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24.
Write letters to grandparents or a
missionary.
25.
Play freeze-tag.
26.
Tell scary stories (With lights out.)
27.
Play broom ball.
28.
Go for a hike.
29.
Go for a bike ride together.
30.
Go walk around the temple grounds.
31.
Learn to play the guitar together.
32.
Listen to classical music, lights off, lying
on the floor, and take turns saying what it sounds like.
33.
Attend community concerts or listen to a
local band.
34.
Organize a community clean-up.
35.
Visit the library.
36.
Go ice skating or roller skating.
37.
Paint a picture, a mural, or a room.
38.
Learn how to use a compass.
39.
Organize 72-hour kits, including one outfit
per family member for emergency evacuation.
40.
Plant a tree or some flowers.
41.
Learn the metric system.
42.
Learn sign language.
43.
Go swimming.
44.
Go bird watching.
45.
Visit the countryside.
46.
Visit the City. (Maybe on a bus?)
47.
Bake cookies or bread.
48.
Make homemade jam.
49.
Take treats to neighbors or friends.
50.
Plant a garden.
51.
Start a family choir.
52.
Start a family journal.
53.
Go to a museum.
54.
Take a nature hike trail.
55.
Play cards.
56.
Start a family exercise group.
57.
Make crafts together. Give them away.
58.
Make Christmas ornaments together.
59.
Play touch football.
60.
Have a culture night. Make a meal and learn
about another culture.
61.
Take photographs.
62.
Do yard work together.
63.
Play Frisbee.
64.
Make your own family cards for the holidays
or birthdays.
65.
Play chess, bridge or checkers.
66.
Go camping.
67.
Go for a long walk.
68.
Play charades.
69.
Do a rain dance.
70.
Go around the table after dinner and have
everyone say what they love best about each other.
71.
Go dancing. Have a family dance. Take a
dance class together.
72.
Climb a tree.
73.
Watch the sunset. Watch the sunrise. Learn
about the sun in your lesson.
74.
Have a big party and celebrate a TV-free
week.
75.
Have a picnic. (If it's raining, have a
picnic in the family room on a blanket.)
76.
Invite a non-member family over for a
barbecue.
77.
Memorize the Articles of Faith.
78.
Memorize a family hymn.
79.
Learn how to fold the American Flag. Have a
patriotic night.
80.
Visit and elderly person or someone shut in.
81.
Have a first-aid night. Invite other
families. Call the fire department for a class.
82.
Learn what to do if you are lost.
83.
Have a budgeting class. Save for a family
trip.
84.
Learn how to build a fire and the cook hot
dogs and enjoy.
85.
Have an etiquette night. Practice your
skills over a formal dinner.
86.
Talk about drugs. Do role-playing.
87.
Have a friend come and discuss good
nutrition and health practices.
88.
Learn home repairs for an activity. Make
sure the girls learn too.
89.
Interview an older family member.
90.
Start a family collection. (coins, rocks,
stories, dress-up, clothes, treasures).
91.
Have a family testimony meeting.
92.
Have a bubble blowing contest.
93.
Do bubbles outside. Try different
instruments.
94.
Have a baking contest.
95.
Adopt a grandma or grandpa from the ward.
96.
Have a family fireside.
97.
Make a family goal chart.
98.
Have a service car wash.
99.
Learn to play golf together.
100.
Go miniature golfing.
101.
Make a grocery list, set a budget, divide
items, get pizza with the money you save.
102.
Make a family cook book.
103.
Have a family treasure hunt.
104.
Solve a crossword
together.
105.
Allow your child to practice by giving the opening
or closing prayer.
106.
Have a singing night -- sing primary songs and
teach your child to lead. Play “Name that Tune.”
107.
Play children’s games such as Hide and Seek or Red
Light Green Light.
108.
Put on a family play -- dress up in costumes,
videotape it if possible to watch at your next FHE.
109.
Dress up as scripture characters-- play charades to
guess who each person it.
110.
Set up a tent and have FHE outside. Make s’mores
and have a lesson about nature.
111.
Have a poetry night-- encourage each child to
express ideas and feelings in a creative way.
112.
Watch animated church videos.
113.
Have a scavenger hunt at neighbors’ homes.
114.
Prepare fun FHE kits that your child can learn to teach from.
115.
Make homemade ice cream.
116.
Play “Mormon Bingo” or “Celestial Pursuit.”
117.
Write a letter to a missionary -- have a lesson
about missionaries and sing “I Hope they Call Me on a Mission.”
118.
Go through old photo albums. Show your child what
he looked like as a baby.
119.
Organize a fun chore chart and use chore coupons as
incentives. Be creative.
Helpful FHE Websites:
http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/lds/fhe.html
http://www.homemakingcottage.com/fhe/index.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/lissa1/FHE.html
http://lds.about.com/library/bl/fhe/blfhe.htm
(Lesson ideas, activity ideas, refreshments to go along with lesson topics)
http://www.thefamily.com/famnite/activities.htm
http://www.homeandholidays.com/loveathome/FHE/5b.shtml
(Ideas for involving teens in FHE)
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