Edina Unplugged - Edina Public Schools

Ideas for Family Night

Snuggle under large blankets and read stories
Look through family photos or watch family videos
Make up a story together, let everyone contribute
Make a fort with blankets over chairs or tables, crawl under and read together or play games
Make a batch of play dough and use kitchen utensils for cutting and creating
Give everyone a magazine, find pictures and make a family collage
Bake a batch of cookies
Play cards or a simple board game
Create a family flag
Put small items in a bag and then take turns feelings inside the bag and guessing what it contains
Go to an appliance store and get a big box, decorate together
Create an obstacle course out of cushions and pillows
Make paper plate puppets and put on a show
Use paint or a big ink pad to make family hand prints
Use household items to create a family band

Play board games
Wash the dog
Build a fort
Get out the family photo album
Clean the house together
Go sledding and make a snowman
Tell scary stories (with the lights out)
Make ice cream sundaes
Listen to classical music CDs, lights off, lying on the floor, taking turns saying what the music sounds like, what images in creates in your head
Play broomball
Bake cookies and share with the neighbors
Write a letter to a friend or relative
Fix something together
Read magazines or books together
Go through closets and gather unneeded items for charity
Teach your children some of your favorite childhood games
Cook dinner together
Play charades
Go on a hike
Put a puzzle together
Conduct a family survey of everyone’s favorite things
Talk about current events
Go bowling
Have a home movie night
Make dinner together
Scrapbook and/organize family photos
Attend a cultural event (play, concert, art museum, etc.)
Take a class together
Visit the library
Plan and execute a meal
Visit family
Have a spa night at home
Do some woodworking
Go the library or bookstore, pick out a book and then read it together
Share a family tradition (make lefse, learn songs, etc.)
Share dinner with neighbors and friends
Make plans for the summer (summer jobs, trips, camp, etc.)
Host a craft night
Work out together outside or at the health club
Go ice skating
Go snowshoeing
Learn how to make ice cream