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The Best Activities to Do Together To Bond As Dads & Sons

10/27/2021 R.C. Liley Leave a comment

dads, fatherhood, father-son, parenting, boys, kids, tips, advice, son

It’s always great if a father and son can develop a strong bond. The father and son bond is a lifetime commitment that should be nurtured and strengthened with time, effort, and patience. And it’s something that you can build by doing different activities and actually spending time together. Maybe you’d like to know more about this.

So let’s take a look at the activities dads and sons bond over. The answer is simple: playing games. Playing games together is a great way to build strong relationships between dads and their sons. Video games, like Drift Hunters, are especially fun, as your son can be on the same team or against you. Whether you play with or against each other, the point of the game is to have fun and enjoy time together.

But aside from the initial games, let’s look at this interesting topic in more detail.

What is the Purpose of Dads & Sons Bonding Together?

With the current state of society, many parents are reluctant to spend time with their children, which can cause friction between them. The purpose of dads and ons bonding together is to give fathers an opportunity to connect with their kids in a relaxed and comfortable environment. The activities that they do include bowling, laser tag, board games and more.

Fathers use this time with their children to bond together and strengthen the relationship between them. It’s also about showing them that they’re there, creating a support system, and making sure that they are happy. So now we’re going to look at the activities that you can do together to develop this.

Different Activities for Dads and Sons to do Together

There are so many activities that dads and sons can do together, but there are also cool things you can do with your son other than just playing video games. It is important to bond with your son because this will affect his future. If you don’t bond with him now while he’s still young, then it might be harder to build a relationship later in life.

Many dads and sons work hard to forge a bond. However, with so many activities to do together, they often struggle on what activity to choose for the first time. Some suggestions for dad-son activities include: biking, playing ball, going for a walk, cooking together, going fishing or hunting. But you can also drill down on what your son is interested in, or what you like to do, and focus on that. If it’s going to a game, painting, watching a show, playing a retro video game like Crash Bandicoot, or anything else, it can allow you to indulge in a pastime together.

What are the Best Ways to Take Your Son on an Adventure?

Another thing that you could think about doing is the idea of going on an adventure together. It’s a nice idea for you to think about spending time together and creating a longer bond. There are a few ways to do this. Some of these ways include taking him camping, going to a zoo, going on a hike, and taking him fishing.

Camping is a great way for your son to get outside and have fun while being active. It’s also a great way to bond with him while staying close to nature. Fishing is always enjoyable. It doesn’t matter if you’re the one doing the catching or not, but it could be fun for both of you if you fish together. You can also make it more of an educational experience if you want by talking about different fish species at the lake or nearby stream

How A Father and Son Can Have a Great Relationship

Fatherhood is a unique feeling. It can be a struggle at times and it takes a lot of patience and understanding to raise your son well. It takes time to build that kind of bond with your son, but it’s worth the effort.

Becoming a good father is not always easy, especially when you have no idea how to do it. In order to raise your son well, you need patience and understanding from the start. You have to bond with him while still being an active part in his life so he knows he can depend on you for anything. You should also be there for him when he needs guidance or advice about something outside the scope of your expertise so he feels confident enough in himself to try new things on his own.

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How to Make a Christmas DAD-vent Activity Calendar

12/10/2014 R.C. Liley 3 Comments

Do you have an Advent calendar or some sort of Christmas countdown craft in your home?

As a kid, we never had one in our home, but I want to start a family tradition of having something to count the days down until Christmas starting with December 1st. Last year, I wrote 24 different activities for Going Mom and I to do each day until Christmas. They were folded up, placed in a big glass vase and we’d randomly pick one.

Problem was, though, the activities required time and more effort than we could give on any particular day. If there was one we couldn’t do, we’d just push it off and plan on doing several during the weekend. Nope, that never happened either!

While it was a fun though, I didn’t think it through enough; some things were just too complicated. So, this year, I thought ahead and made my own Advent/Christmas Countdown craft with things we could easily do each day.

Instead of randomly picking an activity, I assigned the tasks for each day. I didn’t get creative with the list, and actually just made things that we would most likely do that day anyway. It’s a win-win, right? Hey, this way we’re not pushing anything off!

To give you an idea of my activities, at least 10 of the days is just us working with Avery on walking and finding a reason to cheers each other. We normally split a beer or have some wine and will cheers each other every day; it’s tradition now!

The weekends are a little more involved, and include things like watching a Christmas movie or taking Avery to see Santa. We were left with just enough paper plates from Avery’s 1st birthday party and I figured they’d be great to use for making my own “dadvent” activity calendar.

With the help of Google and Pinterest, I collected enough paper plate craft ideas to put what we had to use.

Here’s what you need:

25 paper plates
A printer or just pen and paper
Almost empty glue stick (bonus points if it’s purple)
Some sort of twine or string (had some Kelley bought for the birthday party)
Mini clothespins (also from the birthday party) or another way to hang the plates

That’s it! Of course you could definitely use more, but I specialize in not-so-pretty DIY crafts, so this is how I do things! 🙂

As you might imagine, creating a dadvent calendar is fairly simple; all you do is print or write out 25 activities of your own to do with your family every day in December up to Christmas. The last days don’t matter since Christmas is over and we have new things to play with now.

Take your plates and either with printed numbers or a marker, number the back of each one from 1 to, yep, you guessed it, 25!

Cut your activities into strips and glue them on the opposite side of each plate. If you have activities you want for specific days, I suggest numbering each one so you don’t mix them up.

In numerical order, attach the plates to your string and you’re done! This is what we did on the 8th…

I planned on hanging them across the fireplace or make them in the shape of a Christmas tree somewhere on one of our walls, but that seemed too complicated and my wife does not allow holes in the wall. So I figured it was best not to hang and just let them lay on the floor.

Every day since, Kelley has gone into the room to pick the plate of the day for us to follow, and unlike last year, we’re doing great at keeping up!

Here are a couple of my inspirations….

And here’s my finished product!

Don’t be jealous.

Are you ready to make your own? I’d love to see pictures of what you have if you do anything similar.

FYI – I know we’re already into December and this is a late post, but that only adds to the awesomeness that is “DAD”!

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Going Dad’s Top Ten Pinterest Picks (2): Baby Play Ideas

04/09/2014 R.C. Liley 3 Comments

I’m an impatient dad when it comes to playtime. I was ready to start playing games with Avery right after cutting her umbilical cord at the hospital! But, I reluctantly held off.

Once we brought her home, I attempted playtime in some form or fashion on a daily basis. It wasn’t well received….

I kept trying, but she kept tight-lipped.

I'd be more amused if you actually shut-up, dad! — I’d be more amused if you actually shut-up, dad!

And then finally she acknowledged my stupid noises and facial expressions making them all worth my while!

Ha ha, hey, those dumb noises are kinda fun!

Now that Avery’s coming up on 5 months and is becoming more active every day, Kelley and I have been finding new ways to play and keep her entertained. Although she still can’t crawl, I feel the time is drawing near and she’s pretty good in her jumper or standing with our assistance.

At a loss of ideas for what to do with Avery now and in the near future, I sought out Pinterest for some fresh ideas. And thus, my list of top ten activities to do with your baby is born (semi-pun intended). Some ideas are good to do before your baby can even crawl, like Avery, and others are just great for when the time comes. Check them out and let me know if you’ve tried these or plan on trying soon. Enjoy!

1. Baby Treasure Baskets. This is simple and fun. I want to use fruit and veggies too!