Father-child outings
Every child wants to feel like the only child now and then. Plan time with one child on their own. It doesn't have to be expensive: attention is the gift.
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- Bake pancakes together, and the child chooses all the toppings.
- Build a den in the woods from branches.
- Get up early and watch the sunrise together, with a flask of hot chocolate.
- Cycle to a place you have never been.
- Take an evening walk with a torch and listen to the sounds.
- Repair something broken together: a bike, a chair, a toy car.
- Make a birdhouse or insect hotel.
- Cook a meal together where the child is the chef.
- Go to the playground, and you really play along.
- Go for a run together, at the child's pace.
- A ball game in the park, followed by an ice cream.
- Go to a match of a local club together.
- Sail little boats together in a ditch or stream.
- Go to the library and each choose a book for the other.
- Visit a museum the child chooses.
- Go on a photo walk together: who takes the best photo of something small?
- Learn a song together, or make music with whatever is in the house.
- An evening playing a game the child chooses, without phones.
- Sit on a bench together and each ask the other three questions.
- Read aloud in a self-built blanket tent.
- Have breakfast in a café, just the two of you.
- A long drive with the child's music, and you ask why they like those songs.
- Camp together in the garden or at a campsite.
- Light a fire (where allowed) and roast marshmallows.
- Build something together with wood, Lego or cardboard, without a plan.
- Volunteer together: shopping for a neighbour, picking up litter.
- Teach the child something you are good at, or let the child teach you something.
- Go to the water: skim stones, paddle or fish.
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