150 things to do Instead of watching TV!

Instead of the TV-----Bond with your family!

Here's a list of things you can do instead of watching TV.

1.   Play games
2.   Put puzzles together
3.   Visit with each other--get to know one another!
4.   Cook together
5.   Play basket ball
6.   Play hide-and-go-seek
7.   Play the piano
8.   Make up a song
9.   Make up a game
10. Play cards
11. Have a bon-fire in the back-yard (if you can in your area)
12. Take a walk in the woods or in the park
13. Go to the park to play
14. Go for a bike ride
15. Go to bed early- instead of staying up so late
16. Visit friends or other family members
17. Tell "Back when I was your age..." stories
18. Put a photo album together
19. Read a story out loud
20. Read a story to yourself
21. Sew
22. Teach your children to sew
23. Or have a neighbor teach you to sew
24. Paint
25. Play with clay
26. Read the Bible together as a family
27. Talk to God
28. Give back rubs to each other
29. Look at the stars through a telescope
30. Dance
31. Play Baseball
32. Play "fetch" with the dogs.
33. Take the dogs for a walk
34. Learn to fix something
35. Go to the library
36. Go to the 'big' movies, (it will be a treat, once in a while- if you can find a good one playing for the whole family!)
37. Go shopping with the family
38. Make pop corn
39. Make Sundaes
40. Play hide-and-go-seek
41. Swim
42. Play hockey
43. Go bowling
44. Play ping-pong
45. Clean the house together
46. Write letters
47. Listen to the radio
48. Make puppets
49. Have a puppet play
50. Have a family talent show