• Learn how to Juggle
• Play Her Favorite Sport Together
• Go Jogging or Run a Race Together
• Learn Jokes and Make Each Other Laugh
• Go Ziplining
• Play Card Games
• Help Her Start Her Own Business
• Build Paper Airplanes and Have a Flying Contest.
• Have a Lego Brainstorm and Building Session
• Take a Hot-Air Balloon Ride
• Tell Stories to Each Other in the Dark – with a Flashlight
• Play in the Mud
• Create a Blog Together
• Go Geocaching
• See who can Find the Coolest Thing at the Thrift Store for $5
• Play Board Games
• Have a Scavenger Hunt
• Take Her to a Fancy Restaurant
• Decorate or Paint a Room or Piece of Furniture Together
• Build and Launch a Rocket (kit)
• Make a Scrapbook
• Redecorate the House
• Take a Quick Ride in a Vehicle one of you Haven’t Ridden in Before (bus, train, taxi, monorail, etc.)
• Sing Songs Together – 2 Man Band
• Bake & Decorate a Cake
• Play Kickball
• Use Humorous Voices & Prank Call Friends or Family
• Create a Comic Book
• Paint Each Other’s Faces
• Make an Obstacle Course Inside or Outside
• Make Gifts for Others
• Go on a Scavenger Hunt
• Volunteer Together
• Go Swimming
• Paint or Draw Together
• Learn to Play an Instrument
• Foam Dart Gun Fight
• Do a Science Experiment
• Send Her on a Treasure Hunt you Created
• Decorate Her Room Together
• Play Freeze Tag
• Dance Party in the Living Room
• Set up a Photo booth and Take Pictures of Each Other
• Take Turns Reading a Book to Each Other
• Write Stories Together
• Take Turns Saying Tongue Twisters
• Play Board Games
• Ride Bikes
• Have a Pillow Fight
• Compete in a Three-Legged Race
• Go Snorkeling
• Go for a Hike
• Learn Magic Tricks
• Despite our Differences Discussion
• Go Bowling
• Go Ice Skating
• Decorate a Shirt, Bag or Pair of Jeans
• Go to a Museum
• Play Hide-and-Seek
• Take a Class Together (Chocolate Making, Woodworking, etc)
• Play Chess
• Go to the Zoo
• Create your Own Special Handshake
• Explore Your Yard or Woods & Look for Birds, Butterflies or Insects
• Build a Fort Together
• Plan a Family Staycation Together
• Wake them Up Early for a Surprise Sunrise Breakfast
• Try a Food they Haven’t had Before (fried frog legs or sushi)
• Take them to a Fancy Restaurant for Desert
• Take them to a Professional Ball Game
• Can I Have your Autograph Game
• Pretend You’re Superheros
• Play Dress-Up
• Tea Party for Two
• Take a Road Trip
• Play House
• Make Blessing Bags for the Homeless

Quality Time with Daughter – Holiday / Winter Activities:

• Decorate a Gingerbread House
• Go Christmas Shopping
• Make Christmas Tree Ornaments or Garland
• Make Gifts Together for Friends & Family
• Decorate Christmas Cookies
• Take Her for Eggnog or Hot Cocoa at a Local Coffee Shop
• Take Her on a Holiday Scavenger Hunt

Quality Time with Daughter – Spring Activities:

• Garden Together – Have Her Pick Out Her Own Tree or Flower to Plant
• Walk Barefoot in the Grass and Pick Flowers
• Plant a Tree in the Yard Together in Her Honor
• Play in the Rain
• Resurrection Scavenger Hunt

Quality Time with Daughter – Summer Activities:

• Go Berry Picking
• Go Out for Milkshakes or Banana Splits at an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor
• Make Popsicles
• Make Hand Painted T-Shirts or Tank Tops
• Tie Dye Something
• Go to a Drive-in Movie
• Build Sandcastles
• Have a Picnic at Sunset at a Local Park
• Walk Barefoot in the Grass and Pick Flowers
• Have a Water Gun or Water Balloon Fight
• Pitch a Tent and Camp in the Backyard
• Fly Kites

Quality Time with Daughter – Fall Activities:

• Paint, Carve and/or Decorate a Pumpkin Based on a Character in a Book She’s Reading
• Make a “Thankful Tree” & Hang it Up
• Get Lost in a Corn Maze
• Make an Apple or Pumpkin Pie Together
• Bundle up for a Nature Walk {Collect Acorns and Colorful Leaves to Use in an Art Project}
• Nature Scavenger Hunt
• Make Caramel Apples
• Build a Bonfire {Roast Marshmallows & Make S’mores}
• Enjoy Carmel Apple Cider from a Local Coffee Shop

I hope this list helps you think outside the box with some creative ideas of how to connect with your daughter.

TAKE ACTION: Go over this list with your girl and have her point out a few things she’d like to do together.  If she’s old enough, have her write her favorite activities down so you’ll be ready to go when the time comes!