Looking for some special mother-daughter bonding activities for International Daughter’s Day this Sunday? There’s nothing sweeter than spending special time with your little girl – even if she is not feeling all that little anymore! Spending time together doing something special is a brilliant way of topping up on that unique mother-daughter bond, and also is a nice big signal that you love and care for them, no matter how preoccupied you are with firefighting your way through life.
By creating time to enjoy mother-daughter bonding activities, you also help to boost their self-esteem and through this quality time, help to feel the security of your love and attention which will help to keep them emotionally and mentally strong as life begins to get more complicated for them and they need to face the challenges of the world out there.
So without further ado, it’s time to live for the moment as we share some ideas to centre your quality time around her this International Daughter’s Day. These can also be used at any time when your mother-daughter bond needs a little top-up:
40 mother-daughter bonding activities for International Daughter’s Day (or any other time!)
- Make bath bombs (see tutorial here)
- Have an at-home mani-pedi or treat yourself to one at your local beauty salon
- Treat yourselves to a sheet face mask
- Go pottery painting or do this at home with a pottery painting kit
- Have a story telling session using storytelling dice
- Create art together
- Dress up – have fun styling each other and give each other a mini makeover
- Snuggle up for a movie marathon
- Bake something and if you do this on a regular basis you can even start making your own recipe book
- Let loose and have a dance party/dance off
- Have a board game afternoon
- Throw a tea party for two
- Go for a picnic – or have an indoor one if it’s too cold/raining
- Take a trip down memory lane by look at old baby pictures and videos
- Do some science experiments together
- Go on a photography walk
- Take a stroll together (to go get ice cream or something from the bakery if incentivisation is needed)
- Create and go on a scavenger hunt
- Make soap together
- Draw portraits of each other
- Go on a litter pick round your neighbourhood
- Go somewhere on your family bucket list
- Try something new together – whether that’s stand up paddle boarding, kayaking, horse riding or making pottery
- Have a water balloon fight (if weather permits) – if not have a sock fight instead!
- Do some planting/gardening
- Play ball – whether that be a game of catch, dodgeball, basketball or football
- Work on some shared mindful colouring
- Play cards – whether that be solitaire side by side, Go Fish, Racing Demon or Active Snap
- Snuggle up and read together
- Pick a craft to make and spend the afternoon creating it
- Do some DIY together
- Get stuck into a jigsaw puzzle
- Go bowling
- So some yoga together – we love Yoga Pretzels for this
- Make up songs and sing them
- Visit a museum
- Have a kareoke session
- Cuddle a puppy – whether it be your own, or a friend/neighbours
- Visit a farm
- Have an all-out tickle fight
Remember when choosing something from this list whether that be for International Daughter’s Day or another time be sure to pick something that will make you both happy, and involve them in the process…which is part of the mother-daughter bonding journey too! And if you’re planning a day out as a mother-daughter bonding activity, then be sure to check our tips on planning a successful day out here.
