Our family has some great fun together. We love board games, read-alouds, and the occasional movie night. There’s no place quite like home.
I’ve found that some of our most wonderful bonding times, though, have been on fun family adventures we’ve taken.
Some of those fun family adventures have cost us a little money, and many have been completely free.
Need some quick ideas for your own family? Check out the family adventure ideas below.
Family Adventure Ideas
- Head to the beach for the day (river, lake, or ocean)
- Go rafting or canoeing
- Explore a creek bank
- Go camping
- Visit a nearby National Park
- Go spelunking (be safe!)
- Head out for a hike
- Ride bikes together–pull the littles in a trailer
- Grow a garden together
- Learn to cook something new
- Go for a drive and look at architectural styles, scenery, or people
- Find a new ice cream shop
- Go out for hot chocolate and let your kids share their hearts with you
- Visit a museum – art, children’s, or science (some have free days, and some library systems will let you check out passes)
- Visit a zoo
Fun board games our family loves.
Ticket to Ride Board Game
Bohnanza CardsSequence Game of StrategyCarcassonne Board Game
- Give your children a few dollars and head to the used bookstore
- Go to the fair
- Head to a sporting event
- Take the kids to a concert (we’ve been to some that were free or offered $10 tickets)
- Watch the sunset
- Look at the stars
- Catch crawdads or go fishing
- Play catch or Frisbee
- Take a short road trip
- Try a new kind of food (Lebanese, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese…)
- Head to the pumpkin patch
- Read-aloud as a family (see the list of great books below to get you started)
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Fun Family Adventures
Remember, for children, everything is an adventure. Your family can make amazing memories in just a few hours, or over a couple of days.
Do it regularly, and your children will remember the time you spent with them, and the care you showed in your relationship with them. Even an hour of special time can leave a lasting impression and strengthen a family!
What kind of adventures do you take with your kids?
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But are we also putting our time and energy into
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Our job, as parents who love Jesus, is to help our kids become approved workers, unashamed and rightly handling the word of truth.
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Great list of things to do and with Summer coming to a end soon we might still be able to get a couple of these activities in. As well as some of the books you listed as I love reading with Charlie. Have a wonderful day and this was my fist time to visit and I love love love your blog theme. Its the first time I have seen anything like this anywhere.