As a soon to be father (two weeks and counting!), I found this list rather charming.
So, based on a survey of over 1,000 adults, a UK washing powder company has collated a list of 33 things you should do before you're 10 years of age.
I fully intend to complete this list with my son/daughter in the next decade...
1. Roll on your side down a grassy bank.
2. Make a mud pie
3. Make your own modelling dough mixture
4. Collect frogspawn
5. Make perfume from flower petals
6. Grow cress on a windowsill
7. Make a papier-mache mask
8. Build a sandcastle
9. Climb a tree
10. Make a den in the garden
11. Make a painting using your hand and feet
12. Organise your own teddy bears' picnic
13. Have your face painted
14. Bury a friend in the sand
15. Make some bread
16. Make snow angels
17. Create a clay sculpture
18. Take part in a scavenger hunt
19. Camp out in the garden
20. Bake a cake
21. Feed a farm animal
22. Pick some strawberries
23. Play Pooh sticks
24. Recognise five different bird species
25. Find some worms
26. Ride a bike through a muddy puddle
27. Make and fly a kite
28. Plant a tree
29. Build a nest out of grass and twigs
30. Find 10 different leaves in the park
31. Grow vegetables
32. Make breakfast in bed for your parents
33. Make a mini assault course in your garden
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THINGS TO DO BEFORE 10
Adults have long compiled lists of things to achieve before they die - but now youngsters are being encouraged to tick off their own "must do" list.
Making a mud pie and organising a teddy bears' picnic are two of the activities kids should apparently indulge in before their 10th birthday.
The list for under-10s has been published to boost development and encourage children to spend more time playing outdoors.
The 33 activities were compiled by experts on behaviour and development, parents and personalities, including former model Melinda Messenger.
''When I was a child I was forever playing outdoors making dens and mud pies," said the mum-of-three.
"It seems a shame that nowdays children are missing out on some of those simple pleasures."
Making a sandcastle was the most fondly remembered activity on the list, followed by climbing trees, building a den and rolling down a grassy bank.
Finding worms and a making mud pies were the least popular, while making breakfast in bed for your parents was the most surprising activity.
Up to 1,000 adults were polled for the list which forms part of Persil's Dirt Is Good campaign to encourage children to exercise.
The 33 things to do by age 10:
1. Roll on your side down a grassy bank.
2. Make a mud pie
3. Make your own modelling dough mixture
4. Collect frogspawn
5. Make perfume from flower petals
6. Grow cress on a windowsill
7. Make a papier-mache mask
8. Build a sandcastle
9. Climb a tree
10. Make a den in the garden
11. Make a painting using your hand and feet
12. Organise your own teddy bears' picnic
13. Have your face painted
14. Bury a friend in the sand
15. Make some bread
16. Make snow angels
17. Create a clay sculpture
18. Take part in a scavenger hunt
19. Camp out in the garden
20. Bake a cake
21. Feed a farm animal
22. Pick some strawberries
23. Play Pooh sticks
24. Recognise five different bird species
25. Find some worms
26. Ride a bike through a muddy puddle
27. Make and fly a kite
28. Plant a tree
29. Build a nest out of grass and twigs
30. Find 10 different leaves in the park
31. Grow vegetables
32. Make breakfast in bed for your parents
33. Make a mini assault course in your garden
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Mr Mephisto