by Jill Tomey | Dec 1, 2024 | Family Activity, Holiday Activities
Make a Gift Day – Dec. 3 Whatever holiday or birthday traditions you follow, take some time today to think about a homemade gift for someone. Who would appreciate it? The act of making a gift is so much more personal than having Amazon thunk something on your...
by Jill Tomey | Dec 1, 2024 | Family Activity, Holiday Activities
World Candle Lighting Day The second Sunday in December is Worldwide Candle Lighting Day, that is a memorial activity to honor those children who are no longer with us. Candles are lit at 7 pm local time and left to burn for an hour. This will create a 24-hour wave...
by Jill Tomey | Nov 22, 2024 | Family Activity
Tower of Trust Download editable game card document and printable version of the activity For this activity, you will need some type of building blocks or anything that will stack. You will also need to make the activity cards. You can either do this ahead of the...
by Jill Tomey | Nov 1, 2024 | Family Activity, Holiday Activities
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a national holiday with a focus on Gratefulness. This Thanksgiving, post a whiteboard, chalkboard, or poster board where those gathered for Thanksgiving can write public statements of what they are grateful for this year. Leave it where...
by Jill Tomey | Nov 1, 2024 | Family Activity, Holiday Activities
World Kindness Day Nov. 13 Create a calendar for the rest of this month all the way to the end of December. Have the family come up with ideas for kindness for every day until the end of the year. You can use the calendar to identify what you should be doing...
by Jill Tomey | Oct 27, 2024 | Family Activity
Peaceful Pancakes Download printable version of the activity As a family, you will make Peaceful Pancakes. Let each family member be in charge of an ingredient. You may choose to have things pre-measured for members too young to do so. Add some food coloring to 3/4...
