The British National Trust has come up with a Bucket List of things kids should do before the age of 12. How many of these have you done? How many have your kids done?
1. Climb a tree
2. Roll down a really big hill
3. Camp out in the wild
4. Build a den
5. Skip a stone
6. Run around in the rain
7. Fly a kite
8. Catch a fish with a net
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
10. Play conkers
11. Throw some snow
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach
13. Make a mud pie
14. Dam a stream
15. Go sledding
16. Bury someone in the sand
17. Set up a snail race
18. Balance on a fallen tree
19. Swing on a rope swing
20. Make a mud slide
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild
22. Take a look inside a tree
23. Visit an island
24. Feel like you're flying in the wind
25. Make a grass trumpet
26. Hunt for fossils and bones
27. Watch the sun come up
28. Climb a huge hill
29. Get behind a waterfall
30. Feed a bird from your hand
31. Hunt for bugs
32. Find some frog eggs
33. Catch a butterfly in a net
34. Track wild animals
35. Discover what's in a pond
36. Call an owl
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
38. Bring up a butterfly
39. Catch a crab (* not THE crabs. That's for later in life, kids.)
40. Go on a nature walk at night
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it
42. Go swimming in a lake or river
43. Go rafting
44. Light a fire without matches
45. Find your way with a map and compass
46. Climb rocks
47. Cook on a campfire
48. Try rapelling
49. Find a geocache (* 49a. Look up Geocache in the dictionary)
50. Canoe down a river