50 Ways to Use Summer Stickers This Season (A Bucket List for Crafters!)

Can we be honest about something?

Summer has a way of slipping through your fingers.

One minute it's June, and you have ALL the plans. Next, it's September, and you're wondering where the warm evenings went, why you never made it to the beach, and how you managed to spend three months being busy without feeling like you actually lived any of it.

Sound familiar?

This year, let's do it differently.

Not with a packed schedule or a pressure-filled to-do list. But with a gentle, joyful collection of ideas that actually fit the life of a creative, crafty person who finds happiness in the small things - a beautiful sticker on a planner page, a quiet morning with good coffee, a walk where you actually notice what's growing along the path.

These 50 ideas are for YOU. The crafter. The creative. The planner lover. The person who thinks a trip to a craft store counts as self-care (because it absolutely does). The grandma who wants to make this summer magical for her grandkids. The woman who just wants to slow down, create more, and actually remember this season when it's gone.

Pick five. Pick ten. Pick all fifty if you're feeling ambitious!

But most importantly - write them down, pop them in your planner, and let this be the summer you actually did the things. 💕

🌊 Nature + Outdoor Adventures

Summer was made for being outside. Here are ideas that get you into the fresh air and back in touch with the season - even if "outdoors" just means your back garden with a good book!

1. Create a Sunset Tracker Page With Celestial Sun Stickers

Print and cut our Celestial Sun stickers, set up a dedicated planner page, and track every sunset you chase this summer. Date it, note where you watched from, and stick a star every time. By September you'll have the most beautiful record of summer evenings...

✨ Sticker inspiration: Our Celestial Sun and Shooting Stars printable sticker designs are perfect for decorating a "sunsets this summer" tracker page in your planner!

2. Watch a Meteor Shower

Look up the dates for summer meteor showers (the Perseids in August are spectacular!), find a dark spot away from city lights, and lie on a blanket looking up. One of life's most quietly magical experiences - and completely free.

3. Collect Shells on a Beach Walk

Not just a quick stroll - a slow, intentional walk where you're actually looking down. Notice the different colors, shapes, and textures. Take your favorites home and display them in a little bowl or jar.

🐚 Sticker inspiration: Our Sea Shells printable stickers are beautiful for decorating a "beach memories" journal page or summer scrapbook spread!

4. Have a Proper Picnic

Not lunch eaten on a park bench. A PROPER picnic - blanket, basket, real food, maybe a wildflower in a little vase. Invite someone you love or go completely solo with a good book.

5. Go Stargazing

Download a free stargazing app (Sky Map or Star Walk are wonderful), find a clear night, and spend 20 minutes actually learning what you're looking at. Summer skies are spectacular, and most of us never stop to look.

🌙 Sticker inspiration: The Dark Floral Moons and Shooting Stars designs from this month's Printable Stickers Club collection are stunning for a night sky-themed journal page!

6. Try Glamping (Or Just Camp in Your Garden!)

If a full camping trip feels like too much, start small. Set up a tent in the garden. Sleep under the stars. Make s'mores over a little fire pit. The kids (or grandkids) will absolutely love it, and you might too!

🏕️ Sticker inspiration: The Camping Glamping sticker kit is perfect for planning your adventure - use the planner stickers to map out your trip and the decorative stickers to document the memories after!

7. Take a Boat Trip

A ferry, a kayak, a paddleboard, a canal boat, a friend's sailing dinghy - anything that gets you on the water! There's something about being on water in summer that feels completely different to anything else.

⛵ Sticker inspiration: The Beach Vacay sticker designs are gorgeous for documenting a water adventure in your travel journal or summer planner!

8. Visit a Farmers Market

Not the supermarket - an actual farmers market or craft market. Walk slowly. Try samples. Buy one thing you've never cooked with before. Talk to the people who made or grew what you're buying. It's a completely different experience from regular shopping.

9. Find a New Walking Path Near Home

Most of us have only explored a fraction of what's within 30 minutes of where we live. This summer, open a maps app and find a walking path you've never taken. Bring your phone for photos. You might be surprised what's right on your doorstep.

10. Watch the Sunrise (At Least Once!)

Yes, it means waking up early. Yes, it's absolutely worth it. Summer sunrises are earlier and often more spectacular than any other season. Set that alarm, make a hot drink, and watch the world wake up.

🎨 Creative Projects to Try

You're a crafter at heart - so summer is the perfect excuse to try something new, finish something old, or simply make more time for the creative things that fill you up!

11. Start a Summer Scrapbook or Memory Journal

Dedicate a journal or notebook just to this summer. Photos, ticket stubs, pressed flowers, handwritten memories, planner sticker decorations, little sketches. Something you'll pull out in ten years and love.

🗺️ Sticker inspiration: The Enjoy the Journey Quotes stickers are perfect for adding meaningful words to a summer memory journal - print and cut them to decorate your pages beautifully!

12. Decorate Your Planner for Every Month of Summer

Give June, July, and August their own themed planner spreads. Choose a color palette for each month. Use seasonal stickers. Make your planner something you actually look forward to opening every morning!

13. Try a New Craft You've Always Been Curious About

Watercoloring, lino printing, resin, macramé, embroidery, needle felting - pick ONE thing you've always thought "that looks fun" and actually try it this summer. YouTube has free tutorials for literally everything!

14. Make Handmade Cards for Everyone Who Has a Summer Birthday

Check your calendar now. Who has a birthday between June and August? Commit to making them a handmade card this year instead of buying one. The extra ten minutes you spend making it mean everything to the person who receives it.

15. Create a Summer Mood Board

Cut up magazines, print images, add stickers, include color swatches, write words that capture how you want to FEEL this summer. Pin it somewhere you see it every day. It's a beautiful creative act and a powerful intention-setter.

16. Press Flowers and Use Them in Your Crafts

Pick wildflowers or garden flowers, press them between heavy books for two weeks, then use them in cards, journal pages, framed art, or bookmarks. Free, beautiful, and deeply satisfying.

17. Organize Your Craft Supplies (Finally!)

I know, I know - not the most glamorous bucket list item. But summer is a great time to reorganize your craft space. Sort through your sticker paper, label your supplies, clear out what you don't use. Future you will be so grateful when you can actually FIND things!

18. Make Sticker Gift Sets for Friends and Family

Print some of your favorite seasonal stickers, package them in little cellophane bags with ribbon, and give them as "just because" gifts. The look on people's faces when they receive something handmade is the best feeling.

19. Document One Memory Every Week of Summer

Just one. A photo, a journal entry, a little sketch, a sticker-decorated planner page. By September you'll have 12-13 little capsules of your summer that would otherwise have been forgotten. These become priceless.

20. Learn to Draw One New Thing

Commit to learning to draw just one thing this summer - a sunflower, a simple wave, a cute turtle, a crescent moon. Follow a YouTube tutorial. Practice it five times. By the end of summer it'll be something you can do from memory!

🍉 Food + New Experiences

Summer is the season of abundance - long evenings, fresh produce, and the kind of lazy days that make trying new things feel easy and joyful!

21. Try a Cuisine You've Never Cooked Before

Pick a country, find a beginner-friendly recipe, and make a whole meal from it. Japanese, Thai, Moroccan, Brazilian - summer is a great time to bring a bit of the world into your kitchen!

🍣 Sticker inspiration: Are you a sushi lover? The Sushi Love sticker designs are the most adorable way to decorate a "new foods I tried" journal page or a meal planning spread!

22. Visit a Restaurant or Café You've Never Been To

Not your usual spot - somewhere completely new. Somewhere that's been on your list. Somewhere someone recommended. Go alone with a book, or make it a date. Just actually go!

23. Make Homemade Ice Cream or Popsicles

So easy, so satisfying, so perfectly summer. You don't need an ice cream maker - a simple no-churn recipe works beautifully. Try one unusual flavor combination - lavender and honey, mango and chili, strawberry and basil.

24. Host a Summer Potluck with Friends

The most low-effort way to have a gathering - everyone brings a dish, you provide the space and a welcoming table. Decorate with simple summer touches. Light candles when the sun goes down. Stay until late.

25. Visit a Pick-Your-Own Farm

Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, sunflowers - summer is peak season for pick-your-own farms and it's one of the most genuinely joyful experiences. Great for kids, grandkids, or a solo therapeutic afternoon!

26. Have a Backyard BBQ or Garden Party

Even if it's just for two or three people. Bunting, fairy lights, good food, cold drinks. Make it feel like a proper occasion rather than just eating outside!

27. Learn to Make One Cocktail or Mocktail Really Well

Just one signature summer drink that you make perfectly. A classic mojito, a watermelon agua fresca, a peach bellini, a cucumber mint lemonade. Master it and it becomes your "thing" at every summer gathering!

28. Eat Breakfast Outside at Least Once a Week

Even just at your back door or on a balcony. There's something about morning air and coffee that makes the whole day better. It takes five extra minutes and changes everything.

29. Try a Food You've Always Said You Don't Like

With an open mind and a proper preparation. Maybe you've never had it made well. Maybe your taste buds have changed. Summer is a great time for second chances - in food and in life!

30. Make a Summer Recipe Book

Write down (or print and stick) all the recipes you make this summer in a little notebook. Your favorite salad, the dip everyone asked for at the BBQ, the cocktail you perfected. Decorate the pages. It becomes a lovely keepsake AND a practical resource!

💌 Things to Do With People You Love

The moments we share with others are the ones we remember most. Here are ideas for making this summer richer, warmer, and more connected!

31. Send Happy Mail to Someone Who Needs It

A real letter. A postcard. A little package of stickers and a handwritten note. In a world of texts and emails, receiving something in the post feels like pure magic. Pick someone who would love it and send it this week!

💬 Sticker inspiration: The Colorful Speech Bubble stickers are so fun for decorating happy mail envelopes and cards - add a little message sticker to the outside of your envelope for a surprise before they've even opened it!

32. Plan a Special Day Out With Your Grandkids (or Kids or Nieces/Nephews)

Not just any day - a themed, intentional, special day. A nature scavenger hunt, a craft afternoon, a baking day, a trip to a place they've never been. The fact that YOU planned something just for them is what they'll remember.

33. Reconnect With a Friend You've Lost Touch With

You know the one. The friendship that just drifted without any falling out, just life getting busy. Send a message this week. Suggest a coffee or a walk. It's never too late and it's always worth it.

34. Plan a Girls' Trip or Day Out

Even just a day. A spa, a craft workshop, a long lunch, a road trip to somewhere none of you have been. Put a date in the diary and actually commit to it instead of saying "we should do this sometime!"

🕶️ Sticker inspiration: Document the planning AND the memories with the Summer Sunglasses sticker designs - they're so fun and summery for a travel or girls' trip planner page!

35. Show Up to Support Someone Else's Dream

Go to your friend's art exhibition. Buy from the small business someone you know just launched. Attend the craft fair where your neighbor is selling for the first time. Show up. It means more than you know.

36. Have a Tech-Free Day With People You Love

Phones in a drawer. No scrolling. Just presence. Cook together, play games, talk, create, go outside. Even half a day of this feels revolutionary and deeply connecting.

37. Celebrate Pride Month Intentionally

Attend a local Pride event, show your support visibly, have conversations that matter, celebrate love in all its forms. Summer is Pride season and it's a beautiful thing to be part of!

🌈 Sticker inspiration: The Pride Month sticker designs are a joyful way to decorate your June planner pages and show your colors all season long!

38. Write Letters to Your Future Self

Write one at the start of summer and one at the end. Where are you now? What do you hope for? What are you worried about? What are you excited about? Seal them and read them next summer. Deeply moving every single time.

39. Cook a Meal Completely From Scratch With Someone You Love

Not a kit, not takeaway - make everything from scratch together. It doesn't have to be fancy. It's the process that matters. Turn music on, spill some flour, laugh at the mess. These are the memories.

40. Create a Summer Tradition That Could Last for Years

An annual beach day. A summer solstice dinner. A July craft afternoon. A August morning hike. Something small and repeatable that becomes "your thing" every summer from now on.

🌟 Solo Joy + Self-Care

Some of the best summer memories are the ones you make entirely for yourself - the quiet, nourishing moments that fill you back up!

41. Read Outside (With No Phone Nearby)

A real book. In actual sunshine. With no phone within reach. For at least an hour. This sounds simple and it is - but how often do you actually do it? Make it a weekly summer ritual.

42. Take Yourself on a Solo Creative Date

A trip to a beautiful stationery shop. An afternoon in a museum. A solo visit to a botanical garden. A coffee in a café where you sketch or journal for an hour. Treat yourself with the same intentionality you would treat a dear friend.

43. Start a Gratitude Practice Just for Summer

Each evening, write down three beautiful or good things from that day. Doesn't matter how small - a good coffee, a kind word, a beautiful sky. By September you'll have 270+ moments of summer joy recorded. Extraordinary.

44. Do Absolutely Nothing for One Afternoon

Not "scroll through your phone nothing." Actual nothing. Lie in the garden. Sit on the porch. Let your mind wander. Watch the clouds. Resist the urge to be productive. This is harder than it sounds and more important than it seems.

45. Learn Something You've Always Been Curious About

An online course. A library book. A YouTube rabbit hole. A podcast series. Pick one topic you've always found interesting but never made time for - astronomy, local history, botanical illustration, the history of color - and spend summer learning about it just for the joy of knowing.

46. Refresh One Corner of Your Home

Not a full renovation - just one corner. A new plant. A rearranged bookshelf. A gallery wall of things you love. Fresh flowers on the table every week. A little altar of beautiful objects. Create one space that makes you smile every time you see it.

47. Walk Without a Destination

No route planned. No podcast playing. Just walk and see where you end up. Turn left when you'd normally turn right. Explore a street you've never been down. Notice what's growing in people's gardens. Let curiosity lead you.

48. Create a "Summer in Review" Page for Your Planner

At the end of August, sit down with your planner, your photos, and your journal and create a beautiful summary page of your summer. Photos printed small, stickers, memories written down, highlights celebrated.

49. Say Yes to Something That Scares You a Little

Not something dangerous - something that makes your heart beat a little faster because it's new or vulnerable or exciting. Sign up for the class. Submit the application. Start the thing. Share the thing. Summer is a season of growth and this is yours.

50. Celebrate How Far You've Come

This one is important. At some point this summer - maybe on a quiet evening, maybe on your birthday, maybe just on a random Tuesday - stop and actually acknowledge how far you've come. The things you've made. The person you've become. The hard things you've navigated. You deserve to celebrate yourself, not just your to-do list.

How to Actually Use This List

Here are a few ideas for making this bucket list work in real life (not just something you read and forget about!):

Option 1: Print It and Pin It

Print this list, highlight the ones that light you up, and pin it somewhere visible - your fridge, your craft room, above your desk. Every time you need something to do or need a little inspiration, glance at it.

Option 2: Add Your Favourites to Your Planner

Choose 5-10 items and schedule them into your planner now. Actual dates. Actual commitment. Things that go in the diary actually happen!

Option 3: Create a Bucket List Journal Page

Use a blank journal page, write out the ones you want to do, leave space to add notes or tick them off, and decorate it with seasonal stickers. Make it something beautiful to look at all summer long!

Option 4: Share It With Someone

Send this list to a friend and ask them: "Which five should we do together this summer?" Now you have plans AND accountability!

Final Thought: Make This Summer Count (with Summer Stickers!)

You don't need to do all 50 things.

You don't need a perfect plan or the right supplies or the ideal conditions.

You just need to decide - right now, today - that this summer is going to feel different. More intentional. More creative. More yours.

Pick three things from this list that made your heart do a little leap. Write them down somewhere real. Tell someone about them.

And then go live your beautiful, creative, sticker-filled summer. 🌞

I'll be cheering you on every step of the way!

Mim 💕

I'd love to know: Which item from this list are you most excited about? Come and tell me over on Instagram @mimjenkinson.

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About Mim

Hi! I'm Mim Jenkinson - a sticker-obsessed mother of two, 5-star Etsy seller, and I'm know as the "Sticker Queen". I've taught over 20,000 crafters to make beautiful stickers they're proud to use and share. My mission is simple: help you create a life that feels more beautiful, more creative, and more joyful - one sticker at a time. Learn more about my story →