List of Things to do With Your Kids

Spending time with your kids is one of the best time investments that you can make during your life.  All too often we loose sight of this and fill our days with work, projects, committees and friends.  It is never too late (or too early!) to start spending quality time with your kids.  Build your relationship with them, build their character – and it will change you as much as it changes them.

Invest time in your kids – it will pay the best returns of your life!

Where to start?  Here is a a quick list of things to do with your kids (in no particular order and intended for no particular age group):

1. Play Tag
2. Play Hide-and-Seek
3. Read books to them
4. Have them read books to you
5. Read books with them
6. Play cards
7. Play a board game
8. Color / Draw a picture
9. Make sidewalk-chalk art
10. Go for a drive
11. Go for a walk
12. Go for a bike ride
13. Take them fishing
14. Teach them one of your hobbies
15. Teach them how to play an instrument
16. Have them teach YOU how to play an instrument
17. Have a “What do you want to be when you grow up?” talk
18. Talk about colleges / majors
19. Ask them about their friends (and listen to their reply!)
20. Visit a relative
21. Cook together
22. Bake together
23. Go to an (outdoor) concert
24. Go to a Farmer’s Market
25. Go on a shopping trip
26. Help them with their homework
27. Go to a sporting event
28. Do some outdoor photography
29. Start a scrapbook
30. Record some video clips, head to the computer and edit them into a movie
31. Go for a picnic
32. Go to a city park
33. Take them to the playground
34. Go on a nature hike (go to a state park)
35. Help them call their grandparents
36. Exercise together
37. Go to the gym together
38. Help them with their athletic training routine
39. Make a home craft
40. Build a birdhouse (or any other sort of woodworking project)
41. Go for ice cream
42. Go out for dinner
43. Start a lemonade stand
44. Have a home movie night
45. Fly a kite
46. Go to the zoo
47. Play frisbee
48. Have a tea party
49. Play dress up
50. Go bowling
51. Go Geocaching (http://www.geocaching.com/)
52. Build a model
53. Build a model rocket
54. Write a story
55. Make a picture book
56. Do volunteer work
57. Make some seasonal decorations
58. Learn some magic tricks
59. Start a bug collection
60. Build something with LEGOs
61. Pick / Arrange some flowers
62. Pick fruit at a fruit farm
63. Make fresh jam or salsa
64. Go to a pumpkin patch
65. Start a neighborhood game of football
66. Play some 1-on-1 basketball

This is just a quick list – What are your favorite things to do with your kids?  Share your ideas or stories in the comments below!