Try these for fun, or use your imagination to think of other exciting activities to do!
- Make decorations, write a playlist, and have a family dance party.
- Try a new cookie or cake recipe. Set up a camera or smart phone and film a cooking show!
- 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.
- 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.
- Make a piñata. Instructions here.
- Make and blow bubbles. Instructions here.
- Make rock candy. Instructions here.
- Have an indoor picnic.
- Try Cosmic Kids Yoga.
- Make paper fidget spinners. Instructions here..
- Create a family tree.
- Let your kids write and direct a stop-motion movie. Learn how it works here.
- Practice origami, or the art of paper folding. Ideas here.
- Have a pizza party. DIY Pizza Bagels recipe here.
- Write a secret message in invisible ink. Recipe for lemon juice invisible ink here.
Even more fun activities to do after reading!
- Clean out your closets.
- Facetime, ZOOM, or Skype with family or friends.
- Have a tea party.
- Make a water sensory bag. Instructions here.
- Make some play dough.
- Create a nature scavenger hunt in your back yard.
- Rearrange or redecorate your room.
- 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.
- 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.
- Make a time capsule! One day your kids can use it to tell their kids all about this craziness.