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Get your kids to laugh
Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21

Get your kids to laugh

Keep your kids laughing by using everyday objects in new and unexpected ways. Wear your pants on your head as a hat, put your shirt on backwards, use a banana as a phone.

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Have a pillow fight
Play, Laugh Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh Guest User 4/6/21

Have a pillow fight

Time for a pillow fight! Lay out the rules in advance, use soft pillows, keep the zippers away from faces and start swinging.

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Create a joke jar
Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21

Create a joke jar

Write jokes on slips of paper and keep them in a jar to pull out when you need a good laugh.

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Blow and pop bubbles
Play, Laugh Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh Guest User 4/6/21

Blow and pop bubbles

Buy or make your own solution or learn how to make giant bubbles with a tri-string giant bubble wand.

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Organize relay races
Play, Laugh, Create, Be Healthy Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh, Create, Be Healthy Guest User 4/6/21

Organize relay races

Revive retro games like three-legged or wheel barrel racing.

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Play the HA HA game
Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21

Play the HA HA game

Lay your head on each other’s bellies and laugh out loud. Laughter is the best medicine!

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Play charades
Play, Laugh, Create, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh, Create, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/6/21

Play charades

Play a game of charades. We found a good list of 150 charades ideas for kids and adults.

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Put on a puppet show
Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21

Put on a puppet show

Writing the story, making the puppet stage and creating sock puppets, you can fill hours of time away from screens and make good use of those lone socks that have lost their pair.

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Cook a Themed Meal for your Family or Housemates
Cook, Be Healthy, Learn, Laugh, Play, Create Guest User 4/6/21 Cook, Be Healthy, Learn, Laugh, Play, Create Guest User 4/6/21

Cook a Themed Meal for your Family or Housemates

Here are some ideas for simple recipes that will get you cooking in no time.

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Bake Something Yummy
Cook, Be Healthy, Learn, Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21 Cook, Be Healthy, Learn, Play, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21

Bake Something Yummy

A sure fire way to keep little hands busy is to get them cooking in the kitchen and nothing is quite as much fun as baking.

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Fort Night Friday
Play, Build, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21 Play, Build, Laugh, Create Guest User 4/6/21

Fort Night Friday

Try a campout where you never even leave the house. Build a fort with big boxes or the living room furniture.

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Set Up a Wishing Tree
Unplug For A Cause®, Unplugged Village™, Create, Be Healthy, Play, Laugh Guest User 4/5/21 Unplug For A Cause®, Unplugged Village™, Create, Be Healthy, Play, Laugh Guest User 4/5/21

Set Up a Wishing Tree

Decorate a Wishing Tree (can be any type of tree) and leave out plain cards or recycled greeting cards so people can write well wishes, a poem or a drawing and hang them on the tree.

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Take a Hike
Travel, Be Healthy, Laugh, Learn, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21 Travel, Be Healthy, Laugh, Learn, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21

Take a Hike

Explore a place you have never gone before and wander where the Wifi is weak.

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Low-Tech Gaming
Travel, Play, Laugh, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21 Travel, Play, Laugh, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21

Low-Tech Gaming

Paintball or laser tag is always a fun group activity if you like strategy, trying to hit moving targets and especially good for youth who enjoy video games.

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Dance, Dance, Dance
Create, Play, Laugh, Be Healthy, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21 Create, Play, Laugh, Be Healthy, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21

Dance, Dance, Dance

Dust off your record player and dance around the house.

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Slip and Slide Anytime
Play, Create, Laugh Guest User 4/5/21 Play, Create, Laugh Guest User 4/5/21

Slip and Slide Anytime

Who needs sledding when you have Ice Blocking. It’s like sledding without the snow or sled.

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Ride a Bike
Play, Learn, Laugh, Travel Guest User 4/5/21 Play, Learn, Laugh, Travel Guest User 4/5/21

Ride a Bike

Plan a bike parade with your family or a group of friends. Make sure the kids get to do as much of the decorating as possible as that is sometimes the most fun!

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Immortalize some Memories
Create, Play, Laugh, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21 Create, Play, Laugh, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21

Immortalize some Memories

Create a plaster keepsake vase with sea shells, coins and small mementos from your trips.

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Find your Balance
Unplugged Village™, Create, Travel, Rock Decorating, Be Healthy, Play, Laugh Guest User 4/5/21 Unplugged Village™, Create, Travel, Rock Decorating, Be Healthy, Play, Laugh Guest User 4/5/21

Find your Balance

This project costs nothing but time and definitely helps to develop patience and bring out the Zen a little more in all of us.

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Have a Board Game Night
Play, Learn, Laugh, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21 Play, Learn, Laugh, Unplugged Village™ Guest User 4/5/21

Have a Board Game Night

Time to dust off Grandma’s board games and roll the dice. Board games are great for strategy and bringing people together.

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