We’ve done all of the things on this list with our kids. In some respects I feel like they are pretty spoiled and they have no idea how lucky they are to have done and seen so many different things at such a young age! On the other hand I think (and hope) that their broad range of experiences will make them more empathetic, worldly and interesting people as they grow up.
1. Plant a garden and eat the things we grow
2. Go to a petting zoo & snuggle the animals
3. Make homemade ice cream
4. See a theatre production
5. See a concert with a musician they love
6. See a professional sports game
7. Find a sport that they love and stick with it
8. Go to a children’s festival
9. Milk a cow, collect eggs
10. Climb a mountain
11. Have a pillow fight
12. Take them to toddler play classes
13. participate in a sporting competition
14. Hold some scary snakes and insects
15. Go to a children's festival
16. Go camping
17. Take an art class
18. Take a hayride
19. Carve a jack-o-lantern
20. Go fishing
21. Swim in an icy cold lake
22. Swim in the ocean
23. Swing in a hammock
24. Join a sports team
25. Explore tidepools and play on the beach
26. Have high tea
27. Eat gelato on a hot day
28. build a fancy snowman
29. make snow angels
30. Go on a big waterslide
31. Go paddle boating, canoeing, kayaking
32. Go snorkeling
33. Play a board game
34. Go to an art gallery
35. See a performance by a magician
36. Go to the Zoo
37. Go to Disneyland or Disney World
38. Cook food over a campfire
39. Go on a roller coaster
40. Ride a carousel
41. Go berry picking and make homemade pies
42. See a Santa Clause parade
43. Ride on a train
44. Go for a hike
45. Have a picnic
46. Cross a Suspension Bridge
47. Play mini-golf
48. Go Bowling
49. Host a birthday party
50. See some fireworks
51. Explore Chinatown
52. Decorate Easter eggs
53. Go to a farmer's markets
54. Go trick-or-treating
55. Feed the birds
56. Go to a water park
57. Make snow angels
58. Get a manicure
59. Eat ice cream on a hot summer day
60. Have a water fight
61. Have lots of family photos taken
62. Have a food fight
63. Build a sandcastle
64. See a 3D movie in the movie theater
65. Explore a corn maize
66. Ride a horse
67. Go plane spotting at the airport
68. Go to a Science Centre
69. Read hundreds of books
70. create a time capsule
71. Have family art night and fill up a sketchbook
72. Take transit around the city
73. Try ziplining
74. Try indoor rock climbing and a high ropes course
75. Try a big waterslide
76. Ride a ferry
77. Go to a festival
78. Go paddle boating
79. Go on a road trip
80. Go to another country
81. Fly in an airplane
82. Explore the historic sites in our city
83. Have a picnic in our back yard
84. Have a special relationship with their grandparents
85. Learn to ride bikes
86. Make bread, pizza, cake from scratch
87. Have a pet and take care of it
88. Go tobogganing
89. jump in a giant pile of leaves
90. Play in the mud
91. See bears, moose, wolves, etc. in the wild
92. Plant a tree
93. See a show at a 4D theatre
94. Play street hockey, soccer, Frisbee with our neighbors
95. Go to an Aquarium
96. Volunteer at a community clean up event
97. Cook dinner
98. Volunteer at a Senior’s home
99. Collect food for a food bank
100. Perform in front of their whole school
101. Hatch sea monkeys and watch them grow
102. Swing on a rope swing
103. Run their heart out at Sports Day
104. Build a gingerbread house
105. Jump rope
106. Pan for gold
107. shovel the driveway when it snows (and the neighbor’s driveway too)
108. Make and explode a baking soda volcano
109. Take something apart and figure out how it works
110. Go go-carting
111. Jump on a trampoline (bonus points for bungee trampoline)
112. Go to the top of a very high building (e.g. CN Tower, Space Needle)
113. Climb a tree
114. Fly a kits
Anything else I'm forgetting?
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