You may not consider yourself to be a cool mom or dad, but you can find awesome ways to keep your kids’ company. Forget about what you like for a second, and think about what excites your kids and how you can make the experience something fun and memorable. Let’s look at these five family friendly activities that you can incorporate into your family time.
Get in the Kitchen
Food equals fun and there are plenty of easy recipes that you and your kids can test in the kitchen. Maybe your kids love chocolate chip cookies. If so, pull out a recipe and have fun making your own fresh batch of homemade cookies. You can delegate tasks, ensuring that nobody feels left out. They can be your sous chefs for the moment. You’ll have a great time interacting and connecting.
Scrapbooking with Kids
No, scrapbooking is not for grandmas; it’s a fun craft activity that you can work on with your children. It’s a great way to bring out the artist in your kids, while revisiting happy moments and preserving them. Start a scrapbook for each of your kids, with pictures from birth and continuing through the years. Let them pick the pictures and out embellishments that they like. Don’t make a big deal if things get messy because it’s a part of the creative process. Relive past moments and how they are important for the family, and be sure to applaud your kids’ efforts at scrapbooking.
If your family travels a lot, let your kids put together their own travel scrapbooks with memories from your journeys together.
Get them Gardening
Engage your kids’ natural curiosity by planting a garden. As dirty as gardening can get, the fun of planting seeds and watching the plants grow before their eyes, to harvesting, will produce excitement and even wonder in your kids. You and your kids can plant vegetables, herbs or flowers. If you have toddlers, a little watering can to tend to the sprouts they planted is a good way to keep them involved in the process.
Check Out Your Local Library
Reading is fun, and at your local library, you can find books for every one of your kids, regardless of age. Plan a trip every week or every two weeks to the library, and have your kids pick the books they want to read. Whether it’s a handful of books or bagful, you are well on your way to creating bookworms. Don’t forget to read to them from their collection-the best part of the experience.
Play Video Games
Video games are not just for the young at heart. There are awesome lego games for xbox that you can explore with your child if he or she is interested. If your child is already into video games, you can join in the fun as well and get your game on too. Showing an interest in a favorite activity of your child will give you cool mom or dad points. It also provides an opportunity for conversations and to learn even more about your child.
Finding fun way to spend time with your kids is a lot easier than you may think. There are a host of activities that you can pursue. This can include scrapbooking, gardening, playing video games, visiting the library together, getting them in the kitchen. Whatever it is, make it fun and exciting.