101 Family Activity Ideas
Looking for something to do with the family? Here’s 101 ideas to get you started:
- Go on a family picnic
- Have a family barbecue
- Work on a puzzle
- Go rollerblading or roller skating
- Visit the beach
- Complete a science experiment
- Bake a dessert
- Learn a little American Sign Language
- See cool planes at a flight museum
- Make a grocery list and go shopping
- Clean out the closet and donate clothes
- Cook a meal together
- Stroll through a nature center or garden
- Learn about family history
- Camp out in the living room or backyard
- Wash the car
- Take apart old electronics (carefully—to see what’s inside)
- Create a family calendar of everyone’s birthday
- Visit the library or bookstore
- Play a card game
- Go to a museum
- Video call a faraway family member
- Make a cardboard race car
- Draw with sidewalk chalk
- Try a pottery or ceramics class
- Play frisbee
- Go on a family bike ride
- Gardening or yard work
- Perform a play/skit
- Practice drilling holes in scrap wood
- Host a trivia night
- Learn how to make balloon animals
- Paint a bedroom
- Build a fort
- Create a first aid kit
- Play an old-school recess game
- Do a jigsaw puzzle
- Practice magic tricks
- Try a new food or cuisine
- Visit the beach
- Learn how to juggle
- Go through family photos
- Go geocaching
- Visit a farmer’s market
- Entertain the kids with tape
- Take a parent-kid cooking class
- Get bird seeds and go backyard birdwatching
- Learn some yo-yo tricks
- Visit some farm animals
- Fix something around the house that’s broken
- Write a letter to family and friends
- Tie-dye old shirts
- Draw a map of your neighborhood
- Have a staycation
- Play balloon volleyball
- Read a book together
- Learn the phonetic alphabet
- Make a cardboard dollhouse
- Go fishing
- Build a free little library
- Get ice cream
- Take a trip to the zoo
- Visit a farm and pick your own veggies
- Rearrange the furniture
- Rent a surrey bike or swan boat
- Play a family board game
- Make a family tree
- Visit a historical site and learn its history
- Have a paper airplane contest
- Visit the ducks at a local park
- Make a rock garden for the yard
- Memorize the states and capitals
- Plan your family’s emergency plan and have a fire drill
- Make giant bubbles
- Start a collection
- Make movie night extra special
- Organize the snack pantry
- Learn how to play hacky sack
- Make a time capsule and bury it
- Have a tea party
- Learn some yoga poses
- Build an obstacle course
- Have a sock ball fight
- Grow an herb garden
- Learn how to tie different knots
- Bake your own pizza
- Plan the next birthday party
- Visit a train museum or go on a train ride
- DIY manicures and pedicures
- Create a family cookbook
- Explore a new playground
- Bake a cake and decorate it
- Make a stuffed animal zoo
- Build a house of cards
- Meditate as a family
- Go play mini golf and ride go-karts
- Make puppets and put on a puppet show
- Learn the basics of a new language
- Plan a dream vacation
- Tell scary stories in the dark
- Watch the sunrise or sunset together
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