Family Fun and Teen Activities

Weeks of fun for teens Spring activities, crafts, fun things to do, places to go and more.

Spring resource article for teens and their parents, 101 Fun Things for Teens to Do This Spring.

Weeks of fun for teens Winter activities, crafts, fun things to do, places to go and more.

Use these ideas for fun teen hikes for groups of teens at camps, as a teen party idea or even if you have just a few teens to entertain outside.

Winter activities resource article for teens and their parents, 101 Fun Activities for Teens to Do This Winter.

Article for teens and parents: 50 Holiday Activities Your Teen Will Love

This hike is a great activity if you want to teach your group of teens about trust.

Birthday party themes for older kids and teens. This theme is a Survivor Party Party.

Tons of resources for Halloween and fall fun for teens, youth groups, and everyday happenings. Parents can find useful information here.

Weeks of Fall activities, crafts, fun things to do, places to go and more.

Teens can be very independent, but they crave time with us too. Take this quiz to see if you are spending enough time with your teen.

There are textures in nature everywhere. Wait until you see the beautiful artwork teens can make using nature's textures.

Spooky nighttime flashlight hike that teens enjoy almost as much as they enjoy all of the stories they have to tell the next day.

A summer rain storm is the perfect time to take camping teens for a hike to help beat the heat. Add a song for even more fun.

This teen hike idea has everything a teen enjoys: gum, social time with friends and just enough grossness to make the activity interesting.

As kids get older and become teens, they do not lose the desire to do crafting. On the contrary, they want more challenging crafts to do. Here are some craft kits your kids will enjoy.

Article for parents and teachers of teens - How to Supervise a Group of Teens

Tips on what parents can do to help their teen with this problem. Part of an extensive article: 10 School Problems Parents of Teens Face And What to Do About Them.

Tips on what parents can do to help their teen with this problem. Part of an extensive article: 10 School Problems Parents of Teens Face And What to Do About Them.

How to make a pair of jeans have the grunge look.

Water games to play with groups. Balloon games, water relays and more.

How to make friendship bracelets. Instructions include the basic friendship knot, how to reorder the threads and friendship bracelet patterns.

Over fifty different patterns for those fun friendship pins using seed bead and safety pins.

Very easy project for the beginner.

Having the little ghouls over for a Halloween party or do you just want to make a snack for your little goblins? Here is our every growing list of Halloween recipes for all kinds of yucky stuff and fun!

Poems for Thanksgiving cards that all will enjoy.

Flat, four stand friendship bracelet, directions with diagram.

Relay games to play with groups of kids at camp, parties or whenever kids want to have fun.

SWAPS are a Girl Scout craft in which girls trade with each other to promote friendship.

Learn about collecting from the masters. This site covers many different collectibles plus overall collecting stategies.

There's a lot available for free on the Internet -- some good, some bad, some ugly. Here, in alphabetical order, are my picks for the best free board games available over the Web.

When you get the whole family together, sometimes it can be difficult to choose a game to play. Sometimes it seems like you have too many people for a game, and sometimes everyone wants to play something different. Fret no more. Here are my picks for the best games to play at family gatherings.

Hitting the road - or the water, or the rails, or the air - can be a trying experience. But if you're prepared with something to pass the time, your trip will seem much shorter. These board games are all designed to go along with you.