100 Things to Do with Your Son Before He’s Ten

My son turns ten this year. I’m not really sure where the last decade has gone. I find as my kids get older I’m constantly wondering “have I done enough”. Have we spent enough time together, have we made enough memories… I’m sure a lot of moms feel that way. And in truth, we have done so many amazing things these past 9 years and I know there are more to come this year and I wanted to share my list of 100 Things to do with Your Son Before Age Ten.

100 Things to Do with Your Son Before Age Ten

1. Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
2. Build a fort
3. Play hide and go seek
4. Color
5. Build a puzzle
6. Ride a slide
7. Teach him to swim
8. Play catch
9. Teach him to ride a bike
10. Go for a run
11. Spend a day saying “yes”
12. Read Dr. Suess
13. Have a sing-a-long
14. Stay up late
15. Have a movie night
16. Watch a favorite movie from your childhood
17. Introduce him to your favorite song
18. Visit the library
19. Go to Storybook Land
20. Visit a big city
21. See the Statue of Liberty
22. Visit the Intrepid Museum
23. Let him spend a weekend with his grandparents
24. Give him a camera
25. Cook a meal together
26. Build a sandcastle
27. Go on a pirate cruise
28. Bake cookies
29. Visit a paint your own pottery store
30. Play soccer
31. Make slime
32. Play with playdough
33. Make dough ornaments
34. Trace his hand
35. Plan a trip
36. Go to Disney World
37. Ride Dumbo till his heart is content
38. Have ice cream for dinner
39. Go Dolphin watching
40. Walk on the beach
41. Read Snuggle Puppy
42. Visit a children’s museum
43. Go camping
44. Visit Hershey Park
45. Ride a roller coaster
46. Build a gingerbread house
47. Carve a pumpkin
48. Get lost in a corn maze
49. Plan a Mother/Son Trip
50. Go to a professional football game
51. Go to a professional hockey game
52. Go to a professional baseball game
53. Let him get his face painted
54. Visit the zoo
55. Visit a farm
56. Go blueberry picking
57. Get professional pictures together
58. Go to Sesame Place
59. Take a train ride
60. Go on a “date”
61. Go to the movies
62. Eat dinner in a “fancy” restaurant
63. Play hookey from school
64. Become wizards at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
65. Bounce in a bounce house
66. Play Monopoly
67. Drive around looking for Christmas lights
68. Go to an Aquarium
69. Go to the Zoo
70. Go for a bike ride
71. Play in the ocean
72. Go to the boardwalk
73. Build a sandcastle
74. Make snow angels
75. Spend a day just the two of you
76. Have a dance party
77. Color together
78. Cuddle
79. Stay up late
80. Jump in a pool together
81. Play your favorite arcade game
82. Read together
83. Have a movie marathon
84. Go for a hike
85. Go skiing
86. Learn something new together
87. Build a snowman
88. Trace his foot
89. Go fishing or crabbing
90. Go on a boat ride
91. Go Paddleboarding or Kayaking
92. Teach him to cook
93. Teach him to clean up after himself
94. Be silly together
95. Have a snowball fight
96. Explore something that interests him
97. Write him a letter or a card
98. Play card games
99. Have conversations about hard things
100. Let him be little

I realize that these things can be done with boys or girls but since my son is about to turn 10 I thought it would be fun to put together this list.