End of School Ideas and Traditions

It's the last week of school here in Arizona.... what are you doing to celebrate the end of the school year with your kids?

Here's some ideas:

My Mix of Six does end of school year buckets - this year she combined one for all 6 kids.  I love all the goodies she put inside.  This is a great idea and a fun way to start summer.  If I had more than 2 days, something like this would be showing up in our house.  I think I will try to do a smaller version or something similar.  If you look at her site, she shows you what she has done the past few years as well.  I'm thinking squirt guns from the dollar store, otter pops, movie candy, books (already ordered some for my 9 year old), etc.   I love how she buys things she will need, but combines them together for a fun basket!

I did this for family night with our kids this week.  We always like to create a summer bucket list of things they want to do, places they want to go, etc.  It's fun to hear what they come up with, and what they remember from previous summers.  We use a white board and then we fill in what we want to do on our calendar.  I also keep a hard copy.  The one below came from google.  Click here.

One of friends takes a picture of her kids on the first day of school and on the last day of school in the SAME clothes.  I love that idea too.  (If the clothes still fit!)  It's fun to see how they change during the year.

My kids ride the bus to and from school, so I always pick them up on the last day of school and we go out for ice cream!  This year they also get to go to a swim party with friends.  Yay for the end of the year!