Learn cursive and calligraphy together or macrame.

Paint muse in national harbor or mosaic district in NOVA. We’ve gone to a day or early evening class and A lot of my 6th graders friends do that with their moms as well. (We’ve given gift cert as gifts twice already.)

If you both like cooking pick a more complicated menu from a recipe book and help her make the grocery list from the recipe, go shopping together for just those things and come home and make it for the family. I did this with each of my kids over the summer and they loved it and learned a lot.

Thanks all!

Anonymous wrote:Are you in decent shape? You guys can go to a rope course at Sandy Spring.

+1...my 11 yo DD is not sporty but LOVES this. There's also 'Go Ape' in ..I think Rockville? Not cheap though...I think $35pp last time I went.

A couple of our Herndon/Vienna/Fairfax art galleries also offer one day art classes that are very reasonable; check those. Dave and Buster's is close to you, if she likes games like that. The zoo and apple picking are both great this time of year for outside.

Anonymous wrote:Are you in decent shape? You guys can go to a rope course at Sandy Spring.

Or wall climbing.

Are you in decent shape? You guys can go to a rope course at Sandy Spring.

Joann's and Michael's sometime have 1 day craft classes.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure where you are located but those paint-your-own pottery places (e.g., color me mine) are usually much less than $75/per person.

Thanks. We love those too - I totally forgot to mentioned we've done this so often already, we'd prefer something different. We are in Bethesda.

I'm not sure where you are located but those paint-your-own pottery places (e.g., color me mine) are usually much less than $75/per person.

This is along the lines of pottery, but not as expensive. What about one of those places where you choose a piece and paint it? My DD loves that and it seems to vary between $15 and $30 for the pieces she chooses.

Are you in the DC area? I liked over the Xmas holidays, to let my kids each choose a museum they'd like to visit. I have them do a little research, so they get on the websites and read up on the exhibits, special events, etc. and pick.

Looking for a special activity to do with my 11 yo daughter this weekend. Was hoping to find a pottery class or cooking class, but couldn't find anything for less than $75pp which is too much. Open to any kind of class or interactive experience or even a book reading or special art exhibit. Thanks!