
At Home
GAMES
- Game Night (Board Games)
- Minute to Win It Game Night
- Inside Snowball Fight
- Laser Tag/Nerf Tag
- Family Truth or Dare Night (App for that)
- Indoor Obstacle Course
- Indoor Laser Maze
- Wacky Game Night
- Blanket Fort Building
- Family Jigsaw Puzzle Night
- Inside Camping
- Mad-Lib Night
- Charades
- Heads up-( App for this)
- Cornhole or bean bag toss
- Sock War
- Would You Rather?
ARTS & CRAFT
- Family Painting Night
- Craft Night
- Pirate Night
- Lego Night
- Tie-Dye Night
- Sand Art
- Costume Party
- Christmas Decorations Night
- Sports Night (Crazy fan costumes; Make signs; Pick brackets; Points for right picks/scores)
FOOD
- Cooking Night
- S’Mores Night
- Fondue Night
- Baking Cookies
- Sundae Party
- Inside Picnic
- Taco Night
- Snack Taste-Testing Challenges
- Make Your Own Pizza Night
- Family Waffle Bar
- Fairytale Mystery Dinner
- Fancy & Formal Family Dinner
- Christmas in July
- Travel Abroad Night (Meal, dress, and activities country themed)
- Pack food and head to local park for dinner and play
DRAMA/ FINE ARTS
- Movie Night
- Dance Party
- Karaoke Night
- Indoor Drive-Ins
- Make Your Own Movie Night
- Talent Night
- Act Out Bible Stories
- Write riddles/ tell knock, knock jokes
- Pen pal letters
OUT and ABOUT
- Backyard Camping
- Glow Stick Hide & Seek
- Scavenger Hunt Night
- Gravatopia
- Photography trip- favorite things
- Free Mini- golf downtown Spartanburg
- Catch fireflies
- Bonfire (or firepit) and roast marshmallows and hotdogs.
- Grab mason jars and catch lightning bugs
- Take a walk around your neighborhood
- Take a walk in in downtown Spartanburg and stop for ice cream
- Take a bike ride on the Mary Rail Trail
- Go fly a kite.
- Lay on blankets in the back yard and star gaze
- Throw on bathing suits and run through the sprinklers
- Play dodgeball
Legacy Activities
- Family Mission Statement Night
- Family Tree Night
- Time Capsule
- Scrapbooks
Table Top Talks
Table Talk Questions For your family…
- What is your favorite meal?
- Do you wish hats would come back in fashion?
- What is your favorite TV show of all time?
- Where would you most like to take a trip to?
- Would you take a seat on the next space shuttle if they asked you?
- Who were/are your heroes?
- What do/di your parents do for a living?
- What is the best way to find out what you are really good at?
- What did/do you want to be when you grow up?
- What is the best thing about being a kid?
- What was your best summer vacation?
- What’s the worst area of the house to clean?
- What scares you?
- What can you hardly wait to do?
- What’s the best way to get over a bad mood?
- Would you rather have a good steak, a perfect apple or a homemade cookie? Why?
- What is your favorite song?
- What is your favorite holiday? Why?
- What national monument do you think should be created?
- What is your favorite sports team?
- If you could be a contestant on any game show, which one would you choose?
- What toys were your favorites?
- What qualities do you want in a friend?
- What do you wish you had a picture of?
- What is your favorite smell?
- What is it that makes your family special?
- What would be the title of your autobiography life story)?
Table Talk Questions when older generations are also present…
- What’s the most interesting thing about your family history?
- What’s the best present you got as a kid?
- Who was the oldest person you ever knew?
- Where were you when a man landed on the moon( July 20, 1969)
- What was your first job?
- What do you still have from your childhood?
- What’s your favorite memory?
- When was the first time you ever left your hometown?
- What’s the craziest thing you have ever seen?
- How much money did you get for an allowance?
- Who were/ are your childhood friends?
- What was your grandmother like?
- How often were you allowed to talk on the phone?
- What traditions from your earlier life do you miss?
- What were your family vacations like?
- What do you like best about your siblings?
- What has given you the most joy in your lifetime?
- What have you stopped worrying about?
- How is being a grandparent different than being a parent?