40 simple ways to show your child love:
- Take them to a movie they want to see.
- Go on a treasure hunt (collect all the loose change around the house/car) together and then make a trip to the arcade with your findings.
- Take a long nature walk together, at their pace. Let them lead the conversation.
- Find qualities about them that you genuinely love, and compliment them in front of others.
- Frame a photo of the two of you, and display it in their room.
- Put a few Hershey’s Hugs in one of their coat pockets, and Kisses in the other.
- Play a game with them.
- Let them win.
- Make bath time special. Add lots of bubbles, colored soaps, maybe you could purchase a new tub toy or let them play with things found around the house. I let my kids play with things like colanders and funnels from the kitchen—they love it. Don’t forget to warm the towel!
- Send them a handmade card in the mail with a coupon to go get ice cream with you.
- Gather all the home movies that feature them as the “star” and have a movie night complete with popcorn and treats.
- Using blankets and chairs, or a card table, build a clubhouse together and have a picnic inside.
- Read “I love you” books together.
- Let them stay up past their bedtime with you and watch cartoon classics together.
- Do a chore that is normally reserved for them.
- Tuck an encouraging note inside their lunchbox.
- Give them your full attention.
- Tell them some of the ways they make you happy.
- Make them laugh.
- Laugh with them.
- Make their favorite treat to welcome them home from school with.
- Show them your joy when they arrive.
- Ask for hugs and kisses.
- Listen, and let them make their own decisions whenever possible.
- Make them a coupon book filled with things they’d enjoy doing, or things they’d like to get out ofdoing.
- Take a day off from everything: work, household duties, technology, etc. and focus entirely on them.
- Cook together.
- Write them a poem using the initials of their name.
- Decorate their room for no reason.
- Create a sign that lavishes them with praise.
- Kidnap them from school and take them out for lunch.
- Make home a fun place to be.
- Make a treasure box from an old shoe box, fill it with “gold” (chocolate coins) and make an official looking treasure map with clues for them to locate the hidden treasure with.
- Go to the store and let them pick out all the ingredients to make banana splits. Make and eat them together.
- Wrap up in a warm blanket together and take turns making up stories to tell each other.
- Make a list of things you love about them and put it on their pillow before bedtime.
- Talk about what they did in their day at dinnertime.
- Sit down together and write a list of fun activities to do in a day. Write each idea on small slips of paper, roll up the papers and stick them inside balloons. Blow up all the balloons and then pop one balloon at a time until you’ve completed all the activities.
- Play back rub/tickle games—ie; Spider crawling up your back…
- Make a CD with all their favorite tunes and have a dance party.
~Candace
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Which reminds me that I need to change and update my 'Blogs I Love' list over on the right - I have a whole new list of blogs I read these days and I really should add them here!!!
