Fun Ideas for Family Day 2012
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Family Day Around the World
Family day is a public holiday in in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island, in the American states of Arizona and Nevada, in Vanuatu, in Vietnam and (as "Family & Community Day") in the Australian Capital Territory and South Africa.
Here in Ontario we celebrate it on Feb. 20th this year in 2012.
Family day is a chance to spend time with family and be thankful for them being in your lives.
The best way to celebrate is being doing an activity the whole family will love then have a nice homemade meal together. We have all of your family activity ideas and more.
Here in Ontario we celebrate it on Feb. 20th this year in 2012.
Family day is a chance to spend time with family and be thankful for them being in your lives.
The best way to celebrate is being doing an activity the whole family will love then have a nice homemade meal together. We have all of your family activity ideas and more.
10 Easy and Free ways to Enjoy Your Family at Home
1. Play at game of hide and go seek with the whole family. If you have a very young one playing, team them up with a parent.
2. Each member gets to decorate their own min pizza. Parents put them in the oven!
3. Build a fort and have a healthy snack in it.
4. Watch a movie together that the whole family can enjoy.
5. Have a story time and get each member (who can) to read a book of their choice to everyone else.
6. Play in the back yard together.
7. After parents research a fun craft (like a pinata) you can all make it together.
8. Call or even better video call a family member who lives out of town.
9. Turn up the tunes and everyone clean together.
10. Play a board game together.
2. Each member gets to decorate their own min pizza. Parents put them in the oven!
3. Build a fort and have a healthy snack in it.
4. Watch a movie together that the whole family can enjoy.
5. Have a story time and get each member (who can) to read a book of their choice to everyone else.
6. Play in the back yard together.
7. After parents research a fun craft (like a pinata) you can all make it together.
8. Call or even better video call a family member who lives out of town.
9. Turn up the tunes and everyone clean together.
10. Play a board game together.
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10 Simple Ways to Get Out and Enjoy Family Day
1. Go for a hike and/or picnic at a local park or conservation area.
2. Many local museums will have a free day or special family day events planned.
3. Our local YMCA has a family workout for an hour in their gym. This is the only day of the year they have this, also family swim goes all day!
4. Go to visit other family members who maybe you haven't seen for a while.
5. Go to your favorite restaurant and have desert first, the kids will just flip out for this.
6. Use google to search for simple plans to make a kite, then build it and fly it.
7. Visit a pet store.
8. Go to a water park, amusement park or local pool. (Many will have specials on Family Day).
9. Go camping or rent a cabin or cottage.
10. No matter where you are tell your family how much they mean to you and what you love about them.
2. Many local museums will have a free day or special family day events planned.
3. Our local YMCA has a family workout for an hour in their gym. This is the only day of the year they have this, also family swim goes all day!
4. Go to visit other family members who maybe you haven't seen for a while.
5. Go to your favorite restaurant and have desert first, the kids will just flip out for this.
6. Use google to search for simple plans to make a kite, then build it and fly it.
7. Visit a pet store.
8. Go to a water park, amusement park or local pool. (Many will have specials on Family Day).
9. Go camping or rent a cabin or cottage.
10. No matter where you are tell your family how much they mean to you and what you love about them.
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Janiece Feb 27, 2012 @ 4:32 pm | delete
- We don't have an official "family day" where I live, but my family does celebrate "Sibling Day." It's a day for the siblings to appreciate one another. We usually do a family activity together that day, so it's similar to your family day.
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JEMArtistry
Feb 27, 2012 @ 2:16 pm | delete
- It is important to have family time so this was a good idea for a lens with great suggestions!
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cffutah
Feb 22, 2012 @ 9:25 am | delete
- Enjoyed stopping by.
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jercow75
Feb 20, 2012 @ 9:10 pm | delete
- Very enjoyable lens. I was thinking of building a kite with my kids. Great ideas.
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marymc Feb 20, 2012 @ 11:44 am | delete
- Sharing this with my grown kids for their family day. Thanks. Good lens.
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