Healing in the Fun
Just for fun:
Grab the bubbles, head outside, and blow! Now, quick! catch as many bubbles as you can!
Blow up those balloons and try to keep them from touching the ground. Grab some plastic flyswatters and use those as pretend tennis rackets. Just be careful not to whack someone with them.
Where's the sidewalk chalk? Draw, draw, and draw some more.
Play hide 'n seek
Play sardines
Play hide 'n seek in the dark inside
Build a blanket fort
Have a pillow fight
Have a foam dart battle
Find the crayons, colored pencils, or markers and color, draw, CREATE!
Mail your creations to family, friends, and neighbors
Make playdough then play with it
Get out a deck of cards and play memory, go fish, and other favorites from childhood
Read books
Jump rope
Swing
Play hopscotch
Go "scouting" for nature finds
Sketch your favorite nature find from the above scouting adventure
Plan and plant a garden, if it is warm enough where you live
Bake cookies and share with a neighbor (Up the fun factor by seeing if you can leave the treats on their porch without getting caught)
Play fun music and dance your way through the weekly cleaning
Choose something new and different to fix for supper
Give your pet some extra love and attention. Maybe they need a special treat too.
Look around your house and yard as if you are a guest visiting for the first time. What do you see? Choose one area to freshen up.
Call Grandma and visit, just because you can
Watch or read a bunch of funny stories and laugh and laugh and laugh some more
Find old time radio show recordings and listen. This might fall under the funny laughs category.
Find an old movie or TV series you've never watched before and have a mini marathon.
Have a progressive supper eating each part of the meal in a different room
Eat in reverse (dessert first)
Don't feel guilty about enjoying your time together as a family during a difficult season; jump in with both feet and enjoy to the fullest. Because it is a difficult season every moment should be treasured.
Grab the bubbles, head outside, and blow! Now, quick! catch as many bubbles as you can!
Blow up those balloons and try to keep them from touching the ground. Grab some plastic flyswatters and use those as pretend tennis rackets. Just be careful not to whack someone with them.
Where's the sidewalk chalk? Draw, draw, and draw some more.
Play hide 'n seek
Play sardines
Play hide 'n seek in the dark inside
Build a blanket fort
Have a pillow fight
Have a foam dart battle
Find the crayons, colored pencils, or markers and color, draw, CREATE!
Mail your creations to family, friends, and neighbors
Make playdough then play with it
Get out a deck of cards and play memory, go fish, and other favorites from childhood
Read books
Jump rope
Swing
Play hopscotch
Go "scouting" for nature finds
Sketch your favorite nature find from the above scouting adventure
Plan and plant a garden, if it is warm enough where you live
Bake cookies and share with a neighbor (Up the fun factor by seeing if you can leave the treats on their porch without getting caught)
Play fun music and dance your way through the weekly cleaning
Choose something new and different to fix for supper
Give your pet some extra love and attention. Maybe they need a special treat too.
Look around your house and yard as if you are a guest visiting for the first time. What do you see? Choose one area to freshen up.
Call Grandma and visit, just because you can
Watch or read a bunch of funny stories and laugh and laugh and laugh some more
Find old time radio show recordings and listen. This might fall under the funny laughs category.
Find an old movie or TV series you've never watched before and have a mini marathon.
Have a progressive supper eating each part of the meal in a different room
Eat in reverse (dessert first)
Don't feel guilty about enjoying your time together as a family during a difficult season; jump in with both feet and enjoy to the fullest. Because it is a difficult season every moment should be treasured.