{"id":139,"date":"2009-06-21T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/21\/daddy-time\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T00:57:00","slug":"daddy-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/21\/daddy-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Daddy Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made up this list a few years ago for a local social service agency and thought I’d share it here in honor of Father’s Day. They’re all pretty simple activities but sometimes it’s nice to have a list to get you thinking.  Obviously, these are things that moms, mentors, grandparents & others can do with kids too!<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/i><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

30 Fun Things Dads can do with kids<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

1.  Build with legos or other building blocks.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
2.  Go to a matinee.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
3.  Play basketball.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
4.  Make a birdhouse or other woodworking project together.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
5.  Have a "dad & me" supper night where kids and dad are in charge of cooking (very little kids can help stir, cut herbs with safety scissors and such).<\/font><\/font><\/font>
6.  Go for a walk or bike ride.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
7.  Read favorite books from dad’s childhood.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
8.  Go rock hunting for fossils and other cool rocks.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
9.  Visit a park you haven’t been to before.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
10. Go for a drive and talk about life when you were a kid.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
11. Go looking for animal tracks.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
12. Take a free class together at a home improvement store.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
13. Go to a neighborhood ball game.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
14. Volunteer together at a nature center, humane society or other organization.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
15. Build a fort out of appliance boxes — or for real!<\/font><\/font><\/font>
16. Teach the kids something — from how to play golf to how to play guitar to how to make Grandma’s famous spaghetti sauce.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
17. Do home improvement & maintenance projects together.  Even cleaning gutters can be fun if you do it with dad.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
18. Build or paint models together.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
19. Play catch.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
20. Go mini golfing.  No course nearby?  Make one in the back yard or living room.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
21. Draw or paint, even finger paint.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
22. Go hiking.  Carry little ones in a back carrier or by piggy back.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
23. Do magic, and then teach the kids how to do almost all of the tricks (save one or two for mysteries).  Libraries and book stores carry lots of magic books.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
24. Make paper airplanes.  Forget how?  Look it up online to find lots of great model plans for free.<\/font><\/font><\/font>
25. Go boating.
26. Play cards.
27. Go to an arcade and play pinball or other games.
28. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>Shoot pool.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>
29. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>Go to some garage sales and look for deals and diversions.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>
30. Just sit and talk.<\/p>\n

Here’s to all the great daddies, grandpas, uncles, stepdads, teachers, coaches, neighbors and friends who are helping make kids’ lives more magical.  <\/p>\n

Happy Father’s Day!
~Alicia<\/p>\n

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