch the clouds
31. Shop at some local Santa Monica stores for future gifts
32. Paint rocks for the garden
33. Watch a virtual Broadway show
34. Make a cool art project
35. Stargaze and learn about astronomy
36. Plan a picnic with friends or family
37. Make tie-dye shirts
38. Build a bird feeder out of recycled materials
39. Make friendship bracelets
40. Write a story and illustrate it
41. Dance in the rain
42. Build a bonfire or campfire and make s'mores
43. Bury a time capsule
44. Go mini-golfing
45. Go bowling
46. Wash the family car
47. Make cards and visit a nursing home to share them
48. Watch a thunderstorm or snowstorm
49. Help your family decorate a tree for the holidays or wrap gifts
50. Look through family albums and learn about your ancestors
51. Visit a farm and feed the animals, go on a hayride, run through a corn maze, and pick fruits or veggies
Try any or all of these fun fall and winter activities! Whether your children do it on their own or you do it with them, it will help support their learning and brain development, but most of all they will have tons of fun! Believe it or not, fall and winter are the best times of year to get outside and enjoy nature and the seasons. Be sure to use all five senses when you do things from the bucket list, which makes your activity both educational and pleasurable.
