Family Bucket List Ideas (Fill the Year With Memories)

A life filled with quality family time is a life well lived! Whether you’re making plans for the year, or you want to make more time for family adventures, our family bucket list is full of suggestions!

You can use the bucket list to get ideas for the year ahead. If you want to start now, try our 30 days of family time to get ideas for simple, easy to organize activities, or some of these after-school activities.

When it comes to making memories with loved ones, start with something simple, like with a family-friendly game night. In time, you can organize bigger and more memorable activities, like a summer adventure, or a whole family reunion.

You can also get lots of ideas for the seasons with our winter inspiration, fall-themed activities, and ideas for the spring.

Family Bucket List (Printable and Ideas)

If you want to get started, you can find the bucket list printable at the bottom of the article. Print it out, share it with the family, and make plans together.

Year-Long Ideas

Create a family vision board.
Print off and create yearly photo albums.
Travel to some new places.
Create a time capsule.
Create a family recipe book.
Host a family celebration.
Have a family pet.
Teach the family a new skill.
Go on a family bike ride.

Fun Activities

Go on a family road trip.
Have a pajamas and movie night.
Write and record a song together.
Start a 30-day challenge together.
Celebrate a different country each week.
Visit a movie set or famous film studio.
Visit a ghost town.
Volunteer together.
Trace your family history.
Go to an amusement park.

Things to Do Indoors

Have a board game marathon.
Build a fort and watch movies in it.
Complete a giant puzzle.
Go indoor rock climbing.
Have an at-home karaoke night.
Have a video game tournament.
Bake a giant cake and decorate it together.
Host a tea party.
Play ‘floor is lava’ with cushions.
Take an online cooking class.

Outdoor Adventures

Play mini-golf.
Go ziplining.
Have a game of ultimate frisbee.
Set up an obstacle course in the backyard.
Go for a bike ride at the coast.
Have a lawn games competition.
Have a beach day.
Organize a photo scavenger quest.
Go to a baseball game.
Go on a family hike.

Spring Ideas

Visit an aquarium.
Make a DIY bird feeder.
Go to a butterfly farm.
Host a charity car wash.
Find a field in bloom.
Go on a photography walk.
Organize an Easter egg quest.
Plant a small vegetable garden together.
Go berry picking.
Play hopscotch.

Summer Family Time

Fly kites at the beach.
Plan a family beach trip.
Go to a water park.
Go swimming.
Make an at-home slip ‘n’ slide.
Go to a family-friendly outdoor concert.
Go to an outdoor adventure playground.
Make your own lemonade.
Go on a camping trip.
Go on a fishing trip.

Fall Ideas

Go to a fall festival.
Host Thanksgiving.
Take a painting class.
Dress up as a famous family for Halloween.
Play glow stick hide-and-seek.
Organize a neighborhood game day tailgate.
Carve and paint pumpkins.
Go trick-or-treating at Halloween.
Make s’mores and have a storytelling night.
Host an apple-bobbing competition.

Winter Inspiration

Have a ‘Home Alone’ movie marathon.
Host a neighborhood Christmas lights contest.
Go sledding.
Decorate the front porch.
Host a toy drive.
Have a slumber party.
Have a hot chocolate or cocoa station.
Go ice skating at an outdoor rink.
Visit Santa at the mall.
Bake Christmas cookies.

For Memories and Reminiscing

Look through photo albums together.
Wear matching pajamas or costumes.
Have a recycled materials craft day.
Plan a reunion for the whole family.
Write letters to your future selves.
Do a ‘one-second-a-day’ video for a year.
Organize a family photoshoot.
Start a new family tradition.
Make hand paintings.
Host a drawing competition.

Unique and Creative Ideas

Host a themed picnic with games.
Plan a treasure quest in your area.
Learn a new language together.
Make homemade pizza with different toppings.
Hold a family bake-off.
Win a costume contest as a family.
Have a street party.
Host an overseas student.
Stay overnight in unique accommodation.

Find the Family Bucket List Printable here.

Family time should be fun time. So if you need some for ideas, use our selection of awesome activities to help you plan an afternoon, evening, or weekend of laughs, joy, and quality time.

Never be stuck for ideas when it comes to family time again. Come rain or shine, winter or summer, our list of activities can help you plan events and weekends that will create lasting memories.

Lastly, keep this ultimate list of fun family bucket list ideas and activities for safekeeping by pinning it to one of your boards.