I have a little bit of a confession to make. I am sort of a home body. I am perfectly content to loaf on the couch after a day of work or once the weekend rolls around. Life is exhausting. When you have children, it is even more so. The thing is that you miss out too much being a sofa lounger. You miss out on life. You miss out on time with your family. Our daughter is growing at an alarming rate. She is no longer a baby. You cannot get these days back. Missed moments with your family remain missed. It is important to do things together. Here are some fun family date ideas for every season.
1. Dine out for dinner
2. Go to the park
3. Have a family game night
4. Visit a museum
5. Go to the movies
6. Have a picnic
7. Go for a hike
8. Go bowling
9. Got to the zoo
10. Go to the beach
11. Cook together
12. Go to an arcade
13. Enjoy a local fair
14. Go to a sporting event
15. Take a craft workshop together
16. Take a scenic ride together
17. Visit a library – Many local libraries have fun activities for children
18. Go apple picking
19. Do a puzzle together
20. Go mini-golfing
21. Color together
22. Go camping
23. Do a family fun run
24. Take them roller skating or ice skating
25. Visit a local historic landmark
26. Go to an aquarium
27. Take them to a kid’s gym or play center
28. Go sledding
29. Go on a whale watch
30. Build a snowman
31. Have an at home movie night
32. Ride go-carts
33. Keep your eyes open for local events
34. Feed ducks at a pond
35. Look through old family photos together
36. Go to a spray park
37. Ride the trolleys – there are trolley museums scattered around the states. This was always a favorite of mine.
38. Go on a hayride
39. Read books to each other
40. Visit a botanical garden
41. Go to a kid friendly concert
42. Play a sport together – Kick around a soccer ball or shoot some baskets
43. Keep your eyes open for local events
44. Go to a planetarium
45. Go for a bike ride
46. Have a dance party
47. Go out for ice cream
48. Take a boat ride
49. Visit an amusement park
50. Have a fun family photo shoot
Please feel free to add your favorite family date night ideas.
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I am so like you and could totally loaf around all weekend. So, I need all the help I can get and thank you for sharing your awesome list!! 🙂
Me too! I try to get out and do things with my daughter as much as I can on the weekends, but it is a great treat when we are all together. 🙂
Such great suggestions. We love to head down to the river and feed the ducks and geese in the Spring. Almost time for that again!
That sounds great. I am excited for the warmer weather.
You’re helping us stop the boredom for sure. This is such a great suggestion list!
Thank you so much.
Great ideas!
Thank you.
I love these ideas! You’ve listed so many different options, and many of them are cheap or free, which is always a bonus for our family.
Great ideas! I like the concept of a family date 🙂
I would to take my family bowling. May have to go next week during spring break.
these are some great ideas…..thanks for sharing!
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I’veI have always loved going bowling with the family – it’s such a fun time and you can usually find an alley that has some affordable offer, like 50-cent Sundays or something like that. I also like going to the zoo. We went to the planetarium once, oops…that wasn’t it…it was the IMAX…to see this special on wolves. I still remember how the sound and screen was so impressive.
We just did our first bowling trip. We went candlepin bowling. Our daughter loved it. She was jumping and cheering and so excited.
These are great ideas. I have to look up what a spray park is
LOl! My daughter loves the spray park. It is a water play area with sprayers all over it. The water sprays go off at various times in different locations & the kids run from sprayer to sprayer.
What a great list! Wouldn’t it be great to put them on little slips of paper and let the child pick one when you had a family day?
awesome list!!! we love doing mini golf together!
Now families will no longer have an excuse for sitting around and doing nothing. You’ve got an impressive list.
Bookmarking this, what great ideas!
What a great, comprehensive list! I need to start checking off a few of these with the kids!
Great list 🙂 Finding local events to attend is a great idea.
Thank you Julie! 🙂