Your Ultimate Summer-Before-Senior-Year Bucket List

While every summer should feel like a movie-worthy adventure filled with sleepovers, the summer before your senior year just feels a little extra important—as in, "I don't want to risk not appreciating every moment of this" important.

While you should absolutely spend said summer however you choose, we have a few ideas that you might want to consider adding to your list of must-dos to make this summer one you'll surely never forget. Without further ado, let's jump into your ultimate summer-before-senior-year bucket list:

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Things to Do With Your Family

If you're planning on heading off to college or otherwise moving away after graduation, you might regret it if you don't spend some time making valuable memories with your loved ones. You can still keep things fun with these bucket list items:

• Organize a family reunion
• Recreate old family photos
• Go back-to-school shopping
• Go see a kids' movie for old time's sake
• Check out a local farmer's market
• Attend a cookout

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Things to Do by Yourself

While most of what you might be thinking of as far as plans go for this summer involve other people, there's actually a ton that you can add to your list for the times you're rolling solo.

• Get a summer job
• Try a new hobby
• Go on a date
• Read at least one book for fun per month
• Get on an airplane at some point
• Go thrifting
• Do at least one thing that scares you

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Things to Do With Your Friends

Now to get to the bulk of the things you'll actually want to do this summer: Things with your friends. Go out and enjoy this last pre-graduation summer by ticking off these items:

• Take a beach trip
• Go to a theme park or water park
• Take enough photos to fill an album
• Go on a road trip (even if it's a short one)
• Paint pottery or canvases
• Throw a dinner party
• Jump in a pool
• Watch the fireworks on the Fourth of July
• Have a sleepover
• Buy matching jewelry or outfits
• Stay up until sunrise at least once
• Have a summer movie marathon
• Go to the first showing of a movie the day it comes out

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Think of this list as a jumping-off point, as your summer-before-senior-year bucket list is whatever you make it. But if you want some more sweet summery ideas, click HERE for our ultimate summer bucket list.