Inspiration for a July Bucket List
Bucket lists are a fun way to think about tasks you want to accomplish or new things you want to try. I’ve put together a big selection of July bucket list ideas for you to consider. Pick some you’d like to do and make your own personal bucket list for July.
For a complete set of monthly bucket lists that include a monthly health and fitness activity, planning activity, family fun, organizing activity, a list to make, seasonal fun, and more, check out my monthly planning list pack.
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Ideas for Your July Bucket List
- try a delicious blueberry recipe (National Blueberry Month)
- have a park day—take your kids to multiple parks in one day (National Park and Recreation Month)
- go on a picnic (National Picnic Month)
- take a watercolor class (World Watercolor Month)
Read: Big List of Blueberry Recipes
- memorize a few jokes (International Joke Day – 7/1)
- host a BBQ for friends and family (Independence Day – 7/4)
- listen to country music (National Country Music Day – 7/4)
- read Henry David Thoreau (National Simplicity Day – 7/12)
- give something away (National Give Something Away Day – 7/15)
- watch a movie or documentary about Neil Armstrong (Moon Day – 7/16)
- play Words with Friends (National Words with Friends Day – 7/19)
- enjoy Chinese takeout with a fortune cookie (National Fortune Cookie Day – 7/20)
- relax in a hammock (Hammock Day – 7/22)
- enjoy a vanilla ice cream cone (National Vanilla Ice Cream Day – 7/23)
- watch a movie or documentary about Amelia Earhart (Amelia Earhart Day – 7/24)
- send a hello to your cousins (Cousins Day – 7/24)
- get food through a drive-thru (National Drive-Thru Day – 7/24)
- create tasty wine and cheese pairings (National Wine and Cheese Day – 7/25)
- visit a waterpark (National Waterpark Day – 7/28)
- surprise your father-in-law with a gift (National Father-in-Law Day – 7/30)
- read a paperback (Paperback Book Day – 7/30)
- hold a Family Olympics
Read: How to Hold a Family Olympics
- attend a 4th of July parade
- watch a fireworks show
- sleep outside and stargaze
- plan a weekend getaway
- start shopping for school supplies
- plan your upcoming homeschool year
Read: 7 Steps to Plan Your Homeschool Year
- get a summery manicure or pedicure
- go to a baseball game
- sketch a landscape outdoors
- go to an outdoor movie
- attend an outdoor concert
- visit a flower farm
- declutter bathroom cabinets
- mid-year cleanout of paper files
- go to a drive-in movie
- walk through a forest or nature preserve
- visit an amusement park
- find a swimming hole
- make a travel bucket list
- grow an herb garden
- do a social media fast
- have a bonfire on the beach
- go camping
- read a novel
- roast s’mores
- go on a backpacking trip
- hike to a waterfall
- make homemade ice cream
- set up a backyard obstacle course
- visit a tourist attraction in your city
- perfect a signature appetizer recipe
- play at a splash pad
Printable July Bucket List Ideas
Download a free printable list of these July Bucket List ideas for easy reference. Choose a few that appeal to you and enjoy the month of July!
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