Leave the house for free

Check local details and hours before leaving.

  • Library scavenger hunt
  • New-to-you playground tour
  • Neighborhood photo walk
  • Sunset picnic with food from home
  • Free community event
  • Bike or scooter parade
  • Visit a public garden or trail
  • Watch planes, trains or construction from a safe public spot

Make home feel new

A small change in setting often matters more than a complicated activity.

  • Breakfast on a blanket in the living room
  • Family talent show
  • Build a cardboard town
  • Toy swap between siblings
  • Backyard campout
  • Recipe invention challenge
  • Old-photo storytelling night
  • Theme dinner with costumes from closets

Do something useful together

Connection can happen during real life too.

  • Wash the car with music
  • Deliver a note to a neighbor
  • Rearrange one cozy reading corner
  • Pick up litter with gloves and supervision
  • Plant saved seeds
  • Make birthday cards for the next three months
  • Teach a child one family recipe
  • Create a donation box together