Some days it is either too hot for outdoor activities or just plain raining and you just don’t fancy playing out in the rain.  So here are some fab, fun and screen free indoor activities to keep the kids occupied.

You know what it is like, you are hoping to get outside and let the kids blow off some energy, but it is either too hot, too cold or too wet! Well I have a great selection of indoor activities for you and the kids all from my archives!

100 Indoor activities for rainy days

1. Great indoor exercises for kids
2. Make a button bracelet
3. Make a rainbow windsock
4. Have a family cleaning session
5. Make a bored jar
6. Do a word search
7. Make some fruity frozen yogurt bites
8. Bake some M & M Cookies
9. Make a coffee filter stained glass earth
10. Make a pizza together
11. Do some Paddington activities (including printables)
12. Make some picture tile coasters
13. Make a paper rose
14. Make carrot cake
15. Make a sensory bin
16. Make cake case flowers
17. Do some junk modeling
18. Make a bunch of homemade paper flowers
19. Make a lamb or sheep
20. Make banana muffins
21. Do some art recycling
22. Have pancakes
23. Bake apple muffins
24. Make salt dough jewelry
25. Make fingerprint ornaments
26. Make thank you cards
27. Read a book
28. Make pinwheel poppies
29. Make melted wax flowers
30. Make cardboard tube prints
31. Salt painting
32. Make scratch paper
33. Make wooden spoon puppets
34. Make a rocket that works
35. Tell jokes to each other
36. Decorate shoes with fabric pens
37. Create a scrapbook as a family
38. Dye some shoelaces
39. Make a family gratitude journal
40. Have a movie special
41. Make ice lollies
42. Make shoe moustaches
43. Make chocolate pots
44. Make a paperweight for Daddy
45. Do some art for art’s sake
46. Make personalised mugs
47. Make some magic
48. Play board games
49. Make post it note pinwheels
50. Make a rain catcher
51. Have a family colouring in night
52. Make a pinwheel flower
53. Make a black sack windsock
54. Colour in on fabric
55. Explore how smell and taste work together
56. Make a paper plate clock
57. Make a bird feeder
58. Bake some cup cakes
59. Make some shape sticks
60. Make a wig from newspaper
61. Leave secret messages
62. Make some apple prints
63. Make a dreamcatcher
64. Make window art with post it notes
65. Read some comics
66. Shrink some crisp packets
67. Make your own comic
68. Make coke floats
69. Make personalised notebooks
70. Make rocky road
71. Customise some clothes
72. Make stone bugs
73. Make a pinecone owl
74. Make some birthday cards
75. Have an indoor treasure hunt
76. Make some art like Kandinsky
77. Make fridge bottom curry
78. Have a spa day at home
79. Make your own books
80. Make memory stones
81. Do some embroidery
82. Make washi tape magnets
83. Make patchwork plant pots
84. Homemade coasters
85. Have a go at decoupage
86. Do some bubble wrap painting
87. Make some gingerbread
88. Make child safe sparklers
89. Do some face painting
90. Dye fabric with sharpies
91. Make egg carton boats
92. Oat and raisin cookies
93. Try blow painting or marble painting
94. Make a volcano from baking soda and vinegar
95. Make caterpillar bookmarks
96. Make scented playdough
97. Fingerprint some mugs
98. Make tea cup candles
99. Make some shrinky dinks
100. Wax relief painting

If you have had enough of staying indoors, then why not get outside no matter what the weather!

A TO Z OF RAINY DAY ACTIVITIES

We’re taking part in a series organised by Something to Offer with A to Z of Rainy Day Activities – pop over and check out all of the great ideas shared through the alphabet.  Tomorrow is over to Something to Offer with her Jacks Activity.