Well below is a list of
70 Things to do at home with your KIDS!!!
Let's have some fun!!!
- Play indoor hide and seek.
- Make decorations, curate a playlist, and throw a family dance party.
- Try a new cookie or cake recipe. Bonus idea: Set up a camera or smart phone and film a cooking show!
- Play with blocks. We recommend the competitive STEM game Blocks Rock!
- Make a mancala counting game with an egg carton. Instructions here.
- Go camping in the living room.
- Play board games.
- Design and go on an indoor treasure hunt.
- Plan a family garden.
- Make ice cream in a bag. Recipe here.
- Make slime. Instructions here.
- Set up an in-home nail salon and try some nail art techniques. Ideas here.
- Dress up in your best clothes and have a fancy dinner.
- Make a piñata. Instructions here.
- Make friendship bracelets.
- Make and blow bubbles. Instructions here.
- Teach your pet a new trick.
- Make rock candy. Instructions here.
- Have an indoor picnic.
- Listen to an audiobook or podcast.
- Try Cosmic Kids Yoga.
- Make paper fidget spinners. Instructions here.
- Create your own bingo cards and have a bingo tournament.
- Create a family tree.
- Let your kids write and direct a stop-motion movie. Learn how it works here.
- Learn and play a new card game.
- Teach yourself to juggle.
- Practice origami, or the art of paper folding. Ideas here.
- Play with magnets on a cookie sheet.
- Make a maze on the floor with painter’s tape.
- Play with sidewalk chalk.
- Play indoor volleyball or soccer with balloons.
- Have a pizza party. DIY Pizza Bagels recipe here.
- Make paper airplanes and see whose plane flies the farthest.
- Play dress up with mom and dad’s clothes.
- Make your own popsicles.
- Go in your backyard and look for four-leaf clovers.
- Write a secret message in invisible ink. Recipe for lemon juice invisible ink here.
- Play “I Spy” inside or out the window.
- Clean out your closets.
- Facetime or Skype with family or friends.
- Have breakfast in bed.
- Have a tea party.
- Make a water sensory bag. Instructions here.
- Make some play dough.
- Create a nature scavenger hunt in your back yard.
- Play “The Floor is Lava.”
- Snuggle on the couch and read your favorite books.
- Rearrange or redecorate your room.
- Play in a bubble bath.
- Have a pillow fight.
- Make an indoor obstacle course.
- Have a family music night.
- Build a giant fort out of blankets, chairs and pillows
- Paint with Kool-Aid. Instructions here.
- Put on a puppet show.
- Make a scrapbook.
- Play marbles on the floor.
- Do a puzzle.
- Fold clothes together.
- Create a new dessert.
- Put on your bathrobes and play spa day.
- Play 20 Questions.
- Create creatures out of pipe cleaners. Ideas here.
- Make a treasure bottle. Instructions here.
- Decorate a T-shirt.
- Write letters to family and friends.
- Build a bridge or building with toothpicks or Q-tips.
- Play hangman or tic-tac-toe.
- Make a time capsule! One day your kids can use it to tell their kids all about this craziness.