Inspiring Screen-Free Alternatives

Inspiring Screen-Free Alternatives

1. Visit your local library.
2. Build a fort together.
3. Bake something yummy together! 
4. Go fishing. Go for real or just pretend to go!
5. Play a game of invisible basketball. 
6. Climb a tree.
7. Make your own sidewalk chalk stencils.
8. Act out a favorite book or movie.
9. Go to the park.
10. Play Red Light, Green Light or another classic childhood game.
11. Make wishes in a fountain.
12. Go on a picnic.
13. Build and fly your own kite. 
14. Tell stories.
15. Craft up some handmade gifts for Mom (Mother's Day is coming up!)
16. Have family game time. 
17. Host a birthday party.... for your child's teddy bear.
18. Dress up! Pretend play through dress up can be fun for the whole family. 
19. Write thank you notes together.
20. Go camping and leave the screens at home or camp out in your living room and pretend they aren't there!
21. Build a marble run. 
22. Go on a nature walk.
23. Clean one room of the house together. Pretend you are filming a cleaning commercial.
24. Write to a pen pal.
25. Plant a container garden.
26. Communicate with lightening bugs. All you need is a flashlight!
27. Go stargazing.
28. Have a candlelight night. Go completely unplugged and eat, play and bathe by candlelight.
29. Start a lemonade stand. 
30. Try to find pictures in the clouds. What can you see?
31. Build a town with blocks. Use masking tape for roads. 
32. Go on a treasure hunt.
33. Make a potion lab. 
34. Take turns reading to each other.
35. Make mud pies together.
36. Go on a bug hunt!
37. Whip up a batch of homemade play dough. 
38. Make pet rocks.
39. Do a puzzle together.
40. Visit a "U-Pick" farm and pick your own fruit! 
41. Make your own scratch and sniff paint. 
42. Look through family photo albums and share favorite memories.
43. Craft up a batch of tissue paper flowers, then make "deliveries" to friends. 
44. Make your own musical instruments and start a family band.
45. Build an obstacle course together.
46. Make paper airplanes. See which style of plane flies the straightest, fastest, etc.
47. Paint...with water! 
48. Have a joke contest. Try and get the most laughs.
49. Start a stamp collection.
50. Volunteer for a cause as a family. This could be as simple as picking up trash around your community.