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100 Fun Things to Do With a Child
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Have a reading marathon.
Write stories together.
Play soccer.
Paint or draw together.
Create a fort in your living room out of blankets or
cardboard boxes.
Go on a hike.
Have a sunset picnic at a park or beach.
Play board games.
Play kickball.
Get up early, pack breakfast, and have a sunrise
breakfast.
Go to a museum.
Go to a playground.
Play hide-and-seek.
Have a pillow fight.
Ride bikes.
Build sandcastles.
Rent a DVD and make popcorn.
Tell stories.
Have a scavenger hunt.
Make mazes or puzzles for each other to solve.
Play card games.
Garden together.
Bake cookies (let the kids help).
Go to the zoo.
Go to the library.
Shop at a thrift shop.
Create a scrapbook.
Make a movie using a camcorder and computer.
Learn to play music.
Finger paint.
Make play-dough from scratch.
Make homemade mini pizzas.
Make hand-painted T-shirts.
Set up a hammock, make lemonade, relax.
Go to a pool.
Go to a public place, people watch, and make-up
imaginary stories about people.
Visit family.
Write letters to family.
Paint or decorate the kids’ room.
Make milkshakes.
Play freeze tag.
Create a treasure hunt for them (leaving clues
around the house or yard).
Create a family book, with information and pictures
about each family member.
Fly kites.
Barbecue.
Volunteer.
Donate old clothes or toys to charity.
Create an obstacle course.
Pitch a tent in the backyard and sleep outside.
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Roast marshmallows.
Play loud music and have fun dancing.
Write and produce a play for family.
Face painting.
Water balloon fight.
Explore your yard for insects.
Go for a walk in your neighborhood.
Go jogging.
Take pictures of nature.
Play a trivia game.
Play house.
Make and/or paint a bird house.
Make macaroni art on construction paper.
Play house or dress-up.
Make popsicles.
Play school.
Play in the rain.
Run through the sprinkler.
Blow bubbles.
Pick flowers.
Go to the park.
Rhyme words together.
Sing songs.
Take turns saying tongue twisters.
Tell ghost stories in the dark with a flash light.
Build stuff with Lego’s, Lincoln logs, or blocks.
Use play-dough and mold objects or people.
Play Nerf football.
Bake a cake and decorate it togethe.r
Make and/or decorate a gingerbread house.
Tell each other jokes.
Play basketball.
Learn to juggle.
Build paper airplanes and have a flying contest.
Build a soap-box car and enter a local contest.
Build a tree-house or fort.
Go horseback riding.
Go sledding.
Go skiing.
Build a snowman, or snow fort.
Rake leaves into a pile and jump in them.
Go to an aquarium, planetarium, or amusement
park.
92. Go watch a local sporting event.
93. Go to a petting zoo.
94. Make paper decorations for the season, and hang
them around the house.
95. Thumb-wrestle, or have a tickle fight.
96. Make a science experiment.
97. Play mini-golf.
98. Watch clouds and imagine their shapes.
99. Play catch with a baseball or softball.
100. Make hot cocoa.
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