25 Daddy-Daughter Dates <3
Inspired by my daughter Evee, and her amazing father Joshua
25. Go to a little cafe, dressed in your best! She will love wearing some costume jewelry and Daddy will look good in his tie! Share a piece of dessert, and let her do the talking :) ask her many questions!
24. Visit a local shelter, and take the dogs for a walk! Shelters are always looking for volunteers to take the pups for a walk, and if she likes animals, she will really enjoy it! She could also go into a cat room if they have one, and get loved on by the kitties. Maybe you can even bring a new friend home?
23. Silly Clothes! Let her pick out the outfits for both of you. Even if they do not match, or she chooses to wear your giant t-shirt. Just tie a ribbon around her waist like a belt, and admire the new dress :) take pictures. Who cares if it is embarrassing? She wont be young forever, and she is having a good time.
22. Make dinner together! Let her do the mixing, and help with measuring (depending on age). Make the food decorative. You can use a lot of foods to make shapes, pictures, etc. Let her show it off to her mom, grandparents, etc. She will feel proud that she just made dinner!
21. Go to the park and swing. Push her, then make her push you. It will be funny, and you can make playful jabs at each other :) Plus, who doesn't like swinging?
20. Make art together! Paint each other a picture of something special, then present it to each other. Hang them side by side so you can remember the day.
19. Make bird feeders and hang them from trees in the neighborhood. Over the next couple days, look through binoculars at the birds tasting the treats. Then try to identify them.
18. Do a science experiment! This site has a ton of really great ones! Cool!
17. Build a volcano, fill it with soda, and then take a step back. Toss mentos at it, to see who can make it errupt first (this one will be messy, so remember... step back... and be outside!)
16. Make a drive in, in your living room. Take a cardboard box and cut it in half. Make each half look like the front of a car. Put pillows or cushions on the floor and put them behind your "car." Now you each have your own individually decorated cars, just get some popcorn, turn off the lights, and pop in a movie! She will enjoy decorating her car, and the whole experience will be great for the imagination!
15. Bike ride. This one is self explanatory. Go for a bike ride! Get ice cream! Have a little race. Go to the park!
14. Put on a puppet show. Get out some old socks and glue google eyes on them. It is that easy. Any dad can do that, you don't have to be crafty. Now you have your puppets! Get a cardboard box, open the back of it, cut out a square of the front, and there you go! Put on shows for mom :) (I like exclamation points too much, sorry!)
13. Laser Tag. This is not for the teeny tiny little ones lol :) It is a blast though. The last time Josh and I went, our biggest competition was a squad of little ladies. They know how to hide, and be crazy sneaky. Be on a team or be against each other! She will enjoy it.
12. Do a puzzle. Don't show the main picture, then she will be surprised when she finds out what it is!
11. Let her take the day off from school. Not often, school is important. But surprise her one morning by not waking her up. Then take her out for breakfast and let her get something at the dollar store. Spend the evening doing the homework from the day she missed so she doesn't get behind, and you get to bond some more.
10. Whistle. I know this one sounds silly, but one of my fondest memories of being a child is whistle races. The race would be to chug a can of soda, run room to room, eat a stack of crackers, and the first one to whistle won. I am not sure I would suggest having your little one chug a can of soda, but hey, eat a couple crackers, and see who can whistle first. I know it is just a silly competition, but you can laugh at each other as the crumbs fly out.
09. Make an activity book. Take some sticky notes and make tic-tac-toe boards, little word searches, etc. Staple them together, and then do them together.
08. Go bowling, or play putt putt golf. Remember, if she doesn't get it at first, stay calm. Let her take her time, and help her when you can. Not to promote gambling haha, but maybe make her a bet on who wins the game (after she is good at it, and for bed making, or dessert or something).
07. This one moms might not love so much... but play pranks on mom! Put orajel in her toothpaste! Put sugar in the salt shaker. Change all the clocks so she thinks she over slept (make sure she has nowhere to be!). Sorry moms, but sometimes you gotta take a dive! Plus it gives you a reason to retalliate :)
06. Go on a scavenger hunt. Have Mom make a list of things, and then take her out and find them!
05. Go to a childrens museum. There is so much to do and learn! Make sure you read, or let her read, all the little plaques so you can learn together :)
04. Nerf war! Have one with your little girl :) Set up different furniture to hide behind, and make sure you both have enough little foam darts, then go nuts!
03. Write a story together. Let her draw the pictures, or come up with what happens next. Put yourselves in the story. You could do one chapter a month, and see how the story changes at the end of the year. If she isn't old enough to write, write for her.
02. Number 2 has 4 dates, one for each season.
Winter - build a snowman, make a fort, have a snowball fight, team up and attack other members of your family!
Spring - Pick a bouqet, dry the flowers and put them in a frame to remember the day, plant a seed together and watch it grow!
Summer - Go to the beach! Go roller blading, build a sand castle, let her bury you in the sand, collect seashells
Fall - decorate the house, carve a pumpkin, take a stroll and collect leaves every week from the same trees. See how they change!
01. My favorite daddy daughter date. The one that always makes me smile, and feel so incredibly lucky that my baby girl has Joshua for her father. Bedtime stories. Read a book together :) When she is old enough, she can read to you too. Pick books that will give her good dreams. Always give her a kiss goodnight.
Hope you enjoyed my list!
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