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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?