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!
- Read a book with your child daily - their choice!
- Have a dance party
- Start a Monopoly game - you have time!
- Do a jigsaw puzzle
- Play card games - learn a new one each day
- Play a different board game every day
- Bake cookies/brownies
- Learn a cake-decorating skill from Youtube
- Build a pillow/blanket fort
- Learn yoga
- Play “I-Spy”
- Learn to meditate
- Learn a deep-breathing technique
- Play with play doh - or make homemade playdoh
- Draw with sidewalk chalk in your driveway - send happy messages to neighbors!
- Sort clothes for donation - or toys or shoes
- Play some dice games
- Learn to juggle
- Do a crossword puzzle
- Learn Sudoku
- Do a word search
- Do a MadLib
- Take a nap
- Watch virtual museum tours
- Watch live cams of animal habitats
- Listen to an audiobook together as a family
- Have a movie marathon
- Create a scavenger hunt
- Cook dinner together
- Take a walk after dinner every night
- Learn some hand shadow animals
- Make a family bucket list for the next few months
- Make a family bucket list for Big Things you want to go do!
- Start a journal - decorate the cover
- Get the family to pose for selfies each day, together or solo, think of a theme
- Create an account to play on your kids favorite videogames with them - or ask them for an easy game to start with!
- Start a gratitude jar
- Think of 3 things you’re grateful for each day
- Write a haiku poem
- Write a wild crazy story about your pet (or tell it)
- Play with Duolingo
- Do a kitchen science experiment
- Read under the covers with a flashlight
- Learn Multiplication Rock songs
- Do some birdwatching in your yard
- Paint rocks
- Make a fairy garden
- See how fast you can run across the yard
- See if you can beat your own time the next day
- Practice your hopping, skipping, galloping skills
- Practice a standing broad jump
- Water the plants outside
- Notice new buds and growth
- Plant seeds
- Learn the names of the different cloud types
- Learn some easy knots and what they’re for
- Play with static electricity
- Share funny YouTube videos with your child
- Play fun music in the house
- Take a long bubble bath with relaxing music
- Play dress up
- Put on a puppet show (or stuffed animal show)
- Have a talent show
- Learn a magic trick
- Have a fashion show
- Learn some improv games
- Sing karaoke
- Make a video with your child
- Play with Snapchat filters
- Be the cameraman for your child’s LEGO story
- Sort/organize toys, socks, or whatever needs it
- Give each other a neck rub or a hand massage
- Learn how to take your own pulse
- Have a picnic (inside if necessary)
- Have a tea party
- Play hangman
- Play tic-tac-toe
- Play Rock/Paper/Scissors
- Declare a Thumb War
- Have a spa day (masks and lotions)
- Do your nails day - manicure/pedicure
- Paint with shaving cream in tub or shower
- FaceTime relatives and friends
- Make slime
- Learn origami
- Color - hang your artwork
- Paint - hang your artwork
- Set up a marble run
- Set up a Hot Wheels track for little cars
- Play Hide and Seek
- Play Red Light/Green Light
- Play “Mother May I?”
- Play Simon Says
- Play “Warmer” “Colder”
- Eat by candlelight
- Take lanterns or flashlights into the backyard and tell ghost stories
- Play flashlight tag at night
- Look at the moon - learn about the phases
- Identify star constellation
- 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!
