It’s dreadful being a kid when the weather has you cooped up indoors and mom and dad won’t give you any more screen time. There’s nothing to do, it’s almost painful. How could parents be so cruel? What kids don’t realize is that it’s just as much torture for the parent on rainy days as well.
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Indoor Activities for Kids
Parents are scrambling to come up with activities to keep their kiddos entertained and from having to hear the words “I’m bored” one more time. Fortunately in your case, we have several indoor activities for kids that will more than suffice during this time indoors. Take a look at our list of ideas and activities that your kids could be doing instead of asking for one more snack.
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- Bubbles bubbles bubbles
- Hide and seek
- Create a race track and city for matchbox cars out of painter’s tape
- Put on a fashion show
- Balloon volleyball
- Balloon tennis with fly swatters
- Don’t let the balloon touch the ground
- Hide a treasure and play hot and cold
- Construct a dance floor and hold a dance-off
- Construct and design the coolest paper airplane
- Make play dough
- Animal charades
- Build and decorate a castle
- Create a sensory bin
- Paint tiny stain glass windows
- Build a mesmerizing marble run
- 3-Legged race
- Red light, Green Light
- Make an engaging obstacle course that challenges their abilities
- Indoor bowling alley
- Ping pong catch using plastic cups
- Ping pong toss game that resembles ski ball
- Indoor camping
- Make your own personal pan pizza
- Bake a delicious dessert
- Sumo wrestling with pillows tucked under their shirts
- Bean bag toss using small boxes or crates
- Create an exciting scavenger hunt
- Minigolf using plastic cups taped to the ground
- Play Twister
- Pull out old board games
- Find items beginning with all the letters of the alphabet on an ABC Hunt
- Make your own colorful slime
- Nerf gun target practice with empty water bottles
- Easily entertain them by holding a floating ball challenge
- Play-doh
- Break your own rules with a movie marathon
- Find a good puzzle
- Classic hot potato with some good tunes
- Sit down and do a fun and easy science experiment with them
- Play freeze dance
- Do yoga
- Mismatched sock scavenger hunt
- Make a thankful jar
- Draw a self portrait
- Play tic tac toe
- Read a book
- Learn a new skill
- Build a fort
- Have a pillow fight
Was it desperation that brought you to this point of tracking down a fresh set of ideas? If so, don’t feel bad because you’re not alone. There’s more than a few indoor activities here that will keep your kids entertained for some time. Do you happen to know of any other fun and exciting indoor activities that your kids love that didn’t show up on our list? We’d love for you to share your ideas.
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