INDOOR ACTIVITIES
INDOOR ACTIVE ACTIVITIES
Races
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hopping on one foot, crabwalk, running backwards, relay race
Obstacle courses
Hula hoop games
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jump rope with them, use them as a bean bag toss, or have hula contests.
Painter’s tape games
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indoor hopscotch, bean bag toss
Make an obstacle course
Go bowling in your hallway with soda bottles or toilet paper tubes
Have a dance party
Create a circus performance
Read to your kids!
Don't worry about finding a perfect book for everyone, just pick one book and read-aloud for 20 minutes
Yoga
KITCHEN-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Recipes to bake with kids
Make homemade ice cream in a baggie
Put juice & cut-up fruit into ice cube trays to make ice cubes.
Make a potion lab or pouring station outside with food coloring and containers (wear an apron!)
Make a sculpture from pretzels and something sticky like peanut butter
Make rock candy
Play with bubbles in the sink
Have an indoor picnic
ARTS & CRAFTS
Make playdough
Make puppets with old socks, buttons & markers
Cut out paper dolls and costumes for them
Make homemade wrapping paper
Cut out pictures from magazines and make a collage
Make & decorate a calendar of the summer, with important dates
Hang a clothesline in your room and clip photos to it to make an art display
Decorate a rock and make a house to keep it as a pet
Draw a picture of a desert island with all the things you would want on it
Create your own board game
String beads to make friendship bracelets
Glue popsicle sticks together to make picture frames, decorate
SCIENCE/STEM ACTIVITIES
Mix ivory soap, kleenex and water to make clean clouds on a cookie
Get a magnet and make a list of everything in your house that is magnetized
Make paper airplanes and fly them
Plant a terrarium
Make a boat using a plastic soda bottle base & popsicle sticks for the top
Dyson Challenge Cards
BUILDING ACTIVITIES
Build a fort
Make an obstacle course in your hall with yarn and tape
Make a dollhouse out of a cardboard box
Cut a guitar out of cardboard and add rubber band strings
Use boxes to build a castle
Use old cardboard tubes and boxes to build a marble maze
GAMES
Various board games
Various card games
Simon Says
Use masking tape to make a race track for your cars all over your living room
PRETEND PLAY ACTIVITIES
Create a play with costumes
Set up a shop and be the shopkeeper
Set up a restaurant and serve pretend meals
CLEANING ACTIVITIES
Wash a mirror with a sponge
Wash the car
Organize your room
OTHER
Blindfold a family member & take them on a tour of your house & yard, then trade places