April Family Night Ideas and Fun Activities List

Family nights and time together are so important, and Supermom Shuffle has prepared an April Family Night Ideas and Fun Activities List to help you get started for some fun in the month of April!

Cherry blossom flowers with a graphic imposed on the front of the picture that says "Hello April"

Spring is here! This is a good month to do some cleaning and organizing! Have the kids get in on helping, where applicable. Spend some of the rainy April days getting the house in better order to cut down on the stress in your life. On the good weather days, get out and about and take in the season with your family! April is a gorgeous time and all the plants and trees come to life again! Go on a nature walk or find a local garden to explore. Happy April!

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A family gathered around their dinner table to eat a meal

Importance of Family Time

A happy family is always super important to me and the value of family time cannot be overstated. Regular family nights as well as general family time are really important and strengthen your family bond. It’s a good idea to spend time together with the entire family regularly because it’s key to the development of your kids, and it boosts your general well-being also! It’s a fundamental part of offering emotional support, sharing triumphs, and navigating through challenges.

What To Expect?

What should you expect from each month’s guide for fun family night ideas? Each month will have a theme and then it will include the following ideas and activities planned around that theme!

Family Dinner Conversation Starters
Printable Conversation Starter Cards
April Weekend Activity List
Family Theme Night Suggestions
Game Night Ideas
Movie Night Ideas – April Spring Theme
April Baking Ideas
April Craft Ideas
Spring Family Bucket List

More on each section of our guide to come!

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A calendar for April with pushpins in it along with a pencil nearby, all on a wooden table

When To Have Family Night

Any night is fine for family night. You’ll want to do it on a night when there are no other activities planned. It is supposed to be a fun night, not something you stress about fitting into the schedules. Make the time and do the family nights regularly. It’s one of the best things in life, and you don’t want to miss it! I think Friday night is kind of fun to do them on so we don’t have to worry about homework or it being a school night. Try out some different times and see what works best for your family.

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April Family Night Guide

Conversation Starters:

Use these for the dinner table or a longer car ride. Have fun with it and play along too! There are also cards to follow if you want to cut them out and put them in a jar and pick one each day!

April Converstation Starters

April 5 is National Deep Dish Pizza Day. Do you like deep dish pizza? Or thin crust? What’s your favorite toppings?
If you could travel anywhere right now, where would it be?
April 28 is National Superhero Day. Who is your favorite superhero and why?
April 8 is National Zoo Lover’s Day. Which is your favorite animal at the zoo?
April is National Humor Month. Do you have a good joke to tell?
What’s your favorite thing about spring?
What’s your favorite flower you see blooming right now?
April 6 is Student-Athlete Day. What’s your favorite sport to play?
What’s your favorite sport to watch?
If you could be super awesome at any sport, what would it be?
If you could be super awesome for a day at anything, what would it be?
April is Math Month. Do you like math? What’s your favorite part of math class?
April Fool’s Day is April 1. Do you like to play jokes on people that day? Why or why not?
It rains a lot in April. What’s your favorite rainy-day activity?
You see a lot of bunnies in April. Would you want to have a pet bunny? Why or why not?
What’s your favorite color of the rainbow?
April 22 is Earth Day. How can we as a family do better to take care of our planet?
If you could grow a garden, what would you have in it?
The best game to play outside is…
Which do you like better, Spring or Fall?
What do you like to do on rainy days?

Printable Cards

If you sign up for the free March guide, there are printable cards you can print out. I love to print them on cardstock, cut them out, fold them up, and put them in a jar. Then each night at dinner you can draw a conversation starter and everyone gets to answer the question each day. You can modify it for little kids or big kids as best suits your family’s needs.

"Game Night" spelled out in Scrabble tiles on a wooden table with other miscellaneous game night tokens

Game Night Ideas:

Family Game Night is such a fun way to connect! Here’s a list of games we think are great fun for April and Springtime! Some of these will require a little more work and prep than a regular board game but are much more fun for the season. Search Google/Pinterest for the idea for exact instructions!

Family Game Night Ideas

Little Guys (Age 3-6)

SpringThemed “I Spy”
Spring Matching Game Printables
Easter Bowling
Easter Dice Game
Rattlesnake Jake
Greedy Granny
Disney Eye Found It Hidden Picture Game
Crocodile Dentist

Bigger Guys (Age 7-10)

Gnomes at Night
Spring Tic-Tac-Toe
Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel
Spring I Spy
20 Questions Easter Edition
Mini Ice Hockey
Spring Scavenger Hunt
Sum Swamp (board game)
Math Room (board game)
Rush Hour Jr.
Headbandz
Count Your Chickens
Tabletop Cornhole

Big Guys (Age 11+)

Carcassonne
Dominion
Exploding Kittens
Codenames
Catan
Scattergories
Apples to Apples
Mathopoly
Scrambled States of America
1st & Goal
Clue
Spontuneous
Azul
Jackbox
Say Anything: Family Edition
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Card Game
Ticket to Ride
Sushi Go
Sequence

Kids with Easter baskets running to find eggs during an Easter Egg Hunt

April Weekend Activity Ideas:

Depending on where you live, the weather may be starting to break up a little and warm up! Especially towards the end of the month! There are plenty of indoor and outdoor ideas on this list to keep your little family busy all weekend long!

Easter Egg Hunt
Easter Bunny Gingerbread Houses
Easter Egg Design Contest
Make a bird feeder
Indoor obstacle course
Make an art project
Try on Spring clothes and donate the ones the kids have grown out of already
Homemade Spring Play-Doh
Easter and Spring baking
Easter Egg Hunt
Start a garden
Hang bird feeders
Picnic
Feed the ducks
Visit a museum
Go for a bike ride
Let your kids have your phone and take pictures of nature
Backyard obstacle course
Nature Walk
Make a Fairy Garden
Get a giant bubble kit
Fly a kite
Go to a museum
Visit the library and check out books on Spring
Go to the zoo
Go fishing
Go outside and play in the rain, jump in lots of puddles
Family Movie Day!
Fly a kite
Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
Go on a Rainbow Hunt
Get Family Pictures made
Family Spring Cleaning Days
Mini Golf
Spring Farmer’s Markets
Rock Painting
Go to a local community garden and explore
Feed squirrels and chipmunks
Day road trip
Go window shopping
Celebrate Earth Day

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Family Theme Nights:

This is one of my favorite ideas. Family theme night is so much fun. Here’s what you do:

Pick a theme and go with it for a fun family night! There’s one for each week in February plus extras!! Some of these fun night ideas are more involved than others. The sky is the limit, so go for it and have some fun. (PS – As a side effect – trying some of these new ideas might even help your child expand their diet and try new foods!)

Pizza Bar Night

April 5 is National Deep Dish Pizza Day. Have a pizza bar night where everyone gets to make their own pizzas with their own toppings. Make or split dough into crusts for each person to have their very own pizza!

Living Room Picnic

April 23 is National Picnic Day. If you can’t go outdoors, have a picnic in your living room floor. Put out lots of blankets and pillows and serve picnic food for dinner!

Beach Party Night

The weather is getting better and it might be time to go to the beach soon. But I say, why wait?! Have a noise machine or your phone play beach/ocean sounds in the background. Cook or order up some seafood for dinner. Bring beach chairs into the living room and watch a video of the ocean. Decorate with your beach towels! Everyone wears sunglasses! Just like a day a the beach!

Sundae Bar Night

This is such a fun night! Get several flavors of ice cream and all the toppings you can think of. And not just hot fudge sauce and sprinkles. Think candy like nerds, M&M’s, gummy bears, chocolate chips — the works! Think about anything you might find at those frozen yogurt bars and include the fun things your family would eat! Let everyone make their own sundae and everyone enjoy together!

Un-Birthday Day

Make a birthday cake that isn’t for any one person. Have everyone’s favorite meal (if possible) and act as if it’s a birthday party. But it’s no one’s actual birthday! Get some balloons and hang up some signs. This is a super fun night to celebrate just an every day Tuesday!

Rainbow Dinner Night

Have a meal that includes every color of the rainbow! Think blueberries for blue/purple, mangoes or yellow peppers for yellow. Red could be tomato-based recipes. If you want to be more simple, you could just do rainbow fruit salad and have cherries, oranges, mango, kiwi or green grapes, blueberries, and plums. If you wanted to do dinner you could do spaghetti and salad, followed by fruit salad for dessert!

Popcorn Bar

This is super similar to ice cream bar! Put out different flavorings and items you can mix in with your popcorn. Let everyone make their own preferred mix and settle in for a show or movie!

Royal Night

Girls get tiaras! Guys get king crowns! Everyone is royal for the night. We dress with our fancy clothes for dinner and wear our best jewels! Dinner should be on the nice dishes (or fancy paper plates!) and everyone uses their best manners!

Cooking Class

Find an online family cooking class you can all take together! Get the laptop or ipad set up in the kitchen, get all your ingredients ready and follow the directions! The kids will be excited to eat it because they helped make it! Let the kids do as much as they can so they feel extra helpful!

A family snuggled up on the couch at night with lights strung around for a movie night

Movie Suggestions:

Need some fresh ideas for Family Movie Night? Here are some that match April and Spring and Earth Day Themes! Check out the movie beforehand to make sure there’s nothing to scare your kids! I haven’t seen ALL of these to confirm myself!

Younger Kids:

Bambi
Bigfoot Family
Charlotte’s Web
Tangled
Up
Secret Life of Pets 2
Zootopia
Peter Rabbit
Easter Land
The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit
Over the Hedge
Winne The Pooh: Springtime with Roo
Yogi the Easter Bear
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peppa Pig – Easter Bunny
Guess How Much I Love You: An Enchanting Easter
Hop
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Mary Poppins
Dr. Seuss – The Lorax
Bee Movie
A Bug’s Life

Older Kids: (12+)

Prom
Rise of the Guardians
Miss Potter
Easter under Wraps
The Secret Garden (1993)
10 Things I Hate About You
Easter Parade
A League of Their Own
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
You’ve Got Mail
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Rookie of the Year
SpaceJam
The Sandlot
Little Big League
The Rookie
Notting Hill
Emma
The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries 2
State Fair
Oklahoma
The Wizard of Oz

Baking and Crafting Suggestions:

Here are some ideas for fun baking and crafting sessions this month! Google or Pinterest for yummy recipes and craft ideas!!

Baking:

Easter Egg Rice Krispy Treats
Carrot Cake
M&M Easter Cookies
Coconut Egg Nests
Spring Confetti Bars
Cinnamon Sugar Bunnies
Flower Pretzel Bites
Funfetti Whoopie Pies
Sugar cookies with spring cookie cutters
Strawberry Sugar Cookie Bars
Italian Easter Cookies
Chocolate Bark Brownies
Easter Blondies
Chocolate Covered Carrot Strawberries
Spring dipped Oreos
Easter Thumbprint Cookies
Hot Cross Buns
Easter Bark
Springtime Crinkle Cookies
Creme Egg Rocky Road Fudge
Leftover Easter Candy Cookies
Lemon Bars
Gummy Bear Bark
April Showers Cupcakes
Cinnamon Sugar Sprinkle Cookies

A father and son building a birdhouse together with tools and supplies all around on the table

Craft Ideas:

Egg carton animals
Broccoli Painting
Fork Stamped Tulips
Easter Egg String Balloons
Salt Painted Easter Eggs
Hand-shaped flower bouquets
Bunny Tails
Paper Umbrellas
Egg Carton Flowers
Tissue Paper Birds Nest
Paper Plate Flower Wreath
Marble Painting
Shaving Cream Easter Eggs
Curled Paper Flowers
Cupcake Liner Flower Craft
Bunny art with chalk pastels
Recycled newspaper flowers
Paper chain caterpillar
Popsicle stick bird house
Potato Painting
Qtip Spring Painting
Tissue Paper Painting
Thumbprint Dandelion
Tissue paper butterflies
Earth Day crafts
Sponge Painting Cards
Adorable Photo Magnets

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Wrap-Up – April Family Night Ideas and Fun Activities List

Happy April, everyone! All these ideas should keep you pretty busy for the month of April, and even beyond that! Keep this guide handy and use it month after month, year after year! I can’t wait to hear all about the fun ideas and quality time that you spend with your family this month! Spending time together regularly is so good for your kids and for the parents as well. So, take some of these ideas, or come up with a great idea of your own, and get going on your family night! I can’t wait to hear all about them! Until then… Just Keep Shuffling!