Looking for festive things to do with your son this holiday season?
It’s the perfect opportunity for you to have a festive good time with your son! It’s the prime time to past down family traditions, to educate him on the reason for the season, to bond and make memories. It’s the most wonderful time of the year so why not schedule in some mother son time to do joyful things together. Building a powerful relationship with your son is very important and the number one way to do so is by spending quality time together one on one.
My KJ turned 8-years-old just a couple months ago. He’s very stubborn and opinionated, yet very helpful, flattering, comical and sweet. The time we spend together one on one is always so memorable! With him growing up so fast, I want to be sure to fill his memories with our family traditions. I want him to know that holidays are all about fun, happiness and family. I want him to look back and remember the time he spent with his mom and hold on to those memories forever.
As a result, I’m always sure to carve out some time for just him and I. We love to laugh, make silly faces, have tickle sessions, and cherish what a mother son relationship should be.
I thought of some great activities for us to do with our sons this holiday season. I hope you find them useful and have a festive good time with your son too!
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50 FESTIVE ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH YOUR SON THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
1.) Make homemade gifts for his teachers
2.) Take pictures in matching pajamas
3.) Bake and decorate cookies
4.) Color Christmas pictures
5.) Go to the library and read Christmas books
7.) Cozy up and watch holiday movies
8.) Decorate his big cars/trucks in holiday garb
9.) Build Lego’s under the Christmas tree
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10.) Play Santa Says (Say Santa Says instead of Simon Says)
11.) Make Christmas shapes out of Play Doh
12.) Decorate your Christmas tree and home in Christmas decor
13.) Go ice skating
14.) Have a Christmas Parade at home with all his cars and action figures
16.) Roll around balls on the floor to Christmas music
17.) Wear Christmas socks and have a dance party
18.) Decorate cards to send to family
19.) Go volunteer and give back
20.) Play board games in Christmas Pajamas
21.) Go see Christmas lights
22.) Make Christmas slime
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23.) Have a Nerf war in your Christmas Pajamas
24.) Read Christmas stories
25.) Sit under the Christmas tree and talk
26.) Make festive trail mix
27.) Go take pictures with Santa
28.) Go to the movies to see a Christmas film
29.) Go sledding
30.) Countdown to Christmas
31.) Sip hot chocolate and put together a Christmas puzzle
32.) Go donate your gently used items
33.) Decorate a gingerbread house
34.) Play Tic-Tac-Toe on festive paper
35.) Build a snowman
36.) Have a snow ball fight
37.) Have a pillow fight in Christmas Pajamas
38.) Decorate ornaments
39.) Make pancakes for dinner in your Christmas pajamas
40.) Play hide and seek in your Christmas pajamas
41.) Have water balloon fight with holiday colored balloons (warm weather states only)
42.) Have a holiday tasting – Sample holiday ice cream flavors
43.) Create a mother son vision board
44.) Look back over all your pictures for the year
45.) Go see a Christmas play
46.) Try a new recipe with your little helper
47.) Pick a local holiday event to attend together
48.) Go skiing
49.) Complete a holiday 5k or fun run together
50.) Go ride your city’s holiday trolley or train together
What do you plan to do with your son before the end of 2017?
What are you waiting for!?! GO OWN YOUR FANCY!!!
I have two girls and I still love this list of awesome bonding activities! I’m thinking we should make the festive trail mix right now!
It’s awesome that you have two! Girls are so much fun. I hope you all enjoy making the festive trail mix!
I love this list. It is so important to make memories with your kids and these are great ways to do that without making it so difficult.
Thank you! The excitement for the holidays makes it so easy.
My son is just getting tonthe age that we know he will start forming memories and we are trying to instill traditions from my husbands and mine childhood as well as new ones we will start. I live this list and may use a few.
Thank you! You guys are on the right track then. Happy Holidays!
Love your list. I have done a few of things on it, but am glade to have all these other ideas!
Thank you! I’m glad you found it useful. Happy Holidays!
I loved all the activities that you have listed here. It’s so important to engage with kids in festive season to bond more.
Thank you, I absolutely agree! Happy Holidays!
Love all your ideas! I’ll definitely be implimenting some for our holiday traditions!
Thank you and I hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays!
what a perfect list of ideas to do with your kids!
Thank you very much!
This is a great list. My girls would love a lot of these things too!
Thank you! I hope you all have a blast trying some of the ideas I listed.
I love your list. I will be trying out a few of these with my son
Thank you, I’m so glad you found something the two of you can enjoy!
These are all great ideas! I’d love to try some of these with my son. He’s only 2 (next month), and I think he’d have a blast with the Christmas slime.
Thank you! I think he is the perfect age to enjoy the Christmas slime. I hope he loves it!
How creative! These are a great way of spending time together – a very original take on the matter. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you! Glad you liked them. Happy Holidays!
I love this list! I don’t have a son, but I will send it to my sister, who has 2!
Thank you! I hope she loves it too! Happy Holidays!
These are festive activities to do and spend time with your kid this holiday season! My favorite one is bake and decorate cookies and go volunteer and give back that is great memorable activities to do!
I agree, baking and decorating cookies are a must and volunteering is so rewarding. Happy Holidays!
Wow no less than 50 ideas here, you are so creative! I loved reading all of them, but the ones that really stood out to me were – making pancakes for dinner in Xmas pajamas, having a Xmas parade of toys like action figures, and working together on a Xmas puzzle while sipping on mugs of hot chocolate. What 8 year old child wouldn’t love sharing these activities with a parent?
Thank you! I agree, these are memories that they can look back on forever! Happy Holidays!
This is such a great idea! These are all great ways to bond with your son. I can’t wait to be a mom someday! 🙂
Thank you! Happy Holidays!
This post is the best! Made me smile from ear to ear. My husband and I are keeping my grandson for a few days after Christmas and I now I have a million ideas of things we can do together. At the top of the list? Puzzles, gingerbread house making, and building with Legos. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas! x
This makes me so happy! Thank you so much and I hope you all have a blast! Happy Holidays!
We don’t have children yet , but reading your post is such interesting things to learn . Especially first point by teaching our kids to make a home made gift to the teacher . This will encourage the kids to appreciate and learn to say thanks to the persons who teach us as a second parent instead .
Yes, lessons and experiences are the best teacher! Happy Holidays!
that’s a great list 🙂 I’m always puzzled in activities to do with boys ( my nephews ) I’m going to print your list and borrow some of the ideas
Thank you! I hope you had a blast. Happy Holidays!
Your boy is so adorable and these festive activities are very reliable and interesting to choose. My boy is also very stubborn but he is only 15 months old. So also share some fun-filled activities for aged 2 years.
Thank you very much! Happy Holidays!
I have a beautiful girl and I do few of them with her.really nice compilation.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
It is really important to teach kids the family traditions and fill their childhood with good memories of time spent with their families. Your list is filled with some fun things for mom and son. Am sure you are enjoying your festive time together!
Thank you! We had a great time experiencing some of these festivities! Happy Holidays!
This is an awesome compilation of things to do with your child. I have a daughter, but the list itself is useful for either gender. With the energy and spirit of the season it’s the perfect time to develop a closer bond…and we’ll be having a white Christmas this year so that’s just an added bonus!
Thank you! This time of the year produces lots of great memories for them to cherish forever. You make a great point! Happy Holidays!
What an amazing list of festive activities! These would be great for bonding with kids during the holidays! I found the idea of pillow fight in Christmas Pajamas really cute.
Thank you! That is one of my kids favorites!
You are doing such a great job with your son. And to come up with all of those amazing things to do with him. I love it. I would never have thought to play Santa says. And I love Karaoke so Christmas Karaoke would definitely appeal to me.
Thank you so much! Happy Holidays!
I don’t have kids yet, but this sounds like an awesome list! Fun stuff. There’s nothing better than family bonding time.
Thank you, you are so right! Happy Holidays!
Agreed, thank you!
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