If you and your friends often do the same things week in week out and want to break the mold. Its time to create the ultimate best friends bucket list together!
The list doesn’t have to be cheesy or only contain things that seem possible or feasible. You can get creative incorporating your join life’s dreams and inspiration to create a killer list of things to do over the next couple of years.
Learning together, and experiencing all of life’s wonders and mysteries should be top on the agenda. You will want to add things to the bucket list that are outside your comfort zone. With our best friends being by our side, we might push ourselves to limits we never knew we had.
Let’s take a look at 21 things you can add to your ultimate best friends bucket list.
#1: Go on an Epic road trip.
Going on a long and exciting road trip with your best friends should be the first thing to do on the bucket list. Pick a location you’ve all wanted to visit, prepare some supplies and set off into the sunrise.
On an epic road trip, the feeling of being free takes hold. You can go anywhere you like, stopping and admiring views or heading into the city to experience a new and vibrant nightlife.
You can even pack camping gear and pick the perfect spot under the stars. Make a fire, chat, and gossip about life. Then fall asleep feeling like a truly free spirit. If you and your best friends all drive, you can swap the designated driver and each of you has a turn at the wheel.
#2: Do a joint DIY project together.
There are not many things in life more rewarding than the feeling you have created something wonderful and unique with your own two hands. Doing a joint DIY project with your best friends can be super fun, and will leave you all feeling accomplished.
You can pick anything to build or make for your DIY mission. Perhaps one of you just moved house and needs new shelving or you all decide to create something that matches your joint interests. The possibilities are endless.
#3: Go for a relaxing Spa weekend.
Spa weekends are an absolutely amazing way to relax and unwind especially if you both have a hectic school, work, and personal life. Adding spa weekends for your best friends bucket list is a must.
Experience all the spa has to offer over a full weekend of salt scrubs, massages, facials that will leave you feeling as light and agile as a feather.
You can book the perfect date for you and your best friends spa weekend far in advance. Doing this gives you something great to look forward to together.
#4: Create an ultimate music playlist.
Music can speak to all of us in different ways. The beats and tunes can make us feel happy, inspired or even bring out our inner emotions. When best friends have the same music taste or have a collection of songs they both remember fondly. It’s a great idea to combine this into the best friends music playlist.
You can add songs from your childhood together, tunes that remind you of embarrassing or funny moments. Or even beats that will get you pumped and inspired while you do other things on your best friend bucket list.
#5: Make a time capsule and bury it.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to grow old with your best friends while having an amazing life and experiences? Then together have an easy way to take a look back and glimpse back into your past memories together.
With a time capsule, this is more than possible. With your best friend, you can collect trinkets, pictures, and music that all have meaning to you both. Pick a place to bury it out in the wild or one of your backyards. Then come back years and years later to rediscover parts of your past you may have forgotten but remember fondly.
#6: Try an extreme sport.
Not many things in life will give you a bigger surge of adrenaline than taking part in extreme sports. You may have already had a few on your own personal bucket list. However, getting your best friends involved is a great way to share the experience, and have someone there to encourage you and push your limits further.
It’s a great idea with your friends to make a list of the top 10 extreme sports your both willing to try together. It’s recommended to start at the shallow end and work your way up to the more extreme or dangerous sports you can try.
#7: Scream together at the top of a mountain.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like for you and your best friend to scale a mountain together? Get prepared for an adrenaline rush with amazing views.
Once you reach the peak, it’s a great excuse to take selfies or pictures of the beautiful scenery together. Then while you’re there why not be completely free, hold hands and scream at the top of your lungs together for a laugh!
#8: Cook a three-course dinner together.
If you and your best friends are big foodies, and can often be found watching cooking shows together or trying different delicacies at your local restaurants. Why not turn this into a big thing to add to your best friends bucket list.
Plan and prepare a three-course dinner with your best friend. You can invite other friends and family over and make a full night of it, enjoying great food and playing some party games.
#9: Learn a new language.
Are you and your best friends frequently traveling around the globe? Then this bucket list item could be right up your alley. Why not learn to speak a new language together, learning new words, sayings or perhaps even use a language to mask private conversations out in public.
With many commonly spoken languages around the world such as Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, and Malay. The possibilities are endless when choosing a language you would both love to try and learn.
A new language could also break down the barriers when you go traveling the world. You might find you enjoy areas of the world who speak fluently in these languages much more than before.
#10: Go gambling in Vegas.
Las Vegas which is known as the city of lights or the sin city would make an excellent venue to visit together at least once in your lifetime. With jaw-dropping casinos and a vibrant nightlife. There will be no end to the things you can get up to.
Go gambling on the roulette tables, grab some drinks and go watch the fountains of Bellagio. This city will make your imagination run wild with bright lights, friendly people and of course, the great company of your closest friends.
#11: Write a song together.
If you and your best friends love nothing more than jamming out, listening to your favorite music. Have you ever thought of what It may feel like to be a pop or rock star for the day?
Get out the pen and paper and think up some awesome lyrics together. Plug a microphone, guitar, and keyboard into the speakers and jam out! You can even make a full day of it. Who knows, you even discover you both have hidden talents you weren’t aware of.
#12: Swap identities for a day.
If you and your best friends live very different lives, this could be for you. While we’re not saying you have to go to the extremes of spending each other’s money, or perhaps even swapping boyfriends heaven forbid!
Getting to know what it’s like in your best friends shoes for the day could be more eye-opening than you think.
Maybe your best friend has a completely different family life your not aware of and you can spend the entire day with them. Or they have a job that their manager would be happy for you to give a go for the day.
It’s the little things in our day that make us the people that we are. Getting to know more about your best friends life, the good and the bad could make your friendship grow to a whole new level.
#13: Watch an entire TV series in one sitting.
If a new television series you’ve both been eager to watch has just dropped on the new releases. You may not have had time to watch it in your busy lives, or things keep getting in the way. Why not make time together and spend the entire day cramming a TV series in one sitting.
Get the popcorn and snacks ready. Create a super comfortable area on the couch or bed. Grab the duvet and begin watching each episode from front to back. This also has the added benefit your friend won’t be tempted to leak spoilers for you if they watch it on their own. It’s loads of fun!
#14: Throw a surprise party for one another.
Who on this great earth does not like surprises? Well, I guess some of us don’t. However, a surprise party whether big or small will be appreciated by you and your best friends none-the-less.
They don’t have to be crazy, or even that expensive to prepare. It’s the thought that counts, and most importantly the shock on their face when they walk through the door. Add surprise parties to your best friend bucket list and keep them on their toes!
#15: Visit the 7 wonders of the world.
Okay, so this is one of the more expensive and extravagant things you could add to your bucket list. Experiencing the 7 wonders of the world would be a huge tick on both yours and your best friends best ever life experiences together.
The 7 wonders of the world include some of the most beautiful, unique and historic places to visit on the planet. We have listed them below, and its a good idea to achieve them as separate holiday breaks with your best friends.
- The Great Wall of China (China)
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Roman Colosseum (Rome)
- Taj Mahal (India)
- Christ the Redeemer Statue (Brazil)
- Petra (Jordan)
- Chichén Itzá (Mexico)
#16: See who can get the most phone numbers on a night out.
While this is mostly just for fun and will have you in fits of giggles. It can also be a huge confidence booster if you’re both single ladies and looking to mingle.
Get all dressed up and head into the city, visiting the bars and nightclubs and experiencing the nightlife. Set each other challenges to go up to guys you like the look of, and ask for their number or a drink.
Who knows they might not be boyfriend material, but you could make a new best friend for the group. After the night is done, laugh with your friend and total up the phone numbers and see who wins.
#17: Give each other a makeover.
If you and your best friend are lovers of all things makeup, and can often be found comparing color pallets, lipsticks, and eyeshadows. Why not take it a step further and give each other a whole new look or makeover.
Take turns to pick your friend’s perfect outfit. Then match their hairstyle and makeup and hit the town. You both might be surprised how well the new look suits you, and how many compliments you receive. This is a great trust exercise to do with your best friends and is a barrel of laughs.
#18: Live in the same house together.
If you spend time with your best friends almost every day. What could be a better addition to add to your best friends bucket list than living together! You can pick the perfect house or apartment together, find furniture and potted plants and make a big thing of it.
They say you never truly know someone until you have lived with them, so there can’t possibly be anything better than sharing your home with your best friend. Once you are all moved in, you’ve decorated and got everything looking perfect. Sit back, open a bottle of wine and watch a movie together in your new home.
#19: Go wine tasting in Europe.
You may both absolutely love nothing better than sipping a glass of wine at the end of the week. Or you could both be budding wine Connoisseur’s in the making? So why not go and visit one of the best areas on earth to experience some of the finest wines around Europe.
With everything from wine valleys, walking in the vineyards and elegant fine dining. There is no better way to celebrate a big event in your friendship than a wine tasting tour of Europe. Add it to your best friends bucket list right now!
#20: Get matching tattoos that have meaning.
Tattoos are a great way to show your creativity and style. They are always unique to you and incorporate many references to things in your life you love, cherish and admire.
Best friends getting matching tattoos is an awesome and whacky idea you will wish you had months ago. If your best friends mean the world to you and you have both shared many life experiences that have shaped both your lives. What better way to represent this than matching tattoos you can both cherish.
#21: Create a unique dance routine.
You likely do this already and quite often. Those moments when your favorite tunes come on and you both look at each other and break out into dance! Have you ever considered the possibility of creating a full and unique dance routine together?
Who needs choreographers when you can rely on each other’s creativity and craziness to come up with all kinds of shapes and jigs. This would go great with the best friend bucket list item of writing a song.
You could make the song, then come up with a truly unique dance routine similar to something you see in K-Pop. Dancing with the beats it will be a barrel of laughs and sure to amuse.