75 Family Fun Activities To Do

How many times have you heard “I’m bored”? Or how many times have you felt that yourself since the pandemic hit? I’ve heard it from my girls and thought about it myself many times too. So, today I wanted to share these 75 family fun activities to do during the pandemic or anytime, really!

I think the pandemic has made us think out of the box, and that’s a great thing for sure because it’s inspired us to be more creative.

Sometimes though, the ideas can start to run out, and it’s a challenge to try to put a new spin on the same activities or games.  How many times can you really play hide-and-seek without starting to lose it a bit–parents, do you feel me on this?🤦🏻‍♀️ 

Please don’t get me wrong, as I’ve loved the extra time with them. I just want to make sure it’s quality time rather than the same activities on a daily repeat.

This is a list you can reference for times like those and share it with other parents who may be struggling because we can all use a bit of help now and then.

75 Family Fun Activities To Do

1. Have a picnic in your backyard or at the park

2. Take up a family sport (e.g. badminton, basketball, volleyball, mini-golf)

3. Host a game show or personalized trivia at home with Kahoot.com.

4. Have karaoke nights

5. Go on a nature walk

6. Bake together

7. Have an at-home dance party💃🏽

8. Put on family talent shows

9. Family craft time (e.g. family tree with photos, holiday cards, DIY candles, jewellery making or bath bombs).

10. Play board games (e.g. Monopoly, Scrabble, Battleship, Candyland, or Pictopia-Disney Edition)

11. Go bike riding and find some new trails

12. Movie night with popcorn and the works🍿

13. Do a 3-D puzzle 

14. Go kite flying

15. Learn to play chess or checkers

16. Play “I-Spy”

17. Visit a local farm to pick fruit

18. Do science experiments. You can sign-up for a KiwiCo monthly subscription box.

19. Go tobogganing

20. Make homemade instruments (you can use plastic cups, empty boxes, rice, beans, pasta, etc) so you can start a family band.

21. Go ice skating⛸️

22. Build a family fort with blanket and pillows

23. Paint kindness rocks

24. Play card games (e.g. Uno, GoFish, War, Crazy 8’s, etc.)

25. Do some organizing and donate to charity

26. Have a jump rope contest

27. Play musical chairs

28. Have breakfast for dinner

29. Put on puppet shows

30. Make a family vision board

31. Build things out of cardboard boxes

32. Learn some easy magic tricks

33. Have an all-day PJ party

34. Make s’mores

35. Do a scavenger hunt inside or in the backyard

36. Create spelling tests or choose from many options at Spelling Training

37. Make a family time capsule

Half-Way There😘

38. Have fun in the dark with glow sticks

39. Do some finger painting

40. Pop bubble wrap (who doesn’t love bubble wrap?!)

41. Do some hula-hooping

42. Stream family-friendly workouts, try Cosmic Kids Yoga

43. Create a mural with sidewalk chalk in your neighbourhood

44. Play charades

45. Build structures with toothpicks or popsicle sticks

46. Have a water balloon fight🎈

47. Make paper airplanes and have a contest

48. Learn origami

49. Have a family spa day where you each take turns pampering each other

50. Start an indoor herb garden

51. Learn how to juggle

52. Have the kids do Show & Tell

53. Learn how to write some simple poetry

54. Make homemade popsicles

55. Create a family memory book with photos, mementos, and other special things you have collected.

56. Set up a lemonade stand🍋

57. Go on a virtual tour, try Yellowstone National Park, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History , Georgia Aquarium or explore Mars.

58. Create a family comic book

59. Play freeze tag

60. Decorate individual gratitude jars

61. Put on a fashion show

62. Learn Yo-Yo tricks

63. Have a build-your-own pizza station for lunch or dinner.🍕

64. Have a dress-up day

65. Play frisbee

66. Have a proper fancy British tea party with accents and all

67. Go seashell hunting by a lake

68. Set up a waffle station buffet for dinner

69. Have LEGO building competitions

70. Set-up a mini-golf course in your basement or backyard

71. Pick a nearby town to visit for the day

72. Write cards to family or friends

73. Blow bubbles using a DIY mix

74. Make homemade play-dough, here’s a recipe

75. Interview each other and record it

Bonus idea: Create a family fun jar where everyone can brainstorm activities, jokes, or dares to do and write them on paper pieces. Then when boredom strikes, pick out a sheet and have some fun!

Final Thoughts 

Some good things have come out of this pandemic, and one has been more quality family time since we have all been home much more often. Making it fun and modeling an attitude of resilience for our children is essential because they look and learn from our example.

It’s also exciting for children to discover new activities and learn new skills because it builds their confidence and independence. I hope these family fun ideas will come in handy for those days you just can’t think of anything because we all have those!

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Photo by Jessica Rockowitz