Family Fun Printable Calendar
This year let’s vow to spend more time with our family. Put down the electronics, get out, and do more together each and every month. Here are some great ideas for family fun this season.
Every month, the Little Family Adventure printable calendar has new ideas. From outdoor fun to indoor activities, these ideas are sure to spark fun and have you on a little family adventure of your own!
Print out this month’s FREE printable and add any other appointments, classes, activities, etc. Then get ready for a February full of fun family adventure indoors and out!
“ Want additional ideas for indoor family adventure this month? Get this list of 8 FREE indoor activities to do with your children.”
Just click the image above to print off the family fun calendar as a full sized PDF
Create your own family adventures with these ideas:
Start a Family Read Out Loud Book
The great thing about a family read out loud is that every can enjoy the story. Gather together with a good book and spend some quality time together.
Some of our favorite family books include:
- The Green Ember by S.D. Smith
- Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
- Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
- Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald, Sobol
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
- Heidi by Johanna Spyri
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth
Go Bird Watching
Bird watching is a fun activity you can do together. Best of all it’s FREE to do. You can go anywhere and find birds together. Head to a park, state forest, wildlife area, or your own backyard.
To attract birds to your backyard, consider making a natural bird feeder. You can hang it so you can view birds from a window without disturbing the animals.
The 19th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is a fun family activity we love to participate in. It can be done anywhere. This year it will be held Friday, February 12, through Monday, February 15, 2016. Get additional bird watching resources that we have used in years past.
Play a game of Monopoly
A Day in History: February 6th, 1935, Monopoly goes on sale for the first time. Can you believe this popular board game has been around since the 1930’s?
Make tonight a family game night with Monopoly or other board game. You can create homemade pizza or other family favorite for dinner. Just think of the fun the kids will have as they tell Mom and Dad “Go Directly to Jail. If you pass Go, do not collect $200. ”
Cook something with cherries
Presidents’ Day is February 15th. Before we celebrate that day, let’s pay tribute to George Washington cutting down the cherry tree by creating a dish with cherries. This tale is just folklore, but any excuse to bake with cherries is a welcome one in our house.
You can try one of these recipes:
- Cherry Chocolate Larabars
- Granny's Granola Bars
- Honey Sweetened Cherry Pie from Eating Well
- Cherry Pistachio Chocolate Bark from Health
- Chery Almond Farro Salad from Eating Well
- Dill Chicken Salad (substituting dried cherries for dried cranberries)
Make Homemade Cards & Treats
Homemade cards are fun to make and to receive. Everyone in the family can create personalized greeting or thank you cards to give to friends and family.
If you want to get in the kitchen, create something delicious together. We put together a collection of 10 sugar free desserts and treats that are perfect for children to help with. None of the recipes use refined sugars and several are dairy or gluten free too!
Learn Origami
When it’s cold outside, grab paper and create something new. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. You can create anything from a paper swan to buildings.
Find origami resources to help you get starter at Origami Resource Center
“ Did you get the list of 8 FREE indoors activities to do with your family? If not, get it now.“
Prep healthy snacks for the week
To help get you ready for the week, prep all of your healthy snacks today. You can precut vegetables, fruit, and cheese for easy snacking. Portion out snacks into smaller containers for school lunches or work meals.
Here are a few of our favorite road trip snacks that also travel well.
Slip in a History Lesson with Fun Trivia
Making learning fun is the best way to gain knowledge. A game of Trivia Pursuit can be loads of fun. But if you don’t have time to sit down for a game, find a few history facts to stump each other with; What saying is above the eagle on a $1 US bill? What does that mean?
Find trivia questions and answers at the
Help out a neighbor
There is no better time like now for a random act of kindness. Help out a friend or neighbor with a task today.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~Aesop
Have a PJ Party
Spend the day in your PJs and take a nap. It’s been a busy month, so why not just have fun with it today!
This is such a cute idea for the month! I’m going to print this our for my family
Thanks Ashley! What family adventure will you try first?
I’m in with you on the pajama day! Actually today is our “pajama day since the kids have no school and everyone is uber lazy this morning. In between work and school we are really busy this month so this would be a great idea to keep us connected.
We had a PJ day yesterday day too. I’m with you about February being a busy one. Scheduling family time really helps.
THese are all wonderful suggestions to stop focussing on ourselves and giving to others and trying new things.
Thanks Maria.
This is a great idea! My family would love to make a list of our own!
If you make a list Maria, I’d love to hear what family adventures you added to it.
I have always wanted to learn origami. You have some really fun ideas here.
Thanks Robin. I’m really bad at origami, but my daughter is determined to teach me to make a hopping frog
WOW what a great way to families to do things together….and have fun!!
Thanks Gloria.
What a great idea for staying organized. This calendar is perfect.
Thanks Rebecca.
So many fun ideas on this calendar! I absolutely love this, very detailed!
I’m a little Type A, so this is helps me have a plan. I hope there are a few ideas you like and try this month.
I am loving these ideas, especially the one about learning origami. I’ve always wanted to learn because it just looked so cool. Maybe with this list I can check this as one thing off my list.
My kids love origami. My creations look nothing like they are supposed to. But we have fun together and that’s all that matters. If you are a visual person the link I added is good and there are some great YouTube videos out there too.
This is a great way to keep all of the family fun-time activities organized and documented so you can know what new activities to add for next month.
Thanks Bri.
Love your calendar idea – each family adventure is fun and building memories – thank you for the printable – I can share your post of ideas with families I know 🙂
There are so many ways to have fun together. Hopefully this will inspire you and other families to have more fun together this month
What fun suggestions – GREAT IDEAS! Love the cherry idea. They are my fave.
Good food always makes good memories. 🙂
This is a great list and I will be doing some of them with my family. Thank you
You’re welcome Athena. It is all about having fun with family.
I am sharing this post with my neighbor. She babysits for 9 year olds and they are triplets.
Thanks for sharing Carol. These are all fun activities. I know your kids will enjoy them,.
wow, I love how you laid this out and were so creative! This looks like a great month for the kids!
Thanks Anita. We like to have a plan. 🙂
I am totally loving this idea. I never thought to have a valentines making day or seriously a whole day dedicated to chocolate mint! YUM
Chocolate mint deserves it one special week. Just imagine! Yum
A PJ party is a good idea. I like the idea of having so many fun things to do. 🙂
Thanks Rosey.
I really like the idea of creating a family calendar and filling it with things we enjoy doing together.
It’s a good reminder to have fun as a family. It’s just as important as everything else that makes it on the calendar.
I’m in love with this! I did it at Christmas, but that’s easy! This is just perfect for the times of the year it’s not as special but can be! Thanks! Also, what plugin did you use for your quote?
The calendar quote doesn’t use a plug in. It’s a frame added to the calendar.
Chocolate Mint Day is on our list now lol! This is a great idea and I love it! Going to make one with my kids.
That’s great Caralie. I’d love to hear about your adventures.
We just finished The Green Ember – that was my youngest son’s “to read” gift for Christmas. We loved it!
It’s a great book. It was recommended to me at an education conference.