26 Fresh Ideas to Add to Your Spring Bucket List

feb 26, 2023

Ah, spring.

The season so sweet we can almost smell it—except that we can't smell much of anything thanks to all the pollen in the air that comes along with it. Okay, so no season is perfect, but spring comes pretty close. After all, it's the season that comes right after the worst of winter, breaking us out of our blues and springing us forward (pun intended) to a time filled with flowers, sunshine, fun date ideas and so much more.

If you're looking for ways to make the most of this season, you've come to the right place. Whether it's your favorite season or not, everyone should have a spring bucket list that looks something like what you'll find here.

Outdoor Ideas for Your Spring Bucket List

Whether you had to wait through six more weeks of winter thanks to a certain groundhog or not, shake off your winter woes and say hello to spring with these outdoorsy ideas for your spring bucket list:

Go flower picking
Have a spring picnic
Plant a garden
Celebrate Women's History Month throughout March
Bake spring-themed delights
Make your own bouquet

woman picking glowers to make a bouqet: shutterstock. Woman gardener picking red zinnias and blue bachelor buttons in summer garden using pruner. Cut flowers harvest

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Stay up to watch the clocks change for daylight saving time
Attend a spring school dance
Go to a local festival or farmers' market
Spring clean your room
Or your wardrobe
Read a book for each month during spring
Partake in a spring workout challenge
Volunteer outdoors
Cook a meal with seasonal ingredients

cooking with bright seasonal spring ingredients: shutterstock. Asparagus seasonal spring salad with potatoes, cucumber, egg and lettuce. Various ingredients and jar with olive oil, seasoning for tasty home cooking. Flat lay

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Also read about: 5 Date Ideas Perfect for Spring

Holiday-Related Ideas for Your Spring Bucket List

While the winter holidays like Christmas and the New Year might steal most of the spotlight, don't let that take away from the many fun-filled holidays of spring! Just tack a few of the following ideas onto your spring bucket list—you might just find that spring holidays are better anyway when you do.

Decorate Easter eggs
Or go on an Easter egg hunt
Stock up on egg-shaped clearance candy after Easter's over
Take your mom out to a Mother's Day brunch
Or cook her one from scratch at home

mother and daughter cooking baking together: shutterstock. Happy Latino senior mother and grownup daughter make dough prepare sweet pie or pastries at home on weekend. Smiling Hispanic mature mom and adult girl cooking baking in kitchen. Hobby concept.

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Open an Easter basket
Give your friends Easter baskets
Search for a random "holiday" that falls during spring and go all out to celebrate (for example, Waffle Day on March 25 or the obvious Star Wars Day on May 4)
Plant a tree for Earth Day
Or attend a beach cleanup
Eat king cake on Mardi Gras

king cake with mardi gras decorations: shutterstock. king cake surrounded by mardi gras decorations

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Also read about: Mother's Day Gifts She Will ACTUALLY Use

Ready to spring into your spring bucket list? Go ahead and get started with the ideas we've laid out here, but you can also try to add a few of your own too to keep it as fresh as the spring flowers. After that, it's time to get started (just don't forget to pop your allergy medication before doing so).

And if you just can't wait for summer to get started, you can get some ideas for then too by clicking HERE for summer bucket list ideas.

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