It might be worthwhile to give your children a taste of your own childhood! Not only is this a fun activity for the both of you, but it can help you bond and help them gain an understanding of your life at their age. The first step will be to remove all unnecessary devices on a weekend. This means planning in advance to go without phones, games consoles, laptops or any other form of electronic devices that swallows their time.
Now, children love these devices, meaning that this might be easier said than done. However, planning this in advance and ensuring a fun and long weekend of activities can help mitigate this a little. Next, consider the following:
Camping & Playing Outdoors
You might decide to embark upon an outdoor retreat, where you relax with your children, cook marshmallows on the fire, and tell spooky stories. You might simply do this in your backyard for ease of use, no need to head to the ends of the country to experience this unless you really need to. Then you might consider playing party games, having a party, or playing fun games like ‘army’ in the local woods. You might choose to buy a Spud Gun, the old classic weapon of children, and show them how it works. You might head on a nature trail, or play with a kite on the local beach, or build a treehouse with them out of planks of wood and nails. This can be an awesome thing to consider as long as you’re willing to put the effort in, but remember, it’s not exactly the safest thing you can construct for your child.
Movie Night
Why not have a movie night, spent watching the movies that were important to you as a child? You might even go all out and purchase a 4:3 boxed television and a VHS player to watch them in the quality you did as a child. Make your favorite childhood meal (and load up on the snacks and sweets,) and keep an indulgent evening relaxing with your children and experiencing something truly wonderful with them. After all, children know not what they have with the current movie effects they can see and take for granted, and the fact that Marvel’s cinematic universe is amazing and displays exactly what we had in our heads the whole time.
An Action Packed Day
What were the most important activities to you as a child? The ones that you truly enjoyed? Could it be bowling or go-karting? Paintball or fun outdoor sports? There’s more than likely going to be a center around you that offers this form of wonderful pursuit, and taking your children here can give you an incredible experience away from screens, maybe showing them the benefit of heading outside in the pursuit of sports or rough and tumble play.
With these tips, you are sure to give your children an excellent taste of your own childhood. Reminiscing has never felt so good.