40 Ways to Connect with Your Daughter
To find new ways to connect, think about what brings your child joy, and then see how you can be a bigger part of it.
- Have a tea party.
- Play dress-up.
- Download a free eBook and read it together.
- Decorate cupcakes
- Do your hair.
- Go window shopping.
- Volunteer.
- Give each other a makeover.
- Text her a verse every morning.
- Take an art class.
- Draw a picture of the same thing.
- Look on Pinterest together.
- Paint each other’s nails.
- Pick flowers and press them.
- Browse flash sale sites online. Paint her room, or a wall in her room.
- Go on a walk.
- Decorate a small notebook and start a daily journal.
- Give her a pedicure.
- Share Pillow Talk with her each night.
- Bake a cake, and Ask these questions about her dreams.
- Play Scrabble, Scattegories, or Yahtzee.
- Read stories about heroines in the Bible.
- Sing at the top of your lungs to the radio.
- Buy her a small gift.
- Make cards for family and friends
- Make paper bag puppets.
- Have a dance party. Write her a note telling her how much you love her.
- Have a fashion show.
- Make a macaroni necklace.
- Draw silly pictures.
- Look at photo albums.
- Bake bread.
- Plan a family vacation—even if you’re not sure you’ll ever be able to actually go.
- Go garage sale-ing.
- Have a dance contest.
- Go to a museum.
- Make muffins.
- Have a tea party for her stuffed animals.
- Make a book using pictures from magazines.
- Read poetry.
Adeyinka Meduoye
