As you may know, Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Today, I have another in my series of activities for the family. I came up with a Mother’s Day activity for you and your family.
This activity was a bit of a challenge to come up with because I know most of my readers are women and mom’s. I also know that, if your like me, we aren’t too likely to tell our family we are doing this activity and oh by the way…this one is all about me. So my family and I brainstormed together what kind of activity we might enjoy that would be fun for the whole family and still be somewhat Mother’s Day related.
At the bottom of this post you will find a downloadable file that you can print.
For this activity, you will want one square (or more) per family member. Each family member will write an idea of something they think their mom(or wife/partner) would like to do AND that the whole family would enjoy.
When we filled ours out, we had ideas such as:
- Go on a walk on a trail
- Play Wii games
- Play Sorry or Uno for 30 minutes
- Go to nail salon
- Go on a walk around the neighborhood
- Play board games
- Go to Baskin Robbins
You get the idea of activities. They should be something that you and your family enjoy…so they will likely be different than ours. I usually try to keep these types of activities electronic free.
Each person in our family filled out at least two of the squares. Then I drew out one from each family member. We ran out of time to complete all three that I picked out.
I think you could use this idea for an afternoon together as a family on Mother’s Day, which would be a great and inexpensive or free gift. You could also do what we are doing, we filled the squares out and each time we have some time together as a family, I get to pull a new square out. Then we do that activity. It is kind of fun to prolong the ‘celebration’ and to get more time with my family.
I pulled out to go to the nail salon. Pumpkin, my 6 year old had written this one. She knows I like to go, but that I almost never get to go. She thought we could go for this activity. It wasn’t in the budget nor would Mr. T, my husband, have enjoyed that. Since it was supposed to a be a family activity, we found a way to make it work.
The girls set up an assembly line nail salon. First, hands got washed. Then we got a little massage with our hands in warm water. Polish was removed and nails were painted. Mr. T even got in on the action. My nails were wet and I couldn’t take a picture…you know he is really upset about that! lol! He just got his hands washed and massaged. He had to work at a client location the following day, so he was pretty adamant about the no nail polish concept!
Next up, I pulled out a square to play Sorry or Uno as a family. Those are two of my favorite games. We played Sorry. It was a pretty fierce battle.
Toward the end of the game, I had only one pawn in my home spot. Everyone else had 2 or 3. I ended up coming from behind and came in second place. Pumpkin was the winner.
This little vase still sits on my kitchen table. It is ready for our next family time together. My girls keep asking when I am going to pull the next activity for us to do.
You can download your Mother’s Day Activity Printable and have some fun with your family, too. If you are a Mom, I wish you a Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you enjoy a restful, relaxing and fun day with your family.
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What a cute and clever idea! I always struggle to come up with activities that don’t cost money and that we can do as a family.
Thanks! I seem to specialize in low or no cost activities…kind of have to so we can stick with our budget.
Take care,
KC
So fun! You have the cutest family ideas! Love it! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.
Thank you! That is so sweet of you to say. I have fun coming up with the idea and more importantly we have fun doing the activities. Win/win!
Take care,
KC
What a fun idea! I love that your whole family got in on the nail salon… you’ll have good memories of that one!
Thanks! Yes, we did manage to all get involved in the nail salon…I won’t say everyone liked it (and you can probably guess which person wasn’t super thrilled about it) but we did enjoy an evening together.
Take care
KC
This is amazing. My mom never is one to say what she wants, but I know things she doesn’t want. This idea would work well, because she can put things she would like to do and we could just draw one out each day or however long we want to extend Mother’s Day. She and I can have our own little jam session. Thanks for the ideas and the printables!
Your welcome, Libby! I’m so glad I could help. I hope you and your Mom have a great time and make some great memories if you try this out.
KC
This is a fabulous idea! Thanks for sharing it with us at Monday Funday!
Take care,
Trish
Thanks so much! Thanks for hosting the great link party.
KC
Stopped by from Monday-Funday. I love this idea! Such a fun way to ensure that time spent together is in a meaningful way.
Corey from http://www.tinysidekick.com
Thank you! Yes, it is a fun way to make sure that the family time is meaningful and enjoyable.
KC
Great ideas! 🙂 We love playing games together. I’d be thrilled if you’d link up at this week’s Off the Hook!
Thank you! We have a lot of fun playing games together as well.
Take care,
KC
What a cute idea! I love this – thanks for sharing : )
xo Kristle
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Thank you so much.
Have a great night!
KC
What a fun idea!!
Thanks!
How fun!! 🙂
We did have fun. Thanks for stopping by.
KC
Such a sweet idea! Pinned!
Thank you, Jenn!
KC
This is fabulous! Another great idea. 🙂
Thanks, Marie! It has been fun coming up with them.
KC
Cute!
I would love for you to share this and link up to my TGIF Link Party! Who knows, you just might be featured next week!
https://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-peek-into-my-paradise-tgif-link-party.html
Hugs, Cathy
Thanks!
KC