Minnesota summers are short… way too short! So make the most of your summer this year. Here are a few simple, fun summer bucket list ideas – how many can your family check off this list?

• Write a poem
• Make a bouquet of dandelions
• Sleep in a tent
• Take a selfie with the blue rooster at the Walker Art Center sculpture garden
• Eat an ice cream cone
• Eat at least three s’mores in one sitting
• Find the triceratops at Science Museum of Minnesota
• Watch fireworks
• Run through a sprinkler
• Read a book outside
• Go down the slide in The Scramble, screaming the entire time
• Go outside after a rainfall and find a worm
• Visit a Minnesota state park
• Create your own machine in The Studio
• Catch a fish
• Draw your family with chalk on the sidewalk
• Go outside after a rainfall and find a worm
• Visit a Minnesota state park
• Say “Hello” to a polar bear at Como Zoo
• Stop and smell the roses (literally!)
• Do a little dance in public
• Go to a Twins, Saints or Minnesota United FC game
• Launch 10 or more ping pong balls at once in Forces at Play
• Skip a stone on a river or lake
• Ride a Metro Transit light rail train
• Fill a bucket with acorns