1. Go to the library – stay for story time
2. Bake something, anything
3. Construct something with blocks or Lego’s
4. Read a book
5. Draw/Color together
6. Go window shopping
7. Host a play date with their favorite friend
8. Dress Up together
9. Go Sledding
10. Build something in the snow (fort, snowman)
11. Go swimming (indoor or outdoor)
12. Have a picnic (outside or on the living room floor!)
13. Listen to new music together
14. Visit a museum
15. Visit a Zoo
16. Visit a pet store
17. Write and mail a letter to someone special
18. Play a card or board game
19. Take a walk
20. Get out baby photos and talk about them
21. Sing Songs
22. Take a class together at local art center
23. Go roller or ice skating together
24. Tell stories about when your child was a baby
25. Hug/hold your child
26. Build a blanket fort
27. Tell your child what makes them special ( to you and others)
28. Teach/tell your child about your job – take them to work for a day if you can
29. Have a scavenger hunt (indoor or outdoor)
30. Go to a movie together
31. Visit your child at school
32. Dig out your year book and share about your experiences
33. Visit a nursing home or hospital
34. Finger Paint
35. Take pictures
36. Visit and learn about places in your neighborhood (fire station, police station, post office, dairy, etc.)
37. Clean out a room together (basement, attic, garage)
38. Work a puzzle together
39. Plan a vacation together – then GO!
40. Make S’mores
41. Build a bird house
42. Play a sport together
43. Make homemade pizza
44. Rake leaves and play/jump in them
45. Go on a hayride
46. Visit an apple orchard / pumpkin patch
47. Plant something
48. Have a water fight
49. Play hide and seek
50. Go to the state fair
51. Collect different fall leaves
52. Have a block party
53. Take a hike
54. Make puppets and put on a show for each other
55. Tell stories about your childhood
56. Attend athletic event
57. Make homemade ice cream
58. Learn about different cultures
59. Take flowers to a friend
60. Go wading in a creek
61. Go for a train ride
62. Go horseback riding
63. Climb a tree
64. Go camping
65. Have a family talent show
66. Draw a map and have a treasure hunt
67. Walk/play in the rain
68. Talk about feelings/emotions
69. Paint a picture by numbers together
70. Go to a theater performance
71. Complete a DIY project together
72. Wash the car
73. Play Frisbee
74. Pick up litter in the community
75. Fly a homemade kite
76. Jump rope
77. Exercise together
78. Discuss nutrition and the 4 basic food groups
79. Start a savings account – talk about budgeting and saving money
80. Write a story (draw illustrations together too!)
81. Go fishing
82. Visit a relative
83. Visit the neighbors
84. Go bowling
85. Dance party!
86. Play Simon Says
87. Have letter or color of the week and look for them together
88. Play “I Spy”
89. Act out a favorite story together
90. Listen to music and play homemade instruments together
91. Start a gratitude journal with your child – they can draw what they are thankful for
92. Let your child pick out the menu for a meal
93. Start a collection
94. Practice/teach something (reading, tying shoes, zipping zipper, sports, rhyming, sorting, telling time)
95. Sidewalk chalk
96. Go for a bike ride
97. Play pretend
98. Make a collage out of photos and/or clippings of their favorite things
99. Tell jokes
100. Spend time simply LISTENING to them.
101. Make a list of things you want to do together in the future! 🙂

“When you look at your life, the greatest happiness’s are family happiness.”

~Joyce Brothers~