6 Cool Pastimes to Keep Family Fun and Fellowship Flowing in the Age of COVID-19
It’s true the COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed our lives. But now, more than ever, it’s important to enjoy time with one’s family members and friends. Whether gathering indoors or outdoors, there are many activities in which you can engage. The products below offer exciting, innovative, and fun entertainments that will be appreciated by children and adults alike.
Connecting with The Adventure Challenge
https://www.theadventurechallenge.com/
Life is about relationships and adventure. The Adventure Challenge game series takes life to an electrifying level with its mystery scratch-off book featuring 50 inventive escapades. You can prepare a dessert while blindfolded, create your family crest, or invent a personal game of your own. You won’t know what your next adventure will be until you scratch off the secret foil. Whether participating in the Couples Edition, Friends Edition, or Family Edition, players get an opportunity to have out-of-the-box fun while learning about themselves and loved ones.
Bonding with Cooper & Kid
It’s Dad time. The award-winning Cooper Kits are innovative, practical, and entertaining subscription boxes that were specially created to promote fatherhood fun. Each kit includes loads of creative projects for fathers and their children. For example, the Treasure Chest box includes an activity guide, legacy medallion, Make Your Own Camel Bag, gold time coins, gold work-it cards, bedtime story books, Wish-It board, crowns, maps, and more. Every three months, Dads will get a themed box and the family quality time begins. Also, Cooper & Kid has partnered with Books for Africa. To participate, use the discounted media rate and mail your books to Books For Africa Warehouse, 635 Prior Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55104. You can contact the organization: bfa@booksforafrica.org, 651.602.9844, and www.booksforafrica.org for info.
Competing with Unstable Unicorns
https://www.unstableunicorns.com/
Game Night is meant to be exciting and adventurous with one team outmaneuvering the other. You can get friends and family alike in on that type of fun with these tabletop games. They include Unstable Unicorns, Runes & Regulations, Llamas Unleashed, Scram, Exiled Legends, and Daring Contest. Don’t forget the creative accessories like the pins, multicolored unicorn socks, and unique tees that will make cool accents to your outfit for the evening. Follow their Unstable Unicorn Webcomic Instagram page @unstableunicorns.webcomic.
Reading with Oliver & Friends
https://olivertheornament.com/
Reading is fundamental. That is with an emphasis on FUN. The Oliver Doodle Dandy children’s book was written by Todd M. Zimmerman and illustrated by Kyle Hernandez. With all of the e-books available, there is still something extra special about hard copy books that you can read to your children after tucking them in at night. Celebrating America, this imaginative book reminds families that we can accomplish amazing things in the face of challenges and adversity. A spinoff of the award-winning Oliver the Ornament book series, the book teaches history in an innovative and engaging way as it features several American anthems, notable presidential quotes, and landmarks in the United States.
Floating with PoolCandy
Pool floats aren’t just for little kids anymore. They are for the young and young-at-heart. PoolCandy features vibrantly colored, dazzling float collections for adults such as the Holograph, Motorized, Stars & Stripes, Live Lights, Glitter, Animal, and Resort. As children take a dip in the pool, they can enjoy awesome floats from the Novelty Collection that consist of the Aqua Laser Pool Tube and Water Gun, Tic Tac Toe Float, Pet Float, Real Print Jelly Beans Float, and Inflatable Mega Snow Castle. Really get the pool party started with music blasting from their incredible Bluetooth speakers such as Storm, Aqua Splash, Boom Shroom, Crystal Ball, Boom Candy, and Plasma Light Show.
Playing with Stomp Rocket
When outdoors, kids tend to run, jump, and play. Stomp Rocket products encourage them to do all of that and more. The kid-powered toy allows youth to jump on it and send the foam-tipped rockets up to 400 feet in the air. The product line, which encourages learning the concept of gravity, trajectory, force, and the power of air while playing, includes Stunt Planes, Ultra, Extreme Rocket, Ultra LED, Jr. Glow, Dueling, and Ultra Party Pack. Batteries are not required.
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