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Indoor Activities for Kids 

Mar 19, 2020 · 2 Comments

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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easy and fun indoor activities for kids

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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  1. Bubbles bubbles bubbles 
  2. Hide and seek 
  3. Create a race track and city for matchbox cars out of painter’s tape 
  4. Put on a fashion show
  5. Balloon volleyball
  6. Balloon tennis with fly swatters 
  7. Don’t let the balloon touch the ground 
  8. Hide a treasure and play hot and cold 
  9. Construct a dance floor and hold a dance-off 
  10. Construct and design the coolest paper airplane 
  11. Make play dough
  12. Animal charades 
  13. Build and decorate a castle
  14. Create a sensory bin 
  15. Paint tiny stain glass windows 
  16. Build a mesmerizing marble run 
  17. 3-Legged race 
  18. Red light, Green Light 
  19. Make an engaging obstacle course that challenges their abilities 
  20. Indoor bowling alley 
  21. Ping pong catch using plastic cups 
  22. Ping pong toss game that resembles ski ball 
  23. Indoor camping 
  24. Make your own personal pan pizza 
  25. Bake a delicious dessert 
  26. Sumo wrestling with pillows tucked under their shirts 
  27. Bean bag toss using small boxes or crates  
  28. Create an exciting scavenger hunt 
  29. Minigolf using plastic cups taped to the ground 
  30. Play Twister
  31. Pull out old board games 
  32. Find items beginning with all the letters of the alphabet on an ABC Hunt 
  33. Make your own colorful slime 
  34. Nerf gun target practice with empty water bottles
  35. Easily entertain them by holding a floating ball challenge 
  36. Play-doh 
  37. Break your own rules with a movie marathon 
  38. Find a good puzzle 
  39. Classic hot potato with some good tunes 
  40. Sit down and do a fun and easy science experiment with them 
  41. Play freeze dance
  42. Do yoga
  43. Mismatched sock scavenger hunt
  44. Make a thankful jar
  45. Draw a self portrait
  46. Play tic tac toe
  47. Read a book
  48. Learn a new skill
  49. Build a fort
  50. 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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  1. Anshika says

    August 20, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    Make a clay with dough

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