Just a few months ago, we heard Cherie Miller give us wonderful tips about creating a special “Stay-Cation” with our families. This month, the magazine Family Fun has an entire article devoted to this very same idea, entitled “Winter Stay Cation.”

There are tons of creative ideas within the article, written by Catherine Newman. Here are a few tid bits that I thought you might enjoy. Be sure to pick up a copy or read it at the library, as I didn’t see an online version of the article available. I’m positive you’ll find something you can use to have an incredibly fun time with your family!!

1) Book a room at your own Home-tel: This includes cleaning off your bathroom counter to house only lotions and soaps, folding down the kids sheets before bed and leaving a small chocolate on their pillows and creating a menu for breakfast that they can select items from and hang on their door handle before hitting the sack.

2) Create a little night life- This idea includes having a picnic supper by the fire (or in Florida, maybe in the backyard), having a family fondue party, an all-family board game or jigsaw puzzle evening or ordering pizza and renting an old movie you enjoyed as a child, but your kiddos have never seen.

3) Act like a tourist- Check out the chamber of commerce, take public transportation and visit the library.

4) Pick a theme- Ideas for theme day stay cations included dinosaur day, beach day, international day, spa day and olden days day! You can strech this ideas as much or as little as you desire!

Hope this spurs some great Stay-Cations!! If you’ve tried this idea already, leave a comment and let us know how it went!!