Indoor kids activities
So the kids are home from school for the near future, now what? … Get them involved & get them off the screens by creating things and playing!
Most of these ideas are so cheap if not free. You can find plenty of free learning printable off
Google & Pinterest if you don’t have the supplies for these laying around all can be found at the dollar tree ?
Use this time not as a punishment or as “being stuck at home”but use it as bonding time and hands on fun
Creative ideas
?Design cards for your friends
?Make your own play dough
?Male play dough sculptures
?Make slime
?Make a necklace out of beads or pasta
?Choreograph a dance
?Plan and perform a play
?Make shadow puppets
?Crete a design with Popsicle sticks
?Paint rocks
?Create something from a large box
?Build with blocks
?Create an art gallery from artwork
?Make a collage
?Take photos
?Make sock puppets
?Record a video
?Use craft supplies to create animals
?Make bookmarks
?Do mosaic
?Flower pressing
?Do some gardening
?Make paper boats
?Build a structure with playing cards
?Make mobiles
?Paint
?Coloring in pictures from coloring books or printed pictures
?Paint flower pots
?Make doll houses from old boxes
Stay active
?Create an indoor obstacale course
?Plan an indoor scavenger hunt
?Build a fort with couch cushions
?Hula Hoop
?Hallway Soccer
Play a game
?Play a card game
?Play a board game
?Have paper airplane races
?Line up domino’s and watch them fall
?Solve a crossword puzzle
?Put a puzzle together
?Play with lego’s
?Play target golf
Imaginative play
?Play dress up
?Play school
?Play farm
?Play family
?Play zoo
?Put on a puppet show
Cook & Bake
?Bake a snack
?Make ice cream
?Make Popsicles
?Cook a meal
?Do a blind taste test
Other
?Write letters to friends or family
?Leave notes or gifts in neighbors mailboxes
?Create and bury a time capsule
?Read a book
?Read a magazine
?Do a random act of kindness
?Turn on music and have a dance party
?Stack cups and knock them over
?Tell or write a story