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20 activities to do during your family session at home



Are you worried about what to do during your at-home family photo session? First, I do not want you to feel like you have to do anything! I can just capture your family doing whatever you usually do together! Even if it’s unorganized chaos!

A family in a living room: two children jump excitedly while an adult reaches up to catch a ball, and another adult sits on the sofa with a toddler—just one of 20 activities to do during your family session at home.


I prefer that you do an activity or two that your family regularly does together, but if you need some guidance, here’s a list of 20+ activities you can do with your family on the day of your photo session.


INDOOR ACTIVITIES

#1. You can make breakfast or lunch, cookies, pancakes, or just prepare a snack together!

A family in a kitchen, with parents feeding two young children sitting at a counter.


#2. Read books together


#3. Play make-believe; play vet with stuffed animals, or doctor with dolls, put on a puppet show or play restaurant where the kids play chef and serve the parents pretend food


#4. Play with their favorite toys

An adult man, a young boy, and an adult woman sit together on a floor with various toys; the man and boy are engaged in play, while the woman watches.


#5. Jump on the bed

A woman sits on a bed watching a boy standing and a girl lying down, holding a cup. The scene is set in a bedroom with a wooden headboard.


#6. Do a craft, color or paint.

During a cozy family photo session at home, loved ones gather around a kitchen island, coloring in a book with crayons. Two children are immersed in the activity while adults offer guidance. Everyday kitchen items provide a comforting backdrop to this cherished moment together.


#7. Bring out the musical instruments!

A young boy plays the piano in a living room while two children sit together on an armchair reading a book—just one of the 20 activities to do during your family session at home.


#8. Build a fort or create with LEGO’s or other building toys together

Mom peeking into a tent at her daughter in the living room


#9. Play board games or build puzzles

A family of four is playing a board game called "SORRY!" on the carpet in a living room. Various toys and storage cubes are visible in the background.


#10. Play the floor is lava, have a dance party, or hide and seek, or any other fun made-up game together.

A mother and her two daughters dancing in their living room.



OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

#11. Play with the hose

Boy playing with hose next to a blue baby pool in the yard


#12. Play in the pool/baby pool/sprinkler/slip-n-slide

little girl jumping through a sprinkler


#13. Blow bubbles or draw with sidewalk chalk

During a family photo session at home, a child in a leopard-print dress plays among numerous bubbles in front of the playhouse with a slide in the backyard.


#14. Gardening

Little boy standing in his garden smiling holding a tomato


#15. Play on the trampoline, swingset or in the playhouse.


#16. Ride bikes/scooters/skateboards on the sidewalk or in the driveway

Three children play outside on a sidewalk bordered by grass and autumn trees; one rides a tricycle while the others walk and run nearby—just one of 20 activities to do during your family session at home.


#17. Take a walk to the local park/playground

A family of four, including a child on a bike, walks along a tree-lined path in autumn.


#18. Have a picnic in the yard or driveway

four children having a picnic in driveway on a blanket with stuffed penguin and scooter


#19. Play an outdoor game together; tag, catch, kickball, basketball, football, etc.,

Family playing around on the green grass


#20. Just lay out a blanket and get everyone to sit or lie on it to look at the clouds in the sky.



Whatever you do, do not think you are boring, and do not stress about what we will do to fill the time during your family photo session. I promise you that we will have plenty to do while I am there photographing your family!


I assure you that our session will go smoothly and it will even be fun.



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If you have not already booked and you are interested in a newborn or family session, please do not wait to get in touch. I know life gets busy and these things tend to slip to the bottom of the to-do list, but it’s time to make it a priority! I can’t wait to hear from you and to plan a unique session for your family!



~All images by Mary Beth Miller Photography ~

Mary Beth Miller Photography specializes in lifestyle and documentary family and newborn photography in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and many of the surrounding areas. Mary Beth has over 15 years of experience photographing families, newborns and babies in the Regent Square, Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, Greentree, Point Breeze and Highland Park.  Her style is very relaxed and natural and your family session will feel like a stress-free Sunday afternoon with your family! 

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Mary Beth Miller Photography

Established in 2009
Family & Newborn Photographer serving the greater Pittsburgh area; Wexford, Mars, Cranberry Township