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Visit a friend in the hospital. Make get well cards from construction paper. Write original poems, funny verses, words of encouragement, etc. Have a letter-writing night when everyone writes a letter to a community leader, a missionary, or a relative. Peruse through family albums, slides, or movies. Try to identify each other in childhood pictures. Depending on the size of the river or stream and the local ordinances, raft, canoe, or tube down a river on a summer afternoon. Make a meal for the missionaries. Have a family history night. Learn how to do family history research or to write a personal history. A great resource is a local genealogy club or a family history center located at select Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints buildings (free). Plan and prepare a special family night for a number of families, complete with a lesson, games, and treats. Watch church videos together. Afterwards, talk about your thoughts and feelings. Bake homemade bread. While it's baking, play games. Then spread a blanket out on the floor and eat the bread with butter and honey while it is still warm. Go treating (instead of trick-or-treating) on Halloween. Take treats to friends and neighbors, while dressed up in costumes. Decorate a basket or vase, then fill it with wild flowers. Place the flowers on someone's porch who needs cheering up. Leave an anonymous note with some words of encouragement. Go to a church party, activity, or show. Bottle fruit or make jam. Visit a cemetery. Read epitaphs, observe art and architecture, imagine aspects of the deceased persons' lives. Talk about your own ancestors. Please be respectful of other visitors. Page: 1 of 1 All Rights Reserved. CoolestDates.com |