Things To Add To Your Spring Bucket List

Spring is upon us and with every new season comes a whole list of ways to enjoy it. At the beginning of every year, every month, and every new season, I like to sit down and create a bucket list. What do I want to do? How do I want to enjoy this new season that is upon us? What are my goals and what do I want to accomplish this beautiful spring season? Well, it is the end of March, or the beginning of spring, so let me give you a few of my goals and bucket list items for me this season. 

I am going to start with what is on my bucket list this spring. 

Activities/Adventure

April Showers bring May flowers. Which means let’s get ready for life to start blooming and finally hoping for less rain and nicer weather to be able to start spending time outdoors again. 

Below are a few different ideas to add to your bucket list for different activities and adventures to go on this spring. Enjoy the birds chirping, the flowers blooming, and all the animals running around. 

1. Go to a flower or botanical garden
2. Have a picnic
3. Go on a hike 
4. Zoo
5. Farmers market/Flea market
6. Pick some flowers
7. Have a spring photo shoot
8. Outdoor festival
9. Sport game
10. Fly a kite
11. Take a bike ride
12. Plant a garden 
13. Go kayaking, paddle boarding or rafting
14. Take a hot air balloon ride
15. Go on a food truck food tour.
16. Go rock climbing
17. Enjoy a sunset on the beach
18. Attend an outdoor concert
19. Go to a drive-in movie theater
20. Visit a vineyard
21. Eat at a rooftop bar-in-grill
22. Make a procrastination list of things you’ve been putting off and start doing things on the list.
23. Make a vision board
24. Take time to meditate
25. Create a scrapbook
26. Build a treehouse
27. Put up tents and build a fire at night in the backyard
28. Stargazing
29. Go sight-seeing and window shopping
30. Visit a museum or exhibit.
31. Visit a farm
32. Go to a carnival with friends
33. Go to the library
34. Press flowers
35. Go geocaching
36.  Feed ducks
37. Make a bird feeder
38. Take a scenic drive
39. Go to brunch
40. Pick up litter
41. Find a local fair
42. Go on a nature walk
43. Visit the aquarium
44. Have a movie night at home
45. Draw something with sidewalk chalk
46. Buy a spring bouquet for your home
47. Volunteer somewhere that’s important to you
48. Plan your summer trip
49.  Plan any yard and landscaping projects
50. Baseball game
51. Host an afternoon tea
52. Take an epic spring break trip
53. Catch lightning bugs.
54. Read a book on a blanket in your yard.

Cleaning

Everyone knows about spring cleaning. The weather is nicer so you can finally pull things out of your garage that have probably been collecting dust since last spring. You can open your windows and use whatever cleaners you need to get a good hard scrub at all of those surfaces. Spring is time for a new start, a fresh start, a clean start. I always take advantage of the spring and re-do my entire apartment. I take time and go through all my clothes while I am cleaning and always end up with some to give away. 

1. Remodel your kitchen
2. Rearrange your furniture
3. Redo your bedroom
4. Have a garage sale
5. Organize your junk drawer.

Traveling & Sightseeing 

Spend this spring traveling around. Go somewhere new in your state. Visit a new park. Take the time to experience how spring is effecting your entire area. 

1. Explore a new part of town
2. Visit a state park.
3. Go on a short road trip for the day.
4. Go on a rainbow hunt. Pile in the car after it has rained and drive around looking for rainbows.

Specific places 

So many beautiful things happen in the spring. Yet, unfortunately, some of them are location specific things. So if you have the time, take advantage of it. Travel somewhere new. Experience spring in a new city or a new location. Take a road trip and watch the world come to life again after the cold winter. 

1. See the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C.
2. See the tulips in Amsterdam
3. Attend Carnival in Brazil
4. Go on a road trip across the USA
5. Visit the Caribbean
6. Visit Arches National Park
7. See the Cherry Blossoms in Japan
8. Eat your weight in pastries in Paris
9. Visit Bora Bora for AMAZING prices
10. Celebrate Easter in Switzerland – Swiss chocolate galore- am I right?!?

Denver Based

Since I am currently a Denver and Colorado resident, I decided to add a few things that occur in Colorado, more specifically the Denver area, for my fellow Denverites. 

1. Go to a Rockies game
2. Cherry Creek Regional Trail
3. Denver Climbing Company
4. The Beer Spa
5. Gear up! The rodeo is coming to town Friday and Saturday. Tickets here.
6. Immerse yourself in the Denver Cinco de Mayo Festival‘s parade, vendors, Chihuahua race, children’s carnival, live entertainment and more from May 7 to 8. Free admission. Tickets needed for carnival.
7. Benefit nonprofits while enjoying four stages of live music and more at the Denver Day of Rock Festival on June 3.
8. Enjoy the weather at “Denver’s Best Biergarten,” which serves some pretty strange brews. Don’t forget your pup: It’s dog friendly!
9. If a rooftop is more your style, try one where the beer is made in the hotel.
10. Make the event at Red Rocks into a day trip and take a look into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, located just below the main stage of the amphitheater.
11. Giddyup with some horse riding along one of the equestrian-approved trails.
12. Volunteer at the Horse Protection League in Arvada, which cares for surrendered and seized horses, donkeys and mules without a home. Contact about orientation.
13. Combine a movie with a picnic at Movies Around Town. Free.
14. Stargaze at Lookout Mountain.
15. Give kayaking a try, because why not? Golden offers a recreational course, rental opportunities and lessons.
16. Tee up at one of Lakewood’s two stunning golf courses — not rated too badly, either.
17. Enrich yourself every month with First Friday in 40 West Arts. Some months are more of a party, called a Colfax Art Crawl (June is next).
18. Follow the green line for a free 4-mile outdoor art experience on the 40 West ArtLine.
19. Become a bird enthusiast, learn to keep bees, paint the scenery — never grow bored of new things to do at the Hudson Gardens.
20. Boat, paddleboard, fish, swim, visit the dog off-leash area or explore nearby trails at the reservoir. Check for individual open periods and closings.
21. Bike, hike or ride a horse along the 27 segments of the High Line Canal.
22. Meow Wolf
23. Denver Pub Crawl
24. Beyond Laser Light Experience
25. Denver Food Tour
26. Visit the Denver Art Museum’s spring exhibitions
27. Go explore Colorado’s spring wildflowers
28. Have a picnic or kayak at Confluence Park
29. Civic Center Eats
30. Denver Botanic Gardens