Unschooling Mega-List of 100 Activities to Do with Your Kids!

Sue Patterson

Sometimes it's hard to think of some of the easy creative ways that are available to us and to the kids!

Here are 100 Activities you may have forgotten!

It’s time to look around the house and think about what’s available!
Many of these activities just need to be dusted off and remembered.

Hope you enjoy the list - and your time together!



 

  1. Read a book with your child daily - their choice!
  2. Have a dance party
  3. Start a Monopoly game - you have time!
  4. Do a jigsaw puzzle
  5. Play card games - learn a new one each day 
  6. Play a different board game every day
  7. Bake cookies/brownies
  8. Learn a cake-decorating skill from Youtube
  9. Build a pillow/blanket fort
  10. Learn yoga
  11. Play “I-Spy”
  12. Learn to meditate
  13. Learn a deep-breathing technique
  14. Sort clothes for donation - or toys or shoes
  15. Play some dice games
  16. Learn to juggle
  17. Do a crossword puzzle
  18. Learn Sudoku 
  19. Do a word search
  20. Do a MadLib
  21. Take a nap
  22. Watch virtual museum tours
  23. Watch live cams of animal habitats
  24. Listen to an audiobook together as a family
  25. Have a movie marathon
  26. Create a scavenger hunt 
  27. Cook dinner together
  28. Take a walk after dinner every night
  29. Learn some hand shadow animals
  30. Make a family bucket list for the next few months
  31. Play with Duolingo
  32. Do a kitchen science experiment
  33. Read under the covers with a flashlight
  34. Learn Multiplication Rock songs
  35. Do some birdwatching in your yard
  36. Paint rocks
  37. Make a fairy garden
  38. See how fast you can run across the yard
  39. See if you can beat your own time the next day 

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40. Practice your hopping, skipping, galloping skills

41. Practice a standing broad jump

42. Draw with sidewalk chalk in your driveway - send happy messages to neighbors!

43. Make a family bucket list for Big Things you want to go do!

44. Start a journal - decorate the cover

45. Get the family to pose for selfies each day, together or solo, think of a theme

46. Create an account to play on your kids favorite videogames with them - or ask them for an easy game to start with!

47. Start a gratitude jar

48. Think of 3 things you’re grateful for each day

49. Write a haiku poem 

50. Write a wild crazy story about your pet (or tell it)

51. Give each other a neck rub or a hand massage

52. Learn how to take your own pulse

53. Have a picnic (inside if necessary)

54. Have a tea party

55. Water the plants outside

56. Watch for new buds and growth

57. Plant seeds

58. Learn the names of the different cloud types 

59. Learn some easy knots and what they’re for

60. Play with static electricity 

61. Share funny YouTube videos with your child

62. Play fun music in the house 

63. Take a long bubble bath with relaxing music

64. Play dress up

65. Put on a puppet show (or stuffed animal show)

66. Have a talent show

67. Learn a magic trick

68. Have a fashion show

69. Learn some improv games

70. Sing karaoke 

71. Make a video with your child

72. Play with Snapchat filters

73. Be the cameraman for your child’s LEGO story

74. Sort/organize toys, socks, or whatever needs it

75. Play with play doh - or make homemade playdoh

76. Play hangman 

77. Play tic-tac-toe

78. Play Rock/Paper/Scissors

79. Declare a Thumb War

80. Have a spa day (masks and lotions)

81. Do your nails day - manicure/pedicure

82. Paint with shaving cream in tub or shower

83. FaceTime relatives and friends

84. Make slime

85. Learn origami

86. Color - hang your artwork

87. Paint - hang your artwork

88. Set up a marble run

89. Set up a Hot Wheels track for little cars

90. Play Hide and Seek

91. Play Red Light/Green Light

92. Play “Mother May I?”

93. Play Simon Says

94. Play “Warmer” “Colder”

95. Eat by candlelight 

96. Take lanterns or flashlights into the backyard and tell ghost stories

97. Play flashlight tag at night 

98. Look at the moon - learn about the phases

99. Identify star constellation

100. Say “I love you” multiple times each day!


Need Specific Ideas How to Do Some of These Ideas?

I have SOOO many ideas saved up for you over at Pinterest.
This link will take you to the boards.

You're gonna love it!


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