101 Things to Do this Summer

By
Amanda Chavez
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Go Valley Kids Summer Bucket List

Enjoy Northeast Wisconsin with family and friends this summer! Find lots of things to do with the 2017 Go Valley Kids Summer Bucket List.

 

Things to Do – Outdoor

  1. Pick strawberries and blueberries
  2. Go camping
  3. Run a race – Family Summer Fun Runs
  4. Watch a parade
  5. Watch a movies under the stars
  6. Go fishing
  7. Yoga in City Park – FREE – Wednesdays at 6 pm
  8. Jump around on a beach inflatable
  9. Go horseback riding
  10. Watch a water ski show
  11. Cool off at a splash pad
  12. Take the trolley
  13. Dance to music in the park
  14. Visit as many parks as you can
  15. Explore at a zoo
  16. Rummage at a sale and find some treasures
  17. Update your family pictures
  18. Explore a cave – Maribel or Ledgeview
  19. Attend a County Fair
  20. Check off all these fun slides
  21. Visit a garden
  22. Go boating
  23. Play some mini golf
  24. Bike or walk on a family friendly trail
  25. Ride your bike or walk across Trestle Trail
  26. Watch Fireworks
  27. Play on the beach
  28. Epic Ultimate Slide Challenge
  29. Shop a Garage Sale

 

Things to Do – Indoor

  1. Get a haircut
  2. Get mom and daughter pedicures
  3. Read and earn prizes in a Summer Reading Program
  4. Make something at a Craft / Art Studio
  5. Go ice skating
  6. Go roller skating
  7. Eat popcorn and head to the theater for cheap or FREE Summer Movies
  8. Build something at Home Depot – 1st Saturday of the Month FREE workshop
  9. Go bowling. Sign up for Kid’s Bowl FREE
  10. Explore all the YMCAs
  11. Indoor Play Areas
  12. Jump into one of our area’s awesome indoor swimming pools
  13. Did you know you can get discount tickets to the Milwaukee Zoo, Six Flags, Wisconsin Dells and more? Fox Communities Credit Union and Community First offer discounted tickets as well as many Park & Rec Departments.

 

Places to Go – Around Appleton

  1. Pony Playce
  2. Plamann Park Children’s Farm
  3. Heckrodt Nature Preserve
  4. Building for Kids
  5. Weis Earth Science Museum
  6. Badger Sports Park
  7. Paper Discover Center
  8. 1000 Islands in Kaukauna
  9. WisconsinTimber Rattlers
  10. History Museum
  11. Barlow Planetarium
  12. Butterfly Garden of Wisconsin

 

Places to Go – Around Green Bay

  1. Bay Beach Amusement Park
  2. Green Bay Botanical Gardens – FREE admission on Wednesdays for ALL from 4 – 8 pm
  3. Heritage Hill – Kids are FREE on Tuesdays, June 6th – August 29, 2017 10 – 4:30 pm
  4. National Railroad Museum
  5. Neville Public Museum
  6. Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
  7. Lambeau Field
  8. Green Bay Children’s Museum

 

Places to Go – Around Oshkosh

  1. Oshkosh YMCA
  2. Pollock Pool
  3. Menominee Park
  4. Oshkosh Public Museum
  5. EAA Air Venture Museum
  6. Terrel’s Island

 

Other Places to Go

  1. Chilton Morrissey Park, Chilton
  2. Lakeside Park, Fond du Lac
  3. Beat the heat with our Indoor Play Guide
  4. Farmers Markets
  5. High Cliff, Sherwood
  6. Devil’s Lake, Baraboo
  7. Mulberry Lane Farms, Sherwood
  8. Bookworm Gardens, Sheboygen
  9. Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
  10. Discovery World, Milwaukee

 

Not to Miss Events

  1. Sign up for Vacation Bible School
  2. Sign up for Summer Camp
  3. Head to one of our awesome festivals
  4. See hot air balloons up close
  5. Fly a kite at a kite event
  6. Breakfast on the Farm – June
  7. Brillion Optimist Club Electric Parade – Friday, June 9, 2017
  8. Building for Kids Children’s Parade – Wednesday, July 26, 2017
  9. Butterfly Festival – Saturday, June 17, 2017
  10. Children’s Week: Appleton – July 22 – 29, 2017
  11. Kid’s Day: Green Bay – Monday, June 26, 2016
  12. Mile of Music – August 3-6, 2017
  13. Thomas the Train at the National Railroad Museum – June 21 – 25, 2017
  14. Packers Family Night – DATE ANNOUNCED SOON
  15. Wisconsin State Fair – August 3- 13, 2017

 

Food to Eat

  1. Eat ice cream
  2. Drive In diner
  3. Eat State Fair food
  4. Visit a Candy Shoppe – Make your own candy bar at Wilmars
  5. Take the night off with our Kids Eat Free (and cheap) Restaurant Guide

 

Day Trips / Weekend Getaways

  1. Door County
  2. Sheboygan
  3. Fond du Lac
  4. Milwaukee
  5. Madison
  6. Two Rivers
  7. Chicago, Illinois
  8. Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

What’s on your Summer Bucket List? We would love to hear what you are up to!

 

 

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Amanda Chavez
Amanda Chavez
As the owner and publisher of Go Valley Kids I am passionate about connecting families with resources and businesses in our community. Born and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin, Amanda Chavez has a love for her community. As a busy mom of 2 little girls, she and her husband are always on the lookout for fun things to do and share with others. Go Valley Kids combines all of her passions –motherhood, design and community. Some of her other interests also peak through on GVK including baking, photography and sewing!

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  2. Something that may be of interest – Every year, the 3rd Saturday in July (this year it’s July 18th) is Wisconsin Aquaculture Day. Aquaculture is “Fish Farming”….numerous Fish Farms around the state offer tours & information, fee fishing & other activities that are open to the public & something interesting to both children & adults. We own a Trout Farm in New London – Wilderness Springs & are open May thru September on Saturdays & Sundays from 9am-4pm for fee fishing of Rainbow Trout. You do not need a fishing license, trout stamp or limit of fish you can catch. We supply simple cane poles & bait at no cost. You pay for the fish you catch by the pound & we will also clean your fish, bag & ice them. For a list of places that are open for Aquaculture Day you can go to http://www.wisconsinaquaculture.com under Events for a complete listing.

  7. Trying to enjoy summer with our 9 year old after a very expensive ivf cycle….finding many low price free options in the valley we never new were here!!! Last summer as a family of 3 trying to make it a fun one!

  8. We are enjoying our summer with camp outings, swims at the Meade pool and playing at parks! We especially enjoy Memorial Park in Appleton! We would love to win one extra fun for this summer 🙂

  11. We enjoyed our summer by staying local going to Bookworm Gardens, Green Bay Packers Family Night, West of the Lake Botanical Gardens Manitowoc, Neshoto Beach Two Rivers, Green Bay Botanical Gardens, Bay Beach, Camping in the backyard and a mini vacation to Guernee Mills Six Flags and Rockhounding vacation to Minnesota.

  12. We have been enjoying our summer by heading to new parks in Door County, swimming at the Kaukauna Pool, having lots of fires complete with S’Mores and of course the family trip to Bay Beach!

  15. Cookout at Plamann Park on the 4th of July!
    Went to The Millwakee Zoo with the Family!
    Went Bay Beach/ Bay Beach wild life
    Went to South Rico’s in Kimberly for Ice Cream!
    Breakfast on the Farm!
    The Mulberry Farm with family&Friends on Mother’s Day!
    went Swimming and played the Gymnastics area at Heart Of The Valley YMCA!
    Went to Paper Fest with my daughter’s had a blast with the sawdust coin finding!
    Went to the Splash Pad in Sherwood for the first time! The kids had a blast!
    Had a early Bithday party for my youngest daughter at High Cliff State Park!
    Went to Art At The Park! ( City Park in Appleton)
    Went to Family Fun Fest at Little chute Doyle Park/swimming in the pool!
    Elks club drug free life ! Free swimming at Kaukauna Pool!
    Home Depot free kids workshops!
    Played at the school park’s!
    Went to Cheese Fest !

  17. We are enjoying summer by exploring the valley. We just moved up here a month ago and have found Sunset Beach, Doyle Park, and Little Chute Library. We are looking forward to trying many other ideas on the list.

  18. Our family has had an amazing summer!! Most of our summer has been spent at the beach in Freemont – an amazing place to swim and hang out for the day at! We would love to finish it up by visit a few local places!

  19. Lots of swimming, playing tennis, backyard kickball, nightly walks, etc… Still plan on bay beach, and bookworm gardens! Oh and farmers market;)

  20. We’ve had an unusually busy summer but have done lots of swimming, ice cream eating, and park visiting. We’re planning to squeeze a trip to Bay Beach into this month.

  21. We’ve enjoyed our summer by going to the pool mostly! Outdoor movies, bay beach, NEW zoo. Would love to do a few more things with the kids before school starts!

  22. We’ve enjoyed our summer by going to the pool mostly! Outdoor movies, bay beach, NEW zoo. Would love to do a few more things with the kids before school starts!

  23. We’ve enjoyed summer by visiting family in Canada, having backyard fire pits and lots of time outside riding bikes, scooters and trampoline jumping!

  24. Our family enjoyed this list,if you ask my kids they will tell you that they had a awesome summer,I check go valley kids everyday for such awesome ideas to do with the kids,I love seeing the smiles on their face,we spent a lot of time at pollock pool in Oshkosh it’s our favorite place to go with the warm temperatures this summer. The bucket list is almost complete were planning on going to the Milwaukee zoo yet and one more trip to bay beach,thank you for such great ideas summer of 2016 was a blast thanks to go valley kids

  26. We’ve been to Little Amerrika, Wisconsin Dells, and Neshotah beach. We try to do day activities. Hard to plan things sometimes when your husband is a police officer..days off aren’t always days off. 🙂

  27. We’ve been doing lots of swimming, library reading program, parks, camping, Bay Beach, timber rattler game, picnics, and every other fun thing we can fit in! Great list above, Go Valley Kids!

  29. We are currently crossing the last few things off of our bucket list – the Milwaukee County Zoo, State Fair and Bookworm Gardens!

    Still need to just do the wildlife sanctuary, Brown Co fair and Resch aquatic center!

    LOVED this summer with my two kids!

  30. We went to Mulberry Farm for the first time and loved it! Timber Rattler game and Bay Beach were other highlights. We still have lots to do in our last few weeks.

  31. We’ve been getting in several camping trips, visiting the library, ice cream stops, Bay Beach, planning for the fair now.

  35. We took the kids to the national parks in Utah. It would be nice to do some things in the local area. Thank you sooooo much for doing this!

  36. We’re learning how to play outside with balls and crusing around on everything. And this weekend we’re going swimming! (First time for my little man)

  37. Summer is winding down, and we are just starting on our bucket list! Finally went camping, went to a trats game, and bay beach. Also went to two rivers/manitowoc for a beach day because of your post about it. We loved it! The zoo, bookworm gardens and building for kids is left.

  38. Our family has enjoyed swimming at many different pools in the area, hiking at 1000 Island, Bay Beach, Chickenfest, camping in Canada and Door county, farmers markets, library reading program, strawberry picking, and several trips to Mulberry Lane.

  39. Too many fun things to remember…we’ve enjoyed a lot this summer including Bay Beach, Swimming at the MANY pools and lakes in our area, Noahs Ark, Great America, Splash Pad in Sherwood, Winnebago Cty Fair….

  41. So far we have enjoyed our summer by vacationing in Door County, swimming at Sunset and Pollock Pools, hunting for Pokemon at many different parks, and Mike of Music. We would love to try to squeeze in a few more adventures before summer is over!

  42. We did a lot this Summer and still have more on the calendar this month!

    We went strawberry picking, visited several parks (made it to 13/15 on our list), spent several afternoons at the beach, library, and lots of days enjoying our backyard and pool!

  43. Your website is such a great resource for families! Recently we went to the Tall Ships Festival and a T Rat game. Lots of fun days trips throughout the summer. Great America was a blast too!

  45. Finishing my summer with a Brewer game and golfing…It goes by way too fast!!! My kids get to go up North and enjoy nature with the grandparents.

  46. This summer we have gone hiking at many parks, enjoyed fresh produce at the Farmers Market, gone swimming at Sunset beach and in Two Harbors, planted a garden, and spent some Fridays at the Timber Rattled games!!! We love Appleton!!!!

  48. We have been enjoying all the things our great city of Neenah has to offer. We LOVE the out to lunch concert series, the great concerts at Riverside Park, and especially all the awesome activities our Neenah library has to offer!!

  49. We’ve been enjoying our summer by attending some local events like Touch a Truck and A Day Out With Thomas, but also by relaxing and going to the beach (Elkhart Lake) and camping in Peninsula State Park – we got there twice this year!

  50. My daughters and I have picked strawberries out at Cuff farms, so yummy, wandered around the Farmers market, tasted our way through the Food Truck Rally, cooled off at the splash pad in South Park, took advantage of kids bowl free and even relaxed in the new dreamlounger seats at the movie theater one hot summer evening!

  53. We spend a lot of time outside playing in the water, going to a few baseball games, traveling to the Shedd aquarium and Milwaukee zoo. Mostly we have had so much fun just being together and making new memories

  54. We have done a lot of camping, swimming, trips to family in Illinios, childrens museum and much more! Would love to win

  56. We got pool passes for the first time for Neenah Pool, so we have spent lots of time at the pool. A great way to cool off and spend time together as a family. 🙂

  57. Every summer I have tried to get the kids out and about, away from the tv and ipads! But this year has been a struggle being pregnant. All i want to do is relax and stay in for AC but i know thats not good! This summer i have waddled and hobbbled through many kids events that i can thank Go valley kids for informing me. Gotta love facebook! So far, we’ve gone to WI dells, camping, Wi state fair, along with some nearby county fairs. We go to the city pools and the Y as well.

  58. Had a blast at the Thomas the Train Your in June! Planning to cross of several more things still in August. Special Memories Zoo in Greenville and Milwaukee County Zoo were a couple of other highlights. Fireworks at Catfish Extravaganza Family night was a first and well worth it!

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