A friend asked me to create a post about what to do when you’re at home with kids - whether it’s a staycation, a random Sunday or your kids are home sick and you don’t want them on screens all day. Here are some activity ideas which my daughter came up with to keep them busy:
Make your own frendship bracelets- you only need tape, strings, and scissors
Pot holder weaving - you can find great kits at craft stores. We use this one ( look on the bottom for pictures)
Do Coloring pages- you can go online and print them or you can draw your own
Build a lego city
Pretend to be at the spa - have fun with hair and makeup, nails, etc
Do relay races inside or out
Make up your own board game with cardboard boxes or poster board
Make a play store with packaged or plastic foods - you can also make a cashier
Decorate a calendar for this month
Make a pillow fort
Write a silly story
Write letters to your friends and family
Make something with beads
Read a story
Do an arts and crafts project
scooter/bike/go on a walk outside
Play hide and seek in your house - there are a lot of fun hiding places you can find in your house. In closets, behind the shades, etc.
Do a baking/cooking project - do a recipe you’ve never tried before
Do a treasure hunt inside with cool items from your house
Play dress up
Make a maze with tape on the floor and have toy cars go through it
Make a race with cars
Have a tea party - a lot of little girls like to do this ( I used to also)
Play the floor is lava - put pillows and other soft items down on the floor and JUMP!
Turn a room into a different world - your playroom can become the ocean, a mountain top, plenty of places to explore. You can even let them research places in a book of maps and let them create one of the places.
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