This spring is looking a bit different than any of us thought. In the uncertainty surrounding this global pandemic and our responsibility to practice social distancing, there is a lot on our minds right now. I don’t think there should be any pressure on us to make this time as productive or fun or educational as possible. But I also I know many of us are looking for ideas to entertain our children and ourselves while schools and daycares are closed and ways to find joy and peace while we are waiting it out, quarantined in our homes. With spring officially starting on the 19th, I thought it was a good a time as any to share my seasonal bucket list printable with you all.

I’m using our list more as a trove of ideas to choose from rather than an actual checklist to tick off. For the time being, Anthony is still working out of the home and I’m continuing my design work and writing during nap times. So our lives don’t look too different, although I am definitely missing time with family and friends and our weekly outings to the coffee shop and library. By 10:00 or 11:00am, I’m definitely scratching my head thinking of what to do. Here’s what’s on our very long list of ideas:

• grow flowers from seed for our garden

• have a backyard picnic

• start baking bread again (my favorite recipe)

• declutter our “junk room”

• make simple sensory toys with bins of dry beans, pasta and/or rice

• lay new flooring in the kitchen (this was on our winter bucket list too! haha)

• make an epic blanket fort in the living room

• go on daily walks around your neighborhood

• kick a soccer ball around

• paint easter eggs

• make beaded jewelry

• take an online class (brit + co is offering all their classes for free through 3/31!)

• make homemade playdough

• deep clean the house

• facetime friends and family

• send drawings and letters via snail mail

• transplant our lilac bush

• hang kid’s artwork in the front window of your house for people walking by to enjoy

• paint my studio

• download a meditation app (I’m enjoying Insight Timer and Headspace)

• make magazine collages

• spend time reading everyday, not just picture books

• start a weekly zoom hangout with friends

• watch storytime online videos

• stock up on stickers (toddlers love stickers, enough said.)

• propagate houseplants from cuttings

• order something online or purchase a gift card from a small business

• leave google reviews for your favorite local shops and service providers

• listen to a new podcast (I’m loving Poetry Unbound right now!)

• create a spring playlist on Spotify

• build a playhouse out of cardboard boxes

• make DIY potato stamp art

• water-paint with this $8 magic calligraphy water paper (thanks to Emily Jeffords for the idea!)

I’m offering this printable PDF completely free, no strings attached. Just click the button below to download your free copy. If you’ve just stumbled upon my blog and like what you see, I encourage you to check out my free workbook, “My Secret to Inspired Productivity” available exclusively to my email subscribers. And if you use my bucket list printable and post about it on social media, it would make my day if you tagged me! I’m @steviestorck on Instagram and everywhere else. Happy Spring, and take care friends.