Keep your family enjoy each other and making memories with these family fun activity ideas. From indoor activities to get to vacations there are loads of family friendly ideas.
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Family Activity Ideas
Entertaining your family doesn’t need to be a challenge! Use this long list of kid friendly family activities to have loads of fun.
- Read a book aloud together
- Put together a puzzle
- Play a new board game
- Do something nice for a family member
- Send thinking of you cards to friends and family
- Do a random (anonymous) act of kindness
- Play Hide and Seek
- Bake up a sweet treat
- Go wall climbing
- Take a hike
- Participate in a city scavenger hunt
- Cook dinner together
- Take dinner to a friend in need
- Make a fitness challenge
- Play laser tag
- Take neighbors a treat
- Try a new restaurant with cuisine you wouldn’t normally eat
- Make a care package for a faraway friend or relative
- Visit the tallest building in your city
- Cook S’mores over a fire
- Visit an animal shelter
- Make a family mission statement
- Go to a local outdoor concert
- Visit a senior center
- Visit the library
- Have a picnic
- Make family goals
- Make a family music video
- Go through baby photos
- Learn your city’s history
- Go to the zoo
- Do a chore for a neighbor
- Volunteer at a local charity
- Learn a new hobby (painting, woodworking, etc)
- Build something together (birdhouse, Adirondack chair)
- Visit a local attraction
- Visit a museum
- Host a game night with another family
- Have a movie night
- Participate in a local run/walk for charity
- Learn to use a compass and go geocaching
- Go fishing
- Have a lemonade stand and donate the money to a charity
- Visit an amusement park
- Learn your family’s genealogy and make a family tree
- Take lessons together (golf, scuba diving, painting, etc)
- Plan a family vacation to somewhere new
- Take a road trip
- Go Camping (even if it is in the back yard)
- Stay at a local hotel overnight
- Have a family slumber party
- Plant a garden
- Visit a local park
- Go to a golf course
The best part is that the ideas are color coded. Once you decide how much time you have for family fun ask a family member to draw a card in that color!
Keep all the ideas handy in a mason jar. Even the label is included for the front of the jar! You will always be ready with the perfect idea for fun family activities.
How to Make a Family Fun Activity Jar
Print the activity cards and list in color on white cardstock. Print the circle labels on a solid sheet of label paper.
Cut out the labels for the jar. A three-inch circle punch (affiliate link) works perfectly.
Cut out all the activity ideas and place them in a wide mouth mason jar. Stick the Family Fun label on the side of the jar and the instruction label on the top of the jar. The color-coded key can be stuck on the back of the jar or inside on the bottom of the lid.
Now you have a great family activity jar!
How does your family spend time together? Please leave your ideas in the comments.
I love all of this for my 8 yr old grandson. Such fun neat idea
I love all your ideas, crafts and games. I am grandmother of 5. The ages range from 16 to 2 years old. We have a blast playing and creating all your crafts. You are a very talented and creative young lady. God’s blessings to you.