10 SELF TESTED FAMILY TIME IDEAS TO ENJOY NEW YEAR SPIRIT

10 SELF TESTED FAMILY TIME IDEAS TO ENJOY NEW YEAR SPIRIT

Though the New Year party is over, but the kids are still in the celebration mood. Constantly craving for more family events. We are but in our busy life forgetting to utilize this time as a wonderful opportunity to create lifetime memories for our kids.So here I bring you some simple but practical ideas to enjoy quality family time.

1.      BONFIRE PARTY- Nothing can beat this amazing experience. Venue can be your lawn area or any of your friend`s house with lawn area. Get the barbecue on, light up the fire and you are ready for the best family time ever.

2.      PICNIC TIME – Winters are the best picnic time, plan for a place which has large area to run and play, may be a lake side or a zoo, even your neighboring park would do. Pack the picnic basket with fruits, cakes, cookies, rolls, coffee, water bottle, cups and hand towel. Do carry some activity kits, outdoor & indoor games and coloring kits along.

3.      PAJAMA PARTY- Try out a family pajama party, get into your pajamas, ensure your music and pop corn basket is ready, and start the fun. You can start with truth or dare.

4.      MOVIE TIME- Decide upon a movie which all agree on, can be a comedy, science fiction, anything you can agree on. Get the nachos & popcorn handy with cold drinks. Get lights and sitting arrangement ready and switch on the player.

5.      GAME NIGHT- This one is an all time hit, and needs no planning. Just grab the indoor games, puzzles, quiz games and off you go.

6.      ROCK & ROLL – What better a family time then having fun with dance and music. You can play musical games like paper dance; statute etc., guessing the song is also a good one to enjoy or just play the music and jus dance, dance, dance.

7.      ART NIGHT – Decide on some art activities like coloring, drawing , painting, craft etc. collect the material available at home and play on. You can even display it later.

8.      STORY PARTY – There is no age bar to enjoy stories; nothing can beat the experience of enjoying story time in cozy quilts during winters. We all enjoyed it in our childhood. So pass on the same memories to your kids.

9.      EXERCISE TOGETHER –A morning exercise ritual for the whole family is a healthy family time ritual and fun too. You can get some aerobic or yoga videos, if you need guidance.

10.  SOCIAL WORK – What better way to start a new year then a joint family activity to help the less privileged ones. You can decide on collecting woolens from neighborhood and then visiting an old age home or orphanage to distribute happiness.

These are just few ideas which you can mix and match to create your own customarised family time event. Enjoy & have fun.