Just for Matches

• www.greatstufftodo.com: provides weekly email regarding events around the Metro Detroit area.
• Museums/Science centers. Check out the following website for free admission: www.detroitadventurepass.org.
• Metro Parent: www.metroparent.com: also provides lots of activity ideas for all ages.
• www.geochaching.com: Check out this game to play with your GPS.
• www.buffalosoldierscalicotroops.com: The Buffalo Soldiers Calico Troop is a non-profit organization formed in 1970. An organization dedicated to the preservation of the historical facts of the original Buffalo Soldiers, who fought to settle the Western Frontier.
  

  To Learn how to plan a service project, register your local efforts, or discover the benefits of family volunteering, visit: http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/familyvolunteers

  Other ideas:

• Get a bowling team together (Bowl For Kids Sake) and raise money for your favorite mentoring agency
• Detroit Parade Company: Can tour and see the parade floats.
• Detroit Puppet Theatre: Marionette puppet show and puppet making.
• Festivals all year round: Winter Blast; Arts, Beats and Eats.
• Make dinner at Big's house: Maybe make food from different cultures/countries. Learn some facts about that country.
• Invite little over to make dinner and play board games or make jewelry.
• Go to a dog, train, or auto show.
• Take a Discovery Cruise on the River.
• Tour your local Fire Station.
• Show your little where you work.
• Go to the Zoo during the winter: they have events going on and you'll have the animals to yourselves.
• Local High schools often have kid friendly plays and other events.
• The local paper often has 40% coupons for Michaels Craft Store. Buy a kit and make something arty.
• Home Depot and Michaels have low cost or free activity days for kids/families.
• Local libraries often have free programs for kids targeting kids 6-12.
• Orchards have a lot of great activities during the fall.
• Metro/State parks offer a variety of activities. Go hiking; check out "The Fridge" toboggan run.
• Plant flowers/ rake leaves/ build a snow creature.
• Create a garden or participate in a community garden.
• Do a volunteer project together: plant trees for Earth Day, clean up a park, volunteer at a soup kitchen or Gleaners.
• Buy disposable cameras and take pictures and then develop them.
• Make a scrap book of your time together.
• Make matching T-shirts.
• Train for a fun-run.
• What does your little want to be when s/he grows up? Visit a college or professional who has that job.
• Take a class together.
• Keep it simple: it's about the time together.
• Think outside the box.