How to Create a Family Bucket List Everyone Actually Wants to Do

Family bucket lists sound great.

Until one person wants to go hiking, another wants an amusement park, and somebody else just wants to stay home and play video games.

The solution is simple:

Let everyone contribute.

Sit down together and have each family member write down five things they would love to do.

They can be big:

• Visit Hawaii

• See the Grand Canyon

• Take a cruise

• Visit another country

  
  

Or small:

• Try a new ice cream shop

• Sleep in a tent

• Watch a sunrise

• Visit a water park

• Make homemade pizza

  
  

Then combine everyone's ideas into one family list.

You can even divide it into categories:

Big Adventures ~ Trips that take planning and saving.

Weekend Adventures ~ Activities you could do within a few hours of home.

Easy Adventures ~Things you can do almost anytime.

The goal isn't to finish the list as quickly as possible.

The list gives your family something to look forward to together.

And sometimes the smallest items become the memories everyone talks about the most.