Fun Family Activities For the Moment At Hand

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Grab your cameras and slip on some shoes for a photo-based adventure, even if it's just outside your front door. A photo scavenger hunt makes for a creative activity centered around interacting with the world and people around you. By capturing little moments around your neighborhood and city, you'll discover the beauty in the seemingly ordinary and enjoy a full day exploring together. For a list of what to take photos of, follow along with our photo scavenger hunt guide.

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Head out for a day of sightseeing and adventure-capturing, and let your children be the main photographers. That's right, go ahead and give your little the lens. This family day idea allows you to teach your kids about photography while also learning a thing or two from how they capture the world around them. Find a location to post up for the day — like a local park or even your backyard — and allow them snap away. Once back home, you can go through the photos together to find selects and print their photography.

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Looking through old family photos is a great way to teach your kids about your family history — telling fun stories of grandparents, aunts, cousins, etc. Especially during the days where being together in person is challenging, feel connected through the power of passing down your family’s experiences. To help you honor your family's story, we even put together some tips to show you how to create a family history book. From where to begin and visuals to include, this guide will show you how to keep memories alive for generations.

Photos not digital? No worries. We also have some tips for scanning old photos to help you digitize those timeless shots.

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For a creative and educational family activity idea, put pen to paper and write a story together. Depending on your little one's interests, you could write a story about your pet and their daily adventures or about a family vacation to the beach. You can even create artwork to go along with the story, letting them stretch their creative muscles in multiple ways.

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Break out the crayons, watercolors, colored pencils... and let your littles get creative. Show them pictures of people and places to draw and create a whole myriad of kids' art. Now, this is where things get fun. Our guide to scanning photos can also help digitize your children's artwork to feature in a photo book.

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Unleash their inner biologist by taking photos of nature around your house. From critters in the garden to different types of trees, create snapshots of as many animals and plants you can find. Bonus points if together you can identify each specimen discovered by name. Look through an approachable biology book or Google it to find answers. After the adventure, make a photo book to document what you learned. (Fun fact, we got this idea and photo from a book one of our team members made!)

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This fun family activity allows your little one to color on the walls — well, sort of. Go with us on this one... First things first, capture a photo of a scene you love. This can be a photo of the mountains or of the park near your house. Just be sure that the image has some empty space! Print your photo in a Floating Frame, which is made out of a clear, acrylic material. Once you hang your frame on the wall (not too high up), get creative with a wet- or dry-erase marker. Let the whole family draw animals, people, or any detail they dream up.

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For this activity, follow along with our Tips to Photograph People and set up a family photoshoot all your own. Take turns creating portraits of one another, while encouraging your little ones to point out things they like about themselves in the photos. (We love a good lesson in self-confidence!) Don't be afraid to repeat the shoot in various locations by heading out to the park or trying out different rooms in your home.

Just keep in mind that portrait photography works best with basic backgrounds that allow your subject to shine. So find a fun but simple exterior wall, gate, or fence to serve as the backdrop of your photo.

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One of the simplest ways to practice gratitude is to create a photo journal of all that you are thankful for. Have your kids make a list of people, places, and things that make them happy and then find corresponding photos. Next up, create a photo book with their gratitude photos and select text option layouts to write notes like, "I'm grateful for my sister's funny laugh." With each photo, they'll remember why it is meaningful to them — to serve as a reminder of joy.

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Have your aprons ready for this family day idea! Whether Grandma's famous chocolate chip cookies or that breakfast casserole everyone craves on Saturday, whip something up in the kitchen together, taking photos throughout the process. Once you have a few family recipes made, you'll be ready to create a custom recipe book!

Savor the flavors in print by uploading photos of the food and pairing them with a text-only page to write out the ingredients and instructions. You could also snap a photo of the recipe instructions to upload as a .jpg in the editor. Either way, get creative and be prepared to make copies for everyone in the family.

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We'd love to see what you create as a family!
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