Life is too short to be serious all the time. These funny bucket list ideas will make you laugh, make your friends laugh, and give you stories you’ll tell forever. Go ahead — be ridiculous.
Hilariously Harmless
- Photobomb a stranger’s tourist photo (subtly)
- Speak in an accent for an entire day
- Wave at everyone you pass for a full day and count who waves back
- Order the weirdest thing on every menu for a week
- Leave funny positive notes in library books
- Have a serious conversation using only movie quotes
- Try to negotiate a price at a store that doesn’t negotiate
- Dress up as a tourist in your own hometown
- Send a message in a bottle
- Create a fake holiday and celebrate it every year
Pranks & Challenges
- Prank call your parents (harmlessly)
- Challenge a stranger to a thumb war
- Go to a karaoke bar and perform the worst song possible with maximum enthusiasm
- Enter a talent show with no talent
- Wear a ridiculous costume to a normal place
- Do standup comedy at an open mic night
- Challenge someone to a dance-off in public
- Talk in a British accent at a restaurant for the entire meal
Awkward on Purpose
- Go to a fancy restaurant in your pajamas
- Eat an entire cake by yourself in public
- Go to a movie theater alone and laugh loudly at inappropriate moments
- Serenade a stranger (or a willing friend)
- Walk into an elevator and face the wrong direction
- Say “you too” when the waiter says “enjoy your meal” — on purpose
- Order a coffee at a tea shop or tea at a coffee shop
- Go shopping and ask absurd questions to employees with a straight face
Funny Things to Do With Friends
- Have a bad movie night — watch the worst-rated films you can find
- Do a group TikTok challenge
- Have a cooking competition where everyone makes the same dish and you judge blindly
- Go thrift shopping and buy the ugliest outfit you can find — then wear it out
- Play hide and seek in a public place (like IKEA)
- Do a photoshoot in ridiculous poses at a scenic spot
- Have a “compliment battle” — see who can give the most absurd compliments
- Go caroling in July
Funny Solo Missions
- Learn to moonwalk and do it in public
- Eat an entire watermelon on a park bench
- Go to a pet store just to look at puppies
- Wear mismatched shoes for a full day and see if anyone notices
- Take selfies with garden statues
- Write a strongly worded letter about something trivial
- Try to set a personal record for something pointless
Absurd Goals
- Try to set a world record for something silly
- Enter a hot dog or pie eating contest
- Watch an entire TV series in one weekend
- Go a full day without using the letter “E” in speech
- Attempt to juggle and film the disasters
- Try every flavor at an ice cream shop in one visit
- Go an entire day saying yes to everything (within reason)
- Try to eat a meal using only chopsticks when you have no idea how