Family Heritage Ideas

FAMILY HERITAGE ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE PAST

Oldest relatives share stories
Make up songs about ancestors
Sing old songs
Bring family history projects to share or even sell
Make a pedigree chart or family tree
Tell stories of ancestors
Impersonate an ancestor
Enact family history events
Read excerpts (not too long!) from journals, etc.
Tell how some of your ancestors met
Question/answer session with older family members
Interview an older family member or videotape one and show it
Visit gravesites
Model clothing worn by your ancestors or display other artifacts
Tour sites where your ancestors grew up



START FAMILY REUNION TRADITIONS BASED ON THE PRESENT

Have a parents’ night out
Hold a family business meeting
Make a “No empty chairs” display
Make and bury a time capsule
Have the children make an autograph book
Start a website
Make a video of each reunion
Make a scrapbook or photograph book of each reunion
Write letters to missionaries and those in the military
Enact the nativity (Christmas)
Commemorate another holiday
Have an auction, a trading post, a family “yard” sale
Write letters to yourselves outlining your goals, aspirations, and predictions
Ask each family to bring a video clip of themselves, their town, their home, etc.
Get a trumpet and have someone play taps, reveille, call to mess, etc.
Have a flag raising or lowering ceremony
Spotlight family members
Have cousin parties for the various age groups
Make a family banner or flag
Prepare a memory booklet that everyone can take home
Start a family missionary fund
Make a calendar with a different family picture each month
Start a family organization
Have guest speakers—some one who knew your ancestors
Have education week type lectures by family members
Teach the children to crochet, quilt, carve, or make other handicrafts
Review movies, books, etc. of interest to your family