Measuring, taking turns, and following directions are all part of cooking! Children learn as you work together to make this delicious treat! If your family has favorite recipes, invite your children to help prepare those dishes, too! What you will need: ● 13×9 inch baking pan ● non-stick cooking spray ● 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs ● 1/2 cup

A simple competition that gets everyone moving! Place objects like plastic cups, empty flower pots, or cones (at least 3 per person) around a large open area like a driveway, yard, or floor. Divide the players into 2 teams—one team of “tippers,” and one team to stand the items back up. Use a timer for a short duration (about a

Challenge all to a daring escape! Use items that you have to set up an obstacle course. Children can climb over or under a pole or board, crawl under a table that has blown up balloons hanging on strings creating a tunnel, hop through a ladder lying flat, balance while walking across a 2×4 lying flat, zig-zag through obstacles like

Actors at any age Choose a “wizard” who puts the “magic hat” (use any hat) on another family member. The one wearing the “magic hat” acts out an animal (such as a toad, snake or cat) or an object (such as a car, table or spoon). The “wizard” then must guess what the actor has turned into by watching the

Experiencing how it feels—on the throne and off! Place everyone’s name in a bowl and pick one who will be the royal in charge for that day. The royal gets to choose the rules (within the family’s pre-established parameters) for the day allowing his/her highness to choose the activities, the menu, how he/she would like to be addressed, etc. The

Tell stories with your family using this storyteller as inspiration. 1. Print off the fortune teller and fold it up. 2. Ask a family member to choose one picture then move the fortune teller with your fingers so it snaps open first one way and then the other (imagine a mouth talking!). As you do this spell out what they

This is a game that your family can play anywhere.  Go around the circle creating a cumulative menu with each person adding something. “One day I ate lunch with a dragon and he cooked me some hot dogs. One day I ate lunch with a dragon and he cooked me some hot dogs and some French fries.” (This doesn’t have