Want ideas for group activities? There isn’t really a format, no badges to earn or ranks to climb. The journey is the goal. With that in mind, here is a list of activities that various groups have used as the center of their meetings and events. As the kids get older, the events tend to get more out-of the house:
Make Cider & Donuts
Bowling at Troy Escape
Foot Golf
CJ Barrymores / Go-Carts (CJ is a huge outdoor entertainment center on M59)
Cross-Bow / Archery
Putt-Putt Golf
Dequindre Cut
Bocce-Ball
Feather Bowling
Fowling / Hatchet Throw
Oakland U Basketball
Minor League Baseball / Jimmy-John’s
(Charter) Fishing
MIS Speedway – go watch a race
Sign Kids up for skiing through Troy Recreation
Top Golf
Zombie Paintball / Haunted House
Make Graham Cracker Ginger-Bread Houses
Make Home-Made Ice Cream
Make / Decorate Frosted Sugar Cookies
Driving Range / Putt Putt
Disc Golf @ Beverly Park
Biking @ Indian Springs or Stony Creek or Neighborhood Tour
Corn Maze
Sledding Beverly Park
Backyard Campfire / Capture the Flag
Detroit City FC game
Outdoor Adventure Center (Hands-on activities, exhibits, simulators…)
Stage Nature Center(Hiking, Ranger Talks, Maple Syrup Days in March…)
Paintball
Troy Historic Village(Tour / Halloween Trick or Treating) Contact Sandy Gunderson for events
High Ropes Course
Laser Tag @ Zap Zone or Troy Escape
Nerf War @ Detroit Dart Company
Archery @ Rising Phoenix
Fencing @ Renaissance Fencing Club
Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Oakland University Basketball game
DCFC Soccer game
Tour (Fire Dept, Police Dept, Nino Savaggios, Troy Court House…)
Drone Air Show (rent a room at TCC?)
DIY Skills Course / Test
DIY Craft (bird feeders, water guns, rockets How to Build a Bottle Rocket)
DIY Greenscreen movie making