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Play or make something
Build something as a team: a blanket fort, a block tower or a cardboard boat. Give them one shared goal instead of a contest.
Cook or bake one simple recipe together, with each sibling in charge of one step.
Put on a show together: a puppet show, a dance or a family talent night that the siblings plan as a team.
Have a game night where the siblings play on the same team, against the grown-ups.
Plan a sibling day: the siblings choose an outing together (a park, the library, a museum or a hike) and plan it themselves.
Learn something new side by side, like swim lessons at the same pool. Water safety is a family affair.
Talk and listen
At dinner, each sibling shares a high and a low from their day. Everyone else just listens.
Interview each other: three questions each (favorite memory, biggest wish, something you’re proud of), then share one answer that surprised you.
Write a sibling a short note about one thing you admire in them, or one time they helped you. Send it today.
Set a standing call or video chat with your siblings, even 15 minutes a week, and keep it on the calendar.
Look through old family photos together and tell the stories behind them.
Help each other
Have an older sibling teach a younger one a skill, like a card trick, a drawing or a recipe, with a grown-up nearby.
Secret kindness week: each sibling does one surprise kind thing for another.
Do one chore as a team with music on, and celebrate together when it’s done.
Show up for an ordinary moment: a sibling’s game, recital, graduation, or a small family ceremony.
Invite a sibling’s husband, wife or partner to something you usually do as siblings, to welcome them in.
Remember a brother or sister who died
Make a memory box together, with photos, drawings, notes and small things that remind you of your brother or sister.
Let each child help choose how to mark their sibling’s birthday or anniversary.
Do one of their favorite things together: eat their favorite meal, play their song or visit a place they loved.
Say their name and tell one story about them, so everyone knows it is OK to talk about them.
Draw or paint a picture of a favorite memory together, and talk about it while you work.