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Screen-Free Week Printable: 75 Fun Family Activities!

Published: Apr 29, 2012 · Modified: Apr 10, 2021 by Zina Harrington · Post may contain affiliate links

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Will you join us for Screen-Free Week?

Growing up, my neighbor had a Blow Up Your TV bumper sticker. As a child, I never understood it. This same phrase later showed up on a "No TV Week" flyer my co-worker Jason Dean shared with me in 2005. We've been celebrating No TV Week ever since, but slowly it progressed to Screen-Free Week for obvious reasons.

Do you want to participate? Here are the official rules:

Make it work for you. Participate during the official week or ANY time during the year. Partake for a full week or try it for a weekend. Opt-out of TV time or include all screens. Shut down social networks, or just vow to call friends instead of seeing what they are up to on Facebook. Make your own rules. Below are 75 Screen-Free activities for your family!

Here are our family's set of rules for the week:

  • No TV all week, even after the kids are in bed
  • Instead of our Weekly Movie Night, we will be doing Family Game Night
  • Computer and internet use is acceptable only for work & school
  • My partner is not allowed to play WordFued, but he is allowed 15 minutes of web access to check stats and make fantasy baseball trades
  • The girls are allowed to yell at me if they see me using my iPhone for anything beyond making a phone call

FREE No Screen Week Activities

Write a letter to a friend

Check out a “How to Draw Cartoons” book at the library and practice with your kids

Go for a PJ Walk before bed with flashlights

Take a family bike ride

Schedule a family game night

Pack a small picnic

Eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner outside

Find some space and work on a family puzzle for the week

Perform or read a play together sharing parts (Ex: Frog & Toad Download)

Have your child write their own play

Take turns reading a book out loud

Play 20 Questions

Play a game of spoons

Make Goop

Organize a classic neighborhood game like tag, capture the flag, or kick the can

Go frog catching

Roll down a hill

Go for a hike

Paint outside

Jump rope :: Learn classic songs

Teach your little ones classic hand clapping recess games (Ex: Miss Mary Mac Video)

Have a reading picnic inside: blanket on living room floor with books

Start a rock collection

Go for a boat ride

Make a sock puppet with odds and ends

Learn a new card game (Ex: Kings in the Corner)

Have your child choose, prepare and serve dinner one evening

Do spring yard clean-up: rake, clean away dead material, prep garden, etc.

De-clutter: go through toys and donate

It is never too late to start reading out loud with your child, try busting open a copy of Harry Potter, or let them pick the title

Build a Lego city

Have popcorn for dinner

Grab the blankets and make a fort over the kitchen table & chairs

Dig a hole (Seriously, your child will think it is fun)

Search for bugs and worms

Make a nature mobile

Invite family friends over for dinner

Plant a seed

Set-up a bird feeder & check out Birds,Nests & Eggs (Take Along Guides) by Mel Boring from the library

Bake cookies

Make fresh lemonade

Make homemade tomato sauce

Take your children individually to the local coffee shop for a hot chocolate date

Make a worm bin

Give your kid a whole roll of Scotch Tape to do whatever they wish, see what happens

Buy blank greeting cards and have the kids decorate them

Be A Tourist In Your Own Town During Screen Free Week

Check out the local Park & Rec site for any free kid's programs

Check to see if there is a Wild Birds Unlimited store near your home, they often offer inexpensive classes

See if any of the local schools have plays going on, many do spring performances

Check to see if your community has pottery painting, we recommend choosing a utilitarian item to paint... like a cup or bowl!

Check your local museum for art classes

See if your local YMCA has a weekly family night

Go swimming

Go to the park

Play at the library

See if your library has any kid's programs

Find a restaurant with a patio

Choose a country then go to the library; pick up a cookbook & educational books, learn & eat

Check Home Depot for free kid's classes

Make a trip to the ice cream stand

Have your child pick a topic, research it at the library and have them write their own book with the info

Go bowling

Adult Fun For Screen Free Week

Scrabble, cards, adult games!

Talk about your 5 year goals and reconnect

Drink your morning coffee outside, intentionally, aka not in a rush

Take 100 Things off Your House's Waistline

Get up early and have a slow, warm breakfast with the kids

Boil water for tea on the stove

Rearrange the furniture in your house

Salute spring with a fresh mint blueberry mojito

Print the list of 75 Screen Free Week Ideas here!

Will you join us for a day or for the week? Can you break free?

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75 family friendly activities for kids for Screen-Free Week *great list

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