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10 Creative & Fun Family Activities
You Can Do at Home
by Lance T. Walker
Being stuck at home as a family can sometimes get boring, especially if you always stick to the same tried and tested activities like watching movies and playing monopoly. The things you do at home with your family often condition the amount and quality of fun you will experience.
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When you have an abnormally long amount of time to spend indoors together, it helps to be creative and try new exciting activities.
Here are some fun and innovative ideas to boost your family time:
1. Origami
Origami is an ancient Japanese art that involves folding paper to make different kinds of shapes like animals, plants, etc. It is an engaging form of art that anyone can learn. To learn origami, all you need is some white paper, color pencils, scissors and glue.
You can easily follow tutorials on YouTube together as a family. Depending on how competitive your family members are, you can also have Origami contests after you have mastered several shapes.
Recently some artists have kicked things up a notch by adding some led lights to the paper shapes to give the artwork some beautiful emphasis. Adding colored led lights can result in some amazing displays when you place them around the house.
2. Indoor camping
Indoor camping is another fun activity for families. It is easy to set up, and everything you need is usually already available in the house. You can turn the living room into a camp out space, turn off the lights, and take turns telling scary stories while roasting marshmallows on a portable burner.
(However, always remember to practice safety first. A misplaced candle or overturned Sterno can might quickly result in a camping horror story for another family to tell.)
3. Make short movies
Depending on how many there are in your family, you could write and create short video clips that you record using a phone (or a camcorder if you have one). The idea is to have everyone participate in the whole movie-making process, including writing the script, picking the wardrobe, and acting it out. Keep the dialogue short so that you do not have to memorize a lot of words. It is even more fun if you turn the whole house into a movie set.
4. Treasure hunt
A treasure hunt is another way of having fun as a family. To make it enjoyable, have one person set up the hunting clues and divide the rest of the family into groups. The hunting clues should cater to all different age groups of the family so everyone can actively participate.
Another interesting variation is the scavenger hunt. In this version of the treasuer hunt game, a note attached to each clue gives hints and directions for finding the next one. This not only makes for a more orderly adventure, but can also bring more creative interest and participation from the older family members.
5. Indoor Olympics
Organize your own indoor Olympics as an entertainment for goofy and hyperactive family members. Create ten competitions that you can do indoors. The activities have to vary in nature and difficulty so that everyone can enjoy and participate. Assign points according to ranking at the end of each event. The winner of the tournament is the one with the most points at the end of all activities.
Ideas for activities include eating competition, cup golf, bucket ball, darts, song lyrics, play wrestling, and more. Plan ahead - and careful with the furniture!
6. Family Master Chef
Depending on the resources you have in the house, another very fun activity you can engage in is a cook-off. Just like the TV Master Chef, divide into teams and compete in creating an entirely new dish using a chosen set of ingredients. To make it more interesting, write down the different ingredients on a spin wheel and take turns spinning it to select the ingredients. Use only the selected ingredients for the cook-off!
7. Family Project
Starting a family project is an excellent idea when you are going to spend a considerable number of days at home together as a family. The choice of a project depends on the family's interest, but they can range from redecorating the house to making dress-up or superhero costumes together. You can also start a family garden if you have space.
8. Learn a new language
Learning a new language is a fun activity to engage every member of the family. Since it is a new language, everyone will be on the same level and can start together. Just agree on the language and get it going. There are so many learning apps and free online tutorials available that this really is an opportunity you should not miss! To get the motivation really going, plan an exciting future trip to a country where the new language is spoken!
9. Turn your home into an Art Gallery
Bring out the inner artist in every family member by organizing a home art festival. Everyone must participate and use their creative imagination to express their artistic side by painting, drawing, doodling or making a paper mache collage with old newspapers. At the end, stick all the masterpieces on the walls to create your own family art gallery!
10. Revamp you family photo albums
Remove the “digital” dust from your old photos kept on your computer and start a fresh family photo album. This can be a fun activity to do with the family as each family member reminisces the good old souvenirs.
Revamping your digital photos will also be a good opportunity to clear up duplicates and irrelevant pictures, freeing up valuable space on your computer or cloud storage. And a "digital frame" will allow you to display various shots on your desk or coffee table for all to enjoy.
Want to take it to the next level? Go old school, and have some photos printed and framed! There are lots of online services available that will mount your photos so you can add them to the family art gallery. Some traditions never go out of style!
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