A couple of Saturdays ago we had our first parent/child event, which was Daddy Daughter Date Night. Brenda Gordon at Edmond CoC was so nice and gave me all the information from their event. The theme for the night was "In His Steps". I sent the dads and daughters a formal invitation for the dads to take their daughters out to eat and then meet at the church at 6:30. Katie helped me set up and stayed to take these great pictures! I couldn't have done it without her! Todd "helped" too.
We had a dad with a teenage daughter emcee the night. His daughter came with him and was also a huge help, especially with the little girls. We started out with an ice breaker game. Three dads (Chris and two other dads) volunteered to hide behind a board while the daughters guessed which feet belonged to their dad. The girls did a great job and guessed correctly.
Then the dads went to a separate room with our emcee to write letters to their daughters, which we mailed afterwards. Our emcee went with them so that they could ask him questions or they could all talk together as dads with daughters. The girls stayed to fill out surveys to see how well they knew their dads. This was so fun and cute! The girls were asked things like what's your dads favorite color, how old are they, etc. Next time we'll have to plan some extra activities for the girls because they didn't take as long as the dads for this portion and they got pretty restless.
After the dads were done we had them come back and help their daughters decorate cupcakes. While they did this we read off the daughters answers.
The last part of the evening involved a bible verse scavenger hunt around the building and a fun photo booth. The dads had to lead their daughters to each clue by looking up the verse in a bible. At the end the girls received a cute crazy straw to take home. It was such a fun evening and so touching to watch all the sweet daddies with their daughters. I can't wait for our next events like this!
