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South Shore Boston Kids Summer Fun Adventure Bucket List 2024

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What is on your summer bucket list to do with the kids on the South Shore  Boston Summer fun. Even if your kids aren’t going on vacation or off to summer camp, you can still ensure they’ll have the best summer ever.

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  1. See one of the free concerts in many towns including Abington, Braintree, Milton, Cohasset and more
  2. Have a picnic lunch at Borderland Park   in Easton
  3. Make homemade ice cream
  4. Read  3 new books
  5. Take a hike at Blue Hills and visit  the trailside museum
  6. Go to Nantasket Beach and ride the carousal
  7. Watch Fireworks  for the 4th of July
  8. Attend a Brockton Rox game
  9. Learn some history at the Alden Historic House in Duxbury
  10. Visit a farmer’s market
  11. Take the train into Boston and play tourist
  12. Visit the Plymouth  Splash pad
  13. Eat at Plymouth  Waterfront restaurant and enjoy the view
  14. Take in a New England Revolution Game at Gillette Stadium
  15. Take a bike ride on the Cape Cod Canal
  16. Do a whale watch
  17. Visit Water wiz in Wareham
  18. Roller skating at Carousal Family skating center
  19.  Ride at pony and get food truck grub in East Bridgewater
  20. Eat ice cream at Peaceful Meadows  in Plymouth or Whitman
  21. Go fishing at Ames Nowell Park in  Abington
  22. Have a water balloon fight
  23. Eat ice cream for dinner
  24. Visit Buttonwood zoo  in New Bedford
  25. Backyard camping with a tent so much fun
  26. Go fly at kite and eat hot dogs at Castle Island
  27. Play in the sprinkler
  28.  Take a day trip up to Rockport 
  29. Make homemade Popsicle
  30. Play mini golf
  31. Decorate rocks for your garden – with melted crayons
  32. Make  these yummy smore cones on a hot summer night
  33.  Take a boat ride into Boston from  Hull or Hingham
  34.  Go strawberry picking
  35. Enjoy a day of blueberry picking
  36. Attend the Marshfield Fair
  37. Make gigantic bubbles
  38. Take fast boat ride at Codzilla
  39. Learn about history at Battleship cove in Fall River  
  40. Make homemade pizza on the grill
  41. Art with sidewalk chalk
  42. Have a lemonade stand
  43. Visit the library
  44.  Head to the Mendon Drive in 
  45. Set up a Backyard Water Pistol Target Range 
  46. Family sleepover in the living room
  47. Visit a new playground each week
  48. Go to the free or cheap morning movies during the summer at Regal and Showcase cinemas
  49. Take a local roadtrip
  50. Score at Strike with Glow in Dark Bowling
  51. Create a masterpiece at Just claying around  Bridgewater 
  52. Experience summer ice painting
  53. Make a sand volcano in the sandbox or at the beach
  54. Have Pancakes for dinner
  55. Head to the new jumpy park at Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis for the day
  56. Attend children’s theater at South Shore music circus in  Cohasset
  57. Sign up for your library’s Summer Reading Challenge
  58. Eat a burger at Walhburgers  and watch the boats at Hingham shipyard
  59. Play video gave at Ryan’s Amusements 
  60. Try out geocaching
  61. Create a memory jar
  62. Attend a free children’s workshop at Lowe’s, Home Depot or Michael’s
  63. Visit an animal shelter
  64. Go Bowling 
  65.  Flip circus in Attleboro  in Late August
  66. Make a journal jar
  67. Visit the  unique  animals at Dalby Farm in Scituate 
  68. Take the commuter boat to the New England Aquarium and then ride the carousel and grab lunch.
  69. Have a dance party
  70. Go deep sea fishing
  71. Visit open Barnyard at Dalby Farm Scituate
  72. Take a walk at Bare Cove in Hingham
  73. Eat fried clams from Tony’s at Wollaston beach n Quincy
  74. Search for crabs and shells at Brant Rock beach in Marshfield
  75. Eat from a food truck there are food truck events Tuesday -Friday nights 
  76. How to Make DIY Puffy Sidewalk Paint
  77.  Do a backyard movie
  78. Pick flowers
  79. Eat lunch on a Tall Ship in boston
  80. Create tie dye t-shirts
  81. Visit the Fuller craft museum in Brockton
  82. Have a nerf battle
  83.  Set up and play  pool noodle Croquet in your backyard 
  84. Visit a car show
  85. Play some board game
  86.  Visit Mystic CT for a fun weekend away
  87. Do a quick trip to York Beach Maine  the York Wild Kingdom zoo is fun for little kids.
  88. Nature scavenger hunt
  89. Enjoy an afternoon at Easton’s children’s museum
  90. Get Crafty  at South Shore Pottery in Abington
  91. Take a cooking class
  92. Take a ride up to Kimball Farms, eat ice cream, ride the bumper boats and more
  93. Grab an ice cream from the ice cream man
  94. Beach trips! Pick a new one each week. Pack lunch and snacks and stay all day
  95. Feed the animals at South Plymouth Sherriff’s Petting Zoo
  96. Watch the boats and grab some dinner at  Marina Bay in Quincy
  97. Check out Patriot’s Training camp in July and August
  98. Enjoy a pirate cruise of our of Plymouth 
  99. Play Kiddie pool  ball kickball 
  100. Take a road trip to Mystic CT  hit the aquarium
  101. Visit a lighthouse
  102. Eat dinner in a TreeHouse (yes there a restaurant in Pembroke that has a treehouse)
  103. Create a summer memory book
  104. Bring the kids to Derby street for their fun  Thursday events
  105. Get on tv at one of Fox 25 Zip trips
  106. Make water balloon pinatas  on a hot summer day
  107. Do a twilight tour with the Hanover Historical Society
  108. Take a the Pilgrim Belle  cruise  around Plymouth Harbor
  109. Ghost tour at Burial Hill in Plymouth
  110. Take a hike at World End
  111. Play glow in the dark ring toss
  112. Read a book in a  Hammock.