Make Tonight a Family Fun Night

Let’s face it: The words “Family Fun Night” can prompt a lot of eye rolling among kids who fear that “Forced Family Fun” will result in the lamest evening possible. Your job: Get creative. Following are three starter ideas.

Movie night … with a twist. Don’t watch a movie together; make a movie together. Any smart phone can shoot video, and countless computer programs allow you to edit the video into a finished product. Planning the movie, gathering props and shooting and editing might fill up a few evenings. When everything’s done, invite friends over for a premiere.

Photo scavenger hunt. Phones play a key role in this activity, too. Give everybody a list of things around the house or to find and photograph, including things like neighbors making silly faces or birds on a tree. Set a time limit and give prizes to the first one to find every item.

Invented games. Pull together random objects and get everybody to collaborate on creating a game with them. It can be a board game, a physical activity, a brain teaser, whatever … just make sure that everyone has a chance to win, it involves a lot of silliness and it ends with a sense that everyone won by having a good time.

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