60+ Awesome Activities to Do With Your Kids
Shared moments, connection, and creating a “second home” feeling for everyone involved.
Being an Au Pair or hosting one is not just about routines, schedules, and responsibilities. It’s about shared moments, connection, and creating a “second home” feeling for everyone involved.
Whether you’re an Au Pair building trust with your host kids or a host family wanting to support that relationship. These activities are designed to reduce pressure, build connection, and create meaningful everyday experiences together.
1. Cozy Indoor Bonding Activities
Perfect for quiet days, rainy afternoons, or after-school wind-down time
Activities:
- Read bedtime stories together
- Let kids “read” to you
- Create your own silly stories
- Indoor treasure hunt
- Dance party with favorite songs
- Family movie night
- Board game marathon
- Card games like Uno or Go Fish
- Puzzle challenge together
- Build a blanket fort
Focus: connection + calm + emotional safety
2. Creative & Craft Activities
Encourages imagination, patience, and self-expression
Activities:
- Make homemade playdough
- Create slime
- Draw or paint freely
- DIY jewelry (beads, pasta)
- Tie-dye shirts or socks
- Leaf rubbing art
- Scrapbooking memories
- Build keepsake boxes
- Make stress balls
- Bubble painting
Focus: creativity + confidence + fun without perfection
3. Cooking & Kitchen Fun
Teaches life skills while creating bonding moments
Activities:
- Cook a simple meal together
- Bake cookies or cakes
- Create a “family recipe book”
- Make brownie sundaes
- DIY pizza night
- Try a “cook-off challenge”
- Make butter in a jar
- Decorate cupcakes
- Prepare snacks for picnic
- Let kids plan the menu
Focus: responsibility + teamwork + independence
4. Communication & Emotional Connection
Especially important for Au Pairs building trust with children
Activities:
- Dinner conversation questions game
- “3 good things today” sharing
- Write letters or journals
- Become pen pals
- Play 20 questions
- Gratitude sharing circle
- Storytelling about your day
- “What would you do if…” game
- Compliment each other round
- Talk about feelings openly
Focus: trust + communication + emotional intelligence
5. Outdoor & Active Play
Releases energy and builds natural joy
Activities:
- Go to the playground
- Bike rides together
- Picnic in the park
- Play football or sports
- Water games in summer
- Fly a kite
- Nature walk
- Backyard field day
- Build a garden together
- Play with bubbles
Focus: movement + fun + stress relief
6. Explore & Discover Together
Helps Au Pairs and kids experience culture and the world
Activities:
- Visit the zoo
- Go to a museum
- Explore your city as tourists
- Visit the library
- Join a reading program
- Visit a farm or animals
- Attend local events
- Try a new hobby class
- Visit a greenhouse
- Plan a small trip together
Focus: learning + curiosity + shared experiences
Final Message (Important for Both Au Pairs & Host Families)
This is not about doing everything perfectly.
It’s about:
- showing up
- being present
- creating small moments that matter
The strongest bonds are not built through big plans. They are built through consistent, simple, shared experiences
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