Summer is here, and with it comes our annual summer bucket list! This FREE printable will help you come up with ideas to keep the kiddos happy while school is out. We’ve gathered a huge variety of activities, indoor and outdoor, covering a variety of budgets, for every family!
Having the kids home from school for three months is difficult; every mom knows that. But having a list of fun things to do ready will help keep boredom at bay and give you answers whenever they ask what they can do.
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50+ Summer Bucket List Activities in South Central PA
- Visit ZooAmerica
- Check out a summer festival
- See the West Reading Mural Walk
- Go play at Urban Air Adventure Park
- Find a local playground you haven’t visited before
- Have some watery fun at a local splash pad or pool
- Visit The Boardwalk at Hersheypark
- Explore a national park
- Take a day trip to Knoebels
- Sample ice cream at the Turkey Hill Experience
- Tour the Hershey Gardens
- Visit Mt. Gretna Lake and Beach
- See the FREE fireworks at Clipper Magazine Stadium on July 3 for their Independence Day Celebration
- Go tubing at Sickman’s Mill
- Have a water balloon fight
- Paint rocks and leave them in your favorite park
- See a baseball game with the Senators, Barnstormers, Fightin’ Phils, or Revolution
- Try some at-home science experiments
- Explore Kitchen Kettle Village
- Take in one of the Harrisburg Symphony’s summer concerts
- Stop by a you-pick farm to get some fresh fruit
- Take a day trip to Washington, D.C.
- Explore the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts
- Visit the State Museum of Pennsylvania
- Make s’mores around a fire pit
- Go bowling with the Kids Bowl Free program
- Go geocaching with the kids
- Catch a show from the Popcorn Hat Players
- Paint your own pottery with Create-a-palooza
- Visit the Whitaker Center
- Go to Patches Creamery for some ice cream and to see the farm animals
- Take a ride on the Pride of the Susquehanna riverboat
- Get old-fashioned with a drive-in movie
- Make your own bath bombs and soap at Sunrise Soap Company
- Honor Pennsylvania’s history at the National Civil War Museum
- Take a kid-friendly cooking class with the Kitchen Shoppe
- Go on a train ride with the Northern Central Railway
- Custom-make your own tasty donut with Duck Donuts
- Take a free tour of the Capitol building
- Go mini-golfing on City Island
- Get creative and experiment at Keystone Kidspace
- Hike the Appalachian Trail
- Take a tour of the Indian Echo Caverns
- Try to break out with Harrisburg Escape Rooms
- Pick out some unusual goodies at Toys on the Square
- Go racing at Autobahn Indoor Speedway
- Check out Cherry Crest Adventure Farm
- Decorate your own cake with Jubilee Cake Studio
- Celebrate 60 years with Dutch Wonderland
- Go back in time with the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- Throw axes at Stumpy’s Hatchet House
- Explore murals in Harrisburg
- Visit Lake Tobias Wildlife Park
- Go see the Ephrata Cloister
- Take the kids to see James Buchanan’s Wheatland
- Snuggle goats at Batz Farm
- Walk or bike the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail
- Get lost in Seyfert’s Corn Maze
What are your favorite summer activities?
