Fun Family Tradition Ideas for the Whole Year

I don’t know about you, but with the craziness that the past few years have brought us, one thing I really wanted to prioritize in 2022 is spending more time with my husband and my boys. I’m also thinking quality over quantity here- we are always hanging out, watching movies, and things like that during the week, but I want to make an effort to do more things that get us out, help us create new memories, and find new fun family tradition ideas. If that sounds like you, too, I have a fun free printable that you are going to love.

This printable is the perfect addition to your planner this year, that way you can reference it and add your own traditions as you go.

Now, this printable comes pre-filled with over 70 family tradition ideas, plus plenty of space to add your own. To download your printable, just sign up for my email list, and you’ll get access to my whole library of printables when you do.

Here are the Family Tradition ideas in case you don’t want to download/print the printable-

January
-Have a Winter scavenger hunt
-Make New Years resolutions together
-Make homemade bread & soup (our favorite soup recipe)
-Start a family memory box
-Roast smores by the fire
-Make a hot chocolate bar

February
-Have a Super Bowl party
-Have a snow day
-Have an indoor picnic
-Bake heart shaped cookies
-Make Valentine’s Day cards
-Build & fly a kite

March
-Plan a garden & plant seeds
-Make a terrarium (here’s how)
-Make St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
-Bake a pie for “Pi Day”
-Make a bird feeder
-Make a Spring bucket list

April
-Have an Easter scavenger hunt
-Do rainbow crafts for rainbow day (here’s a roundup of cute rainbow crafts from Easy Peasy and Fun)
-Play in the rain
-Have a picnic in the park
-Find & paint rocks
-Go for a bike ride

May
-Watch a Star Wars movie for May 4th
-Make a Mother’s Day card for Mom
-Go to a baseball game
-Have a dance party
-Visit a farmer’s market
-Make a Summer bucket list (free Summer bucket list printable)

June
-Make a Father’s Day craft
-Have an outdoor movie night
-Paint the sidewalk (check out this DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint from Our Best Bites)
-Play miniature golf
-Barbecue
-Play tennis together

July
-Have a 4th of July BBQ
-Make red, white, and blue crafts
-Go berry picking
-Make homemade popsicles (check out our Lemon Blueberry popsicles)
-Run through the sprinklers
-Have a hot dog eating contest

August
-Celebrate family fun month
-Set up a lemonade stand
-Spend a day at the beach or pool
-Have a hula hoop contest
-Set up a Sundae bar (DIY Ice Cream Bar from Swirls of Flavor)
-Go roller skating

September
-Attend a Labor Day parade
-Go on a Fall bike ride
-Carve or decorate pumpkins
-Go to a football game
-Go apple picking
-Make a Fall bucket list

October
-Make a Fall- themed breakfast ( our Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Roll Waffles recipe)
-Rake up leaves and jump in
-Visit a corn maze or pumpkin patch
-Make Halloween costumes
-Visit a Fall festival
-Go to a baseball game

November
-Take a cold-weather walk
-Write down what you are thankful for
-Bake cookies
-Play a game of touch football
-Make Thanksgiving decorations (I’m obsessed with this Thankful Tree idea)
-Have pie for breakfast on Thanksgiving

December
-Have a holiday movie marathon
-Make a holiday music playlist
-Decorate a gingerbread house
-Take fun family photos
-Go on a Christmas light scavenger hunt
-Wear ugly Christmas sweaters

So many super cute and fun family tradition ideas! If any don’t apply to your family on the printable of course you can cross them off, and then there are so many spaces to write your own tradition ideas for your family.