As a father life goes by so fast with work, home, and kids activities. It may seem hard to find enough time to spend some one on one quality time with your daughter. A daddy daughter night is a great way to spend an evening after work with just you and your little princess.
Is there any bond more precious than that of a father and his daughter? One of my favorite moments is when I get home from work and I have three girls racing at me to give me the first hug. Eating dinner is normally a mosh pit of who gets to sit by me and eat off my plate. If you are trying to come up with a good diet plan just have three daughters and let them eat by you.
Trying to come up with time for a daddy daughter night is hard enough, let alone finding time to come up with an idea. Thats why I’ve compiled a list of 10 fun ideas for your daddy daughter night. Have fun!
1. Take Her To Dinner
Great pick for the most obvious one for number one right? Have fun with this one. Don’t just take here to Chili’s and look at your phone the whole time. Take her somewhere nice and dress up, or plan an evening picnic to your local park. Maybe you like to ride bikes or ATVs. Why not take her on a short ride and bring sandwiches.
Have some things in your mind of what you could tell her. Make her feel special. You are her hero and the example of how a man should treat her one day. Some things you could tell her are,
I’m really proud of you for…
You are so kind I saw you the other day when you…
You amazed me when you…
2. Take Her To A Evening Painting Class
What a great way to spend an evening with your daughter. Google evening painting class near me to find an art studio that will teach you to paint a picture in one evening. They are a lot of fun and a great way to bond with your daughter. Another added bonus is she will have something she can hang up in her room to remember her awesome date with her dad.
3. Ice Cream Shop
If you don’t have a lot of time then you could take her out one evening for ice cream after work. One of my favorite times with my daughter was simply taking her to a local ice cream shop. I got home from work early one day and surprised her. We went to a local drug store that has an old fashioned soda fountain. It was simple yet a lot of fun, and made her feel really special.
4. Make A Craft
What girl doesn’t love making a craft. Local craft stores like Michaels will hold craft nights where they teach you to make something. Soak up your man pride and take your daughter to one of these nights. Your daughter will love you for it and you will be a legend.
5. Nature Hike
Something about being in nature brings out really deep and meaningful conversation. If you really want to get to know your daughter go on a hike. Look up short hikes near you and get outside. This may seem like too much for an evening daddy daughter night, but you only live once so make the most of it.
6. Go To The Theatre
Watching magicians perform the impossible, laughing until it hurts at comedians, and getting blown away at a great musical is a great way for an adult to spend the evening. Something about being at the theatre brings out the inner child in all of us. Watching magicians takes me back to when I was a child dreaming of being up on stage making people question everything about life with a simple trick.
The theatre is not only a place for adults, but kids as well. Spending the evening at the theatre is a great way to bond with your daughter. Even more than that though, going to see a live performance has many benefits that you just can’t get from going to watch a movie. It really encourages empathy and cultural awareness.
A study published in Education Next found that students that watched high-quality theater productions, “leads to enhanced knowledge of the plot, increased vocabulary, greater tolerance, and improved ability to read emotions of others.” The same study by Education Next finds that by watching a play, as opposed to reading it or watching a film, students had better knowledge of the plot. If your daughter loves to read what better way to bring the pages of her favorite book to life than taking her to see her favorite characters on stage.
7. Go Shopping
Going shopping is another evening idea that you need to have fun with. Don’t just walk around like a zombie while your daughter shops. Talk to her give her your input. Maybe you could make a game out of it. Give her 20 bucks and see if she can buy a whole outfit with it by looking for good deals. You could use the night as an evening to teach her about money.
8. Pedicure Night
I have to admit I didn’t come up with this idea. This was all my wife’s idea, but I promise you won’t lose your man card for this one. What a better way to show your daughter you care about her than putting your pride aside and getting a pedicure with her. It will make her feel like a million bucks too.
9. Fishing
If you have a fishing pond, river, creek, lake, or ocean nearby then why not spend the evening taking your daughter fishing. She will like to learn about a hobby that you love. Many times as fathers we spend time doing hobbies by ourselves and leave the kiddos home. In the information age we live in with social media, video games, and streaming tv shows it seems like people are always tweeting something, or binge watching a new tv series.
What better way to disconnect from the world with your daughter than teaching her to catch a fish. Show her your favorite fishing hole, or teach her the perfect cast. Spend one evening preparing your tackle and showing her how to use a fishing rod. The next evening take her out fishing. If you lucky enough to land some fish then the next day you could have a fish fry for the whole family. She will have great satisfaction knowing that she provided the meal for the whole family. There is also nothing quite like being with your daughter when she lands her first fish.
10. Let Her Pick
What better way to find out what your daughter really likes than letting her pick what to do for your daddy daughter night. If your daughters into sports, outdoors, art, shopping, or beauty whatever it is let her pick your night out. Letting her pick is a great way to build up her confidence and show her that she matters and has great ideas. If you want to teach your daughter to grow into a strong confident woman then help her build her confidence by letting her make some choices. When your on a night out with her don’t forget to compliment her on what a great choice she picked.
Enjoy Your Time Together
Having a positive father daughter relationship will have a big impact on her life. It will help mold and shape her into a determined, strong, and confident woman. Take the time to show your daughter how much you love and care for her. Treat her the way that you want her husband to treat her one day.
Be the example of the kind of guy she should have in her life. She will look up to you a lot as an example of what a man should be. So when your on your daddy daughter night leave all the worries of work and life behind you. Don’t look at your phone constantly. Instead focus on her and show her that she is special. This night is about you and your daughter. Nothing else but that should matter when you’re with her.