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Our Activities offer creative ideas that you can do with your family or modify for a unique date idea.  When you add a little imagination to activities you create memories that last a lifetime.

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Spring Cleaning Bingo

3/27/2014

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It is that time of year again: Spring cleaning time! While it might be a great idea for your mental well-being to open all the windows and doors in your home and air out the house after spending the winter keeping the warmth (and all the winter germs) inside, it can be a complete headache trying to get help from the rest of the family. This is a perfect time to initiate a family bingo game with the bingo squares representing chores.

Take a little time before the big weekend clean and download one of the free bingo cards online, one for every member of the family. Write down all to the chores you want done. Make sure and put different chores on each person's cards so that you get the most chores accomplished. If you want a chore done extra well, put it on a few of the players' cards. Maybe not write the exact same chore, but rather something like "clean the kitchen" and, on another one, "deep clean the stove".
Make the prizes won are based on the number of lines they complete. So for one diagonal they win, lets say, two hours of uninterrupted video game time, for two lines completed, a movie with popcorn and a drink. By making the prizes stackable, they are encouraged to move themselves up on lines finished to earn the big prize. For a total black out they win the big prize. Of course, you know your family and what will motivate them, so plan your prizes accordingly.

If you are like most families, the first thing you are thinking is that there is no way it would be anything but a speed-fest, with everyone quickly trying to get through every single chore to win the prizes. Put a stop to the chores not being done correctly by letting them know upfront that if the chore is not done to your satisfaction, they lose the right to that whole bingo line and will have to move onto the next. Be upfront with what you expect. Tell them they need to ask you what you want done BEFORE they start the project. They can write down your description as well or else you can just have your description for each chore written in advance for reference. Depending on the age of the kids, you might give one opportunity to make up a mistake in the case of trying for the blackout.   This way they are not discouraged from trying if they make a mistake early on. It can be the black out (1) mulligan rule. but it is only good when trying for black out.

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Father - Son Bonding Time

3/20/2014

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Are you looking for some bonding time away from the video games and the latest and greatest toy? How about getting back to the basics and exploring some of the things you enjoyed or perhaps something that you would have loved to have enjoyed.


Fly a kite.  This use to be a many-hours-long activity for kids that has gone by the wayside to video games. Consider taking a trip to your local toy store and picking out a fun kite. Do any of you remember the ones that looked like bats that had eyes on them? Those were my personal favorite.  Spend the day at the local park teaching him how to fly a kite. This is a great opportunity to talk about the weather, literally.

Visit a Barber Shop together. I mean a good old fashion barber shop, not the up-to-date salon with a chair station. Make a day out of it and hit an old diner or soda shop and then head over to sit in the big chair and get haircuts. This is a great way to just hang out, guy-to-guy, and spend a day together.

Build a rocket or an active volcano.  Yes, I know, those days spent finishing a class project can fill your mind with terror of taking on another "typical" art project, but this time, make it for fun, not a grade.

Work on a car together. This use to be a right of passage for fathers to teach their sons how to work on a car before they could ever get behind the wheel, but sadly, a lot of men really have either no time or no idea how to work on their car. Start with the basics, change your oil, change a tire, check the air pressure in the tire. No idea how to do any of that? Make it a project to learn together. This not only teaches them about the basics of how a car works, but also gives them the satisfaction of a job well done.

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Bowling with a Twist

3/13/2014

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Bowling is a fun family activity that most all ages can enjoy with reasonable costs and discount coupons found online. Bowling used to be very popular, but it has really lost a lot of its attraction with alleys being worn down except for the newest additions in cosmic bowling. I still, however, love bowling as a family and the more run down the alley, the more nostalgic it feels. You can go bowling as usual or you can add a bit of a twist to your outing by playing as couples or in a group.

  First, pick your partner. This can be a couples' date night or a multi-generation partnership with grandparents playing with a grandchild. The partners wear matching colored shirts or you can be creative and make "bowling team shirts". Then, the partners play against the other members as a team. One person throws the first ball and then their partner throws the next. Make sure and switch each time so you rotate who throws the ball first. The score is tallied as a team. I like this activity if you have a group of bowlers that are at different levels of ability, to equalize the playing field.  

 This will, more than likely, become ultra-competitive and, therefore, be a fun bonding time! So, put together players in your group that would benefit from working together. Instead of it being an individual sport, every score is dependent on the other player. So scream, cheer, and high five your teammate into getting the best score.

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Take a Virtual Trip to the Zoo

3/6/2014

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  Did you know that you can actually view animals at some of the most popular zoos right online? Yep, you can take a trip to a zoo you have always wanted to visit right from the comfort of your own home. You can check out many of the must-see exhibits 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Most systems do require you to download an Adobe Flashplayer to view.

  Depending on the time of year you are viewing, you may see babies born, or eggs hatching. A year or so ago, and eagle sanctuary on one of the view cams left kids and adults alike staring at the camera for hours on end to catch a glimpse of the hatching eagles all the way through their first attempts at flight.


The CamZone website features zoos all over the world

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