46 Ways to Bring Fun to Your Family
Need something fun to do with your kids, fast?
Want to know which adventures are sure to please kids and parents, both?
You’ve come to the right place!
In this final article for My Kids’ Adventures I’ll share the top picks from our editorial team, writers and you—our readers—so you can zero in on the tried-and-tested fun.
Whether you’re looking for something new to do with your family or want to revisit an adventure you’ve enjoyed before, you’re sure to find something exciting to do together.
Why Bring Fun to Your Family?
My Kids’ Adventures was launched in July 2013 as a site for quick, easy, inexpensive activities that busy parents (and grandparents) can do together with their kids (ages 5-11).
With 205 articles on the site, each hand-picked to promote fun, adventure and togetherness among parents and kids, you’re sure to find activities your family will love. This list will help narrow it down.
Just choose something that looks like fun and do it with your kids. Do one today or this weekend—don’t wait for “someday.” Bring fun to your family now and build a lifetime of happy memories.
How to Make an Elf or Fairy House With Your Kids and Create a World of Wonder
Do your kids love to play make-believe?
Want to jump into their world?
Build move-in-ready elf and fairy houses as a family. Create little villages of fantasy that will give rise to make-believe quests right in your own backyard.
In this article I’ll show you how to create a world of wonder and build elf or fairy houses together.
Why Build an Elf or Fairy House With Your Kids?
One of the fastest ways to create long-term memories that stick through adulthood is to wrap our activities in a feeling of wonder.
Stir up your kids’ imaginative spirits and create mystical places where make-believe adventures are just waiting to happen. From the defensive dragon-fighting fortresses of the elves to the picturesque cottages of the flower fairies, these easy structures will write a whole new chapter in your family memory book!
The must-have ingredient in every happy childhood is wonder. Wonder is what transforms a walk in the woods into an exciting epic exploration. And nothing brings out wonder like magical creatures.
How to Transform Trees Into Enchanted Gnome Homes With Your Kids
Do your kids like magical or fantasy characters?
Want to spend more creative time outdoors?
Create enchanted gnome homes for local garden gnomes and fairies!
It’s a fun project that promotes creativity and imagination, while using simple craft materials you already have lying around.
In this article I’ll explain how to build an enchanted tree home in your yard.
Why Make an Enchanted Tree Home?
When you create a home for neighborhood gnomes and fairies, you open the door to endless creative play.
Children love to use their imaginations to see magical characters come to life. So why not bring a little mythological folklore into your yard, and create an enchanted tree home for the neighborhood gnomes. You can invite some fairies to stop by too!
Being earth dwellers, gnomes appear to prefer living in a natural environment like the base of a tree. Trees make the perfect backdrop to build a fantasy home for magical friends.
