Create a rock garden
Painting rocks is a therapeutic and mindful activity. Plan a time to organize a group to decorate rocks.
Read about your connection with nature
Read Richard Louv’s classic Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
Learn about making unplugging a regular habit
Read Tiffany Shlain’s 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day A Week.
Plan an evening of laughter
It’s easy to avoid checking your phone when you’re too busy laughing. Host a comedy night. For the 21+ crowd, consider partnering with a local comedy club for your unplugged night.
Get your kids to laugh
Keep your kids laughing by using everyday objects in new and unexpected ways. Wear your pants on your head as a hat, put your shirt on backwards, use a banana as a phone.
Have a pillow fight
Time for a pillow fight! Lay out the rules in advance, use soft pillows, keep the zippers away from faces and start swinging.
Create a joke jar
Write jokes on slips of paper and keep them in a jar to pull out when you need a good laugh.
Blow and pop bubbles
Buy or make your own solution or learn how to make giant bubbles with a tri-string giant bubble wand.
Play the HA HA game
Lay your head on each other’s bellies and laugh out loud. Laughter is the best medicine!
Play charades
Play a game of charades. We found a good list of 150 charades ideas for kids and adults.
Put on a puppet show
Writing the story, making the puppet stage and creating sock puppets, you can fill hours of time away from screens and make good use of those lone socks that have lost their pair.
Host a Spa Night
See if a spa near you would give a discount to a group coming in for an unplugged night or create a spa night at your house. Check out 25 more ideas for R & R.
What Restaurants and Dining Establishments Can Do
Find a restaurant(s), winery or brewery without TVs (or willing to turn them off) and coordinate a beautiful unplugged dining experience.
Cook a Themed Meal for your Family or Housemates
Here are some ideas for simple recipes that will get you cooking in no time.
Bake Something Yummy
A sure fire way to keep little hands busy is to get them cooking in the kitchen and nothing is quite as much fun as baking.
Camp Out or Go Off the Grid
Find locations where you can disconnect to reconnect. A lot of camping locations don’t have wifi and some businesses are starting to advertise this as a perk.
